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“We Gonna Overcome”

By Jennifer Schwarz | January 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

Montgomery, Alabama. 1965. 100,000 people demonstrating for voting rights. Tex Sample was there. Finally the time came for Dr. King’s speech. I still regard that speech in Montgomery as the equal of the one that he had made in Washington in 1963. And when Dr. King enters into the last part of that speech, he began…

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Heather Murray Elkins on the Secret of Our Baptism

By Jennifer Schwarz | January 7, 2011 | 0 Comments

In this excerpt from the original Living the Questions program, Heather Murray Elkins shares a poignant story about the mystery and meaning of Christian baptism. The Rev. Dr. Heather Murray Elkins, teacher, author, and truck-stop chaplain, is Professor of Worship, Preaching, and the Arts at Drew Theological School.

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A Prayer for the New Year from Living the Questions

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 31, 2010 | 0 Comments

Excerpted from LtQ’s new “Saving Jesus Redux,” the words of Robert Raines are given voice in this prayer for the New Year. May your discontent lead to change and transformation in 2011! O God, make me discontented with things the way they are in the world, and in my own life. Make me notice the…

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Christmas stories big on symbolism. History? Not so much.

By Jennifer Schwarz | December 17, 2010 | 1 Comment

It’s that time of year again. Shoppers are rushing home with their treasures — all to honor the birth of a 1st century Jewish peasant. If most folks even think about anything beyond the gifts and carols, the conventional wisdom is that we’re celebrating the occurrence of actual historical events some 2000 years ago —…

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