Please read the posts in the below category, “Archived Conversations,” to find blog posts from our earlier days of the foundation. Previously named “The Unending Conversation,” contributors have included Robin Meyers, Barkley Thompson, Marianne Niesan, Rob Werner Jr, Adrian Alker, Tomas von Martens, and Richard Carter. This lively discussion includes remembrances of how Marcus Borg influenced lives, started new spiritual journeys, and emphasized social change.
A collection of Marcus’ writings will be published in a new book available in March 2017 entitled Days of Awe and Wonder: How to be a Christian in the 21st Century. Three colleagues of Marcus’ were asked to reflect on […]
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(This is a reprint of a blog written by The Very Reverent Barkley Thompson on the day of Marcus’ death.) Marcus Borg died this morning after a prolonged illness. I received a phone call this afternoon from a Cathedral parishioner and
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Marcus was guest at Christ Church Cathedral soon after the arrival of Barkley as new Dean in 2013. Marcus was impressed with him. And the parish. They struck a chord. And a friendship. I share the reflection Barkley offered, “My
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Dear Professor Borg, It is more than reasonable to assume that your class has been canceled under the circumstances, but not so fast. You know perfectly well that when students go on discussing big ideas, and acting on them, the
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Rev. Robin R. Meyers, PhD, is senior minister of Mayflower United Church of Christ Church, Oklahoma City, and Professor of Social Justice at Oklahoma City University. Class Not Dismissed is the title of Robin’s contribution to our next unending conversation.
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I am glad to be able to say that Marcus Borg was a friend of mine. We met on the first day of my seminary career. He was my professor of New Testament at the Pacific School of Religion in
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Pastor Marianne Niesen is a United Methodist clergy, serving in the Yellowstone Conference of the UMC. She is currently the Senior Pastor at St. Paul’s UMC in Helena, MT. She likes best her preaching and teaching ministry in the church.
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I met Marcus only once or twice, and each time with many others gathered around and energetically engaging him—a give-and-take, back-and-forth process he seemed to enjoy as immensely as they did. While I envy those who can write of him
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Joe Bessler is the Robert Travis Peake Professor of Theology and Associate Dean at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He specializes in the interaction of religion and culture. He recently published a wonderful exploration of the three historic quests
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In Portland, Oregon, where Marcus Borg called home and where it is estimated that seventy-five percent of the population does not affiliate with any particular faith community, I find myself dreading the question, “What do you do for a living?”
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