Living the Questions 2.0
ProgressiveChristianity.org readers enjoy a 10% discount for all Living the Question materials.
LtQ2 is the completely revised and expanded version of Living the Questions, the popular video & internet-based small group exploration of progressive Christianity featuring premier religion voices of our day.
“I have been a pastor for 16 years and this is by far the very best study I have ever participated in.”
Rev. Teri Johnson, First UMC, Brookings, SD
“I’ve seen no tool that matches LTQ2 for in-depth discussion.”
Rev. Dr. Steve Wayles, 1st Congregational UCC, Phoenix, AZ
“This is the very best study we have ever done at our church.”
Bonnie Frost, Coral Isles Church, Tavernier, FL
LtQ2 is an open-minded alternative to studies that attempt to give participants all the answers and instead strives to create an environment where participants can interact with one another in exploring what’s next for Christianity. Comprised of 21 sessions, LtQ2 may be offered in sequence or as three independent flights of seven units each: Invitation to Journey, Reclaiming the World and Call to Covenant. Like its prequel, LtQ2 includes downloadable and printable leader and participant guides with weekly readings and discussion questions. Each session may be conducted in one hour or expanded to include a meal and personal sharing. The 20-minute video segments include conversations with leading voices of faith, sermon and lecture clips, digital stories illustrating aspects of an evolving faith, and concrete spiritual practices and disciplines. The flexible DVD and resource materials can be used in variety of class, retreat, and other formats.
LtQ2 features all the contributors from the original Living the Questions: Nancy Ammerman, John Bell, Marcus Borg, Minerva Carcaño, John B. Cobb, Jr., John Dominic Crossan, Lloyd Geering, Culver “Bill” Nelson, Siyoung Park, Stephen Patterson, Tex Sample, John Shelby Spong and Emilie Townes. In addition, LtQ2 also features Rita Nakashima Brock, Walter Brueggemann, Ron Buford, Yvette Flunder, James Forbes, Matthew Fox, Hans Küng, Amy-Jill Levine, Meagan McKenna, Rebecca Ann Parker, Helen Prejean, Barbara Rossing, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Bernard Brandon Scott, Rick Ufford-Chase, Winnie Varghese and Mel White.
Program Price – $175.00 USD plus shipping and handling.
For more information on purchasing this DVD set, visit the Living The Questions 2.0 product page. If you decide to order it, please enter “tcpc0010” in the coupon code field while placing your order to receive a special 10% off ProgressiveChristianity.org discount!
TCPC affiliates receive a special 10% discount on all Living the Questions materials! To Order this DVD with the TCPC 10% discount, please read this information first. www.livingthequestion.com 2007 Written and produced by Jeff Procter-Murphy and David Felten; www.livingthequestions.com The wisdom presented in this series of 21 sessions is demonstrated at the very beginning of each session in the choice of Rev. Tex Sample as the first presenter in each session and in the rugged desert background in which he stands as he tells his very personal homespun stories in his southern drawl manner. While all of the episodes offer a wealth of the finest scholarship, it is presented in brief, easily understood conversations by articulate men and women from a range of religious backgrounds. A prior knowledge of neither the Bible nor the Christian faith is required to understand and appreciate the ideas presented in the program. A "novice" program participant will become well informed in the wide range of topics discussed. The timely use of scenes from the Middle East make the material more currently alive and relevant. A position that is basic to Progressive Christianity and to the DVD program is that our being fully Christian is a process and a journey that is forever ongoing, rather than a stand at a fixed set of beliefs. It requires our being able to accept the truth that God is forever the "Mystery" beyond our understanding and our human language. Being free to sit comfortably while we see and hear such well known scholars and leaders as Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Mathew Fox, Bishop Spong, and John Cobb, plus other well qualified but less well known scholars, rather than just read their writings, is such a pleasure. I felt a twinge of guilt that I was receiving so much valuable knowledge without the usual rigor of reading from books. Some of the topics in the series are: Taking the Bible Seriously; Lives of Jesus; Evil, Suffering & A God of Love; The Myth of Redemptive Violence; Debunking the Rapture; Incarnation: Divinely Human; and Embracing Mystery. The 21 sessions are comprehensive enough that program participants will most all gain a new and broader wealth of understanding of critical elements of our faith. And though the producers consider themselves Progressive Christians, very few of the more traditional believers will be offended by the material. While the producers are United Methodists, leaders and members of most all of the major protestant denominations will find the series enlightening and inspiring.