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.
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Second Saturday Conversation is made possible by contributions to the Marcus J. Borg Foundation.
Barbara Brown Taylor was the Second Saturday Conversation guest. She brought perspective, insight, humor to our conversation about Christianity in and for the 21st century. From the ground up. She helps us reflect on what matters most. We had a […]
Discussing Christianity in the 21st Century with Barbara Brown Taylor Read More »
In this session reflections on: the Christmas season as a mixed time of year for many, the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke (history remembered/history metaphorized), Jesus as an idol/strongman or icon, a light in the darkness.
The Christmas Story and The Slash Read More »
Our November 12, 2022 Second Saturday Conversation is with Brian McLaren. An honor and delight to have him with us. Among other things we talk about his recent book “Do I Stay Christian? “
Do I Stay Christian? A Conversation With Brian McLaren Read More »
In September I introduced our overall theme for this year: evolution of the word: all things change. In this session we reflect on how life shapes and changes our story and how our story changes our life. Narrative powerfully defines
Our Changing Story Read More »
I borrow the title from a book of Marc’s: “Evolution of the Word: the New Testament in the order the books were written.” The chronological order of the New Testament shows us how stories and understanding about Jesus changed and
evolution of the word: all things change Read More »
For our June 11, 2022 Second Saturday Conversation Marianne reviews topics we have hovered around beginning last September and we will see if there is a thread that runs through them all! The intention for this year was to discuss
Our April Second Saturday Conversation took place on the death date of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and pacifist who was against Nazism. He hung on April 9, 1945 following a bogus tribunal for his opposition. We
Our guest for this session, Jack Caputo, discusses the future of religion, is it the “end of religion?” Please read the introduction below for a primer on our conversation. Excerpt from an Essay by Jack Caputo Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was
Does Religion Have a Future? Read More »
The March 12, 2022 Second Saturday Conversation explores the cross and glory. We are in the season of Lent in the church year, the time when the Christian narrative takes us on the final journey with Jesus from Galilee to
The Difficult Cross and Wounded Glory Read More »
The February 12, 2022 Second Saturday conversation deals with the unconditional. But first, Marianne highlights a few insights from Jack Caputo on prayer from our January session. Notably, Jack touched on prayer and the unconditional. Then February’s session begins a
What story do we tell? What story do we live? Read More »
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