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Books for Advent and Christmas:

“Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life.” By Joanna Weaver

“The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’ Birth.” Marcus J. Borg

“Born of a Woman: A Bishop rethinks the Birth of Jesus,” John S. Spong

GENERAL INTEREST:

Books By Marcus Borg:

“The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith”

“Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously, But Not literally”

“Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith.”

The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith”

“Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship”

“The Emerging Christian Way: Thought, Stories and Wisdom for a Faith of Transformation”

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