Second Saturday Conversation explores Christianity in and for the 21st century. We gather the second Saturday of every month from September to June. We meet from 9:30-11:00 am pacific time. To receive invitations to live sessions of Second Saturday Conversation sign up for our mailing list. All our sessions are free and are also made available here on the Marcus J. Borg website.
We use listening guidelines provided by Listening Hearts Ministries. By request we post those here.
Second Saturday Conversation is made possible by contributions to the Marcus J. Borg Foundation.
In the May 10, 2025 Second Saturday Conversation I reviewed a view comments made by our guest in April, Mark Oakley, who insists that poetry is the person of faith’s native language. I reminded us of the meaning of poiesis, which […]
Suffused with Brilliance from Inside Read More »
At our April 12, 2025 Second Saturday Conversation we were privileged to have The Very Reverend Mark Oakley as our guest. Mark is Dean of Southwark Cathedral, London, public lecturer, author of numerous books. All Mark’s books are thoughtful and
Children in the Snow: Reclaiming a Poetic Faith (Feat. Mark Oakley) Read More »
On Second Saturday Conversation March 8, 2025, we had a special guest Robin Meyers. The title of his conversation with us: Excuse Me? Interrupting on Behalf of Justice. Robin addressed us and our situation in these disturbing times with a
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In our February 8, 2025 Second Saturday Conversation we talked about the language of our faith. I suggest the language of faith is human language about human experience and possibility. The language of faith requires sympathy, empathy and imagination. Without
In this Desert of Language we Find Ourselves In, a Match Struck In the Dark Read More »
On Second Saturday January 11, 2025 I referred to the season of the church year Epiphany. An epiphany is a manifestation or striking appearance. I qualify epiphanies as something from the depths coming to the surface. Not something coming from
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During our Second Saturday Conversation December 14, 2024 we spoke about the liturgical season of Advent, the beginning of a new church year. In particular how Advent is a season that acknowledges our non-knowing. We don’t know what’s coming. We
The Season of Advent: A People who Walk in Darkness Read More »
Our November 9 Second Saturday Conversation was post election. With our community in mind, I suggested we focus on two concerns that are common to Second Saturday Conversation. One, when we speak of God what are we talking about? What do we
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On October 12, 2024 Second Saturday Conversation hosted Brandon Scott for an in-depth understanding of Christian Nationalism. Brandon is an historian, biblical scholar, and educator. He identified Christian nationalism’s historical context (and noted that nationalism is growing in places other than the United States). In
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September 14, 2024 we began a new Second Saturday Conversation program year. I made some brief and general comments about where our conversations over the years have brought us. And then suggested what a different kind of theological discourse —
Through a Glass Darkly: More Numerous of Windows, Superior for Doors Read More »
I offered an overview of our year. Where I started in September 2023 and where we arrived in June 2024. A non-linear recap for a non-linear year. But thematic threads ran throughout. Our guests were Scott Holland who introduced us
2024 Program Year In Review Read More »
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