Contributor links from LTQ 4

Tex Sample - Powerful Persuasion: Multimedia Witness In Christian Worship

Megan McKenna - Harm Not the Earth

Matthew Fox - The Coming of the Cosmic Christ

Marcus Borg - The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith

Amy-Jill Levine - The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenze - In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins

Lilith

Gardening as a spiritual practice

LTQ: 3 Thinking Theologically - Divine Vocabulary

The Name[HaShem]: (Leviticus 24:16) Star: (Numbers 24:17)
Holy One: (Habakkuk 1:12) Potter: (Isaiah 64:8)
The Spirit of Wisdom And Understanding (Isaiah 11:2) Creator: (Ecclesiastes 12:1)
Light and Salvation: (Psalm 27:1) Shepherd: (Genesis 49:24)
Our Dwelling Place (Psalm 90:1) Redeemer: (Psalm 19:14)
Fortress (Psalm 91:2) A Consuming Fire (Hebrews 12:29)
Refuge and Strength (Psalm 46:1) Deliverer (Psalm 144:2)
Hiding Place (Psalm 32:7) Power (Mark 14:62)
Shield (Psalm 18:30) Promised Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13)
The Spirit of the Living God (2 Corinthians 3:3) Rock (Habakkuk 1:12)
Cornerstone (Psalm 118:22) My Cup (Psalm 16:5)
Helper or Comforter (John 14:26)

LTQ: 3 Thinking Theologically

Spiritual Practice: Location

Ufford-Chase says, "We've got plenty of thinking going on out there and far too little acting."


Describe an action that you might take that has potential for changing your theological thinking.

What comes first for you? Does your belief lead to action or do your actions lead to your beliefs?

For me there as been far too much debate in the Christian theological arena on orthodoxy 'right thinking' and far too little debate on orthopraxy 'right action.'

LTQ: 2 Spiritual Practice Lectio Divina

additional links: wiki reference, blogs, ancient practice, contemporary setting

Contributor links from LTQ 2

Mel White - Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden Dangers of the Christian Right

Barbara Rossing - The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation

Walter Brueggemann - Mandate to Difference: An Invitation to the Contemporary Church

Brueggemann's role of imagination in Biblical theology

Megan McKenna - The Hour of the Tiger: Facing Our Fears

Lloyd Geering - Christianity without God

LTQ: 2 Authority

Biblical Authority

William Blake: "Both read the Bible day and night but thou readst black where I read white."

Harry Emerson Fosdick "Shall the Fundamentalists Win?"

What further questions or thoughts do you have regarding our discussion on the authority one places the Bible in their worldview and understanding of the Christian Life?

Labyrinth

How goes the spiritual practice of walking a labyrinth? If you haven't had a chance to walk one yet, there is one at the Church of the Ascension.

Central Teachings

What are the central teachings/models of Jesus that are central to your faith? (relationship, compassion, prayer, social justice, knowledge, healing, forgiveness, etc.) If you've made your list is there one that is central to your faith? If you still can't decide just list the top three.








Tony Campolo on Jesus' central teaching

Top books from contributors

Tex Sample - Earthy Mysticism: Spirituality for Unspiritual People
Mel White - Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America (Plume Books)
John Shelby Spong - Jesus for the Non-Religious
Matthew Fox - Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality Presented in Four Paths, Twenty-Six Themes, and Two Questions

Emelie Townes - Embracing the Spirit: Womanist Perspectives on Hope, Salvation, and Transformation (Bishop Henry Mcneal Turner/Sojourner Truth Series in Black Religion)

Nancy Ammerman - Everyday Religion: Observing Modern Religious Lives
Yvette Flunder - Where The Edge Gathers: Building A Community Of Radical Inclusion
Marcus Borg - Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary

Living The Questions Session 1 contributors

Living the Questions

Here are the contributors for the first session: An Invitation to Journey:

Tex Sample - wiki / blog
Mel White - wiki / blog
John Shelby Spong - wiki / blog
Matthew Fox - wiki / blog
Jeff Proctor-Murphy
Emilie Townes
Nancy Ammerman - blog / interview / wiki
Yvette Flunder
Winnie Varghese
Marcus Borg - wiki / sermons

The Labyrinths - wiki / spiritual practice