The Marcus J. Borg Foundation is committed to explore and articulate a realistic and meaningful Christianity for the 21st century. We hope that you join us in continuing the conversation with our blog category, “Continuing the Conversation.” We will talk about contemporary topics in Progressive Christianity with special emphasis on continuing the work of Marcus Borg’s books. We invite you to leave comments and continue in the discussion on our blog posts which will be posted at least once a month. Please check back often!
For many traditional followers of God, there is no question about whether or not they believe in a higher power. Many Christians and many followers of other religions have been believers since they were born. Their faith is deeply rooted […]
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The “end times” have always been with us it seems. Early Christianity anticipated an apocalyptic end. They were sure it was close at hand. But “believers” were confident that what would follow would be “a new heaven and a new
Remembering the morning Marc died, January 21, 2015. The night before Marc died I said to him, Honey, if there is any way you can be in touch with me after… Marc looked at me with dismay. Perhaps the way
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Jesus Lived Jesus was one of us. There is no question that Jesus lived. A scholar friend of mine put it this way: we know he died, therefore, we know he lived. The fact that Jesus of Nazareth was a
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Christianity is one of the world’s great religions. The Christian story is a powerful story of hope and possibility. Even as it tells the story of the suffering of the innocent. How do we tell that story today? And how do we live to keep hope alive?
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The Marcus J. Borg Foundation is committed to exploring and articulating a meaningful and faithful Christianity for the 21st Century. I suggest the following three topics will be important for our conversation and “Seeing Christianity Again.” The first is the
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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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The year was 2001 when I first read Marcus J. Borg’s book Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus And the Heart of Christianity. This book spoke to me, touched my heart, challenged my mind, and accompanied
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