Session # 6 Eternal Life  by John Spong
Introduction of Theme - Chapters 1-4
"I now know that not only did I have to walk the religious walk, but those excessive claims that we so often made for our religious "truth" ultimately had to be broken open for our sakes - dare I say for God's sake. That breaking was the prelude to a new awareness."  p208

Index Closing Commentary References and Videos
Prensentation
Powerpoint PDF of the slides
Video - excerpts from Fora lecture (10 min) on "Facing the Issues of Mortality".
References & Videos Related to Session
Video - full Fora lecture (60 min) on "Facing the Issues of Mortality"
Chautauqua Conference on "Eternal Life" - June 2011
Handout from Spong's blog "The Study of Life, Part 5. "My Search for the Meaning of Life as I Walked in Darwin's Footsteps"", by John Shelby Spong on April 26, 2010,
By the bye, Progressive Christianity (the site posting the Spong essay above, is an excellent source of reference. It is especially noteworthy for its projects on developing a children's curriculum and hymns with a liberal theology.
Closing by
Marjorie Gibson's recent blog entry "Still on the Path" was read to the enjoyment of all. LINK.
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