Ring Lake Ranch Session

Days of Awe and Wonder: How to be a Christian in the 21st Century is a new collection of writings by the late Marcus Borg. Using Marcus’ book we will review some of the foundational affirmations and understandings that enabled him – and so many of us — to see the person of Jesus anew and discern what is the heart of Christianity. Marcus insisted that we all apprehend and experience the Sacred, The More, God, that within which we live and move and have our being. Too often, however, “we do not see it.” In addition to reviewing Marcus’ work, we will reflect on our understandings of Christianity and its place in this complex, questioning and religiously pluralistic world. We will also use the work of a variety of poets and attend to their “eloquent listening” in hopes of helping us see again and hear afresh the hope that calls to us through days of fear and trembling to days of awe and wonder.

Marianne Borg is the widow of Marcus Borg. She is a retired Episcopal priest and Founding Chair of the Marcus J. Borg Foundation. She and Marcus have been part of the Ring Lake Ranch experience for many years, which was a transformative environment and community for them both.