Tuesday, March 04, 2008

I will be facilitating at least two more sessions of the Lenten study as the volunteer leader is getting over pneumonia. I was looking for additional inspiration as I read the student book and leader's guide. Searching for Marcus Borg on YouTube, I found Christianity as a Spiritual Path.

Borg's comments on how the modern emphasis in Christianity has become "all about believing" reminded me of the questioner from last weeks session. Lent is a time to talk about spiritual disciplines and our spiritual journey. Borg shows how practice is central to Christianity as a path; "paying attention to the reality of God and our relationship to God."

I then decided to check on a favorite site, Gratefullness.org, for anything Borg. The current reflection by Brother David Steindl-Rast O.S.B. was based on Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan book: The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem.

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