Sep 30, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Figure on a moonlit lane, St. John’s Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight by John Atkinson Grimshaw, c. 1880 In his groundbreaking book, Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning, James W. Fowler describes spiritual development in a...
Aug 31, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
I think I caught a glimpse of truth out of the corner of my eye.A ghost, a whisper, a suspicion, a subtle and subversive rumor.So dangerous that every army would be commanded to march against it;so beautiful that it would drive those who see it to madnessor...
Aug 8, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Today is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Saturday we will mourn Nagasaki. As we remember Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the quarter of a million casualties suffered, I would like to share a few words from A Farewell To Mars. It’s easy to...
Aug 5, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
A few years ago I drafted a statement to explain the friendship and cooperation I have with Ahmed El-Sherif, an Arab Muslim scientist, and Samuel Nachum, an Israeli Jewish artist, as we work together for peace in Israel and Palestine. This seems like a good...
Jul 29, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
It’s been a bloody summer. In Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Nigeria, and the Ukraine. Kill the bad guys and there will be peace is the tired refrain.All sides say it. Ad infinitum. (I didn’t even mention the bloody streets of America, to which we have grown so...
Jul 18, 2014 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Like the other Gospel writers John recounts the story of Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes to feed five thousand. But John adds this unique postscript: “When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to...
