Feb 19, 2013 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Narrative Arcs and Jumping SharksA Lenten Meditationby Brian Zahnd What I am doing you do not understand now. -Jesus … We all wear the same thorny crown. -Dylan The call of Christ is simple, primal even: “Follow me.” Either we do or we don’t. Either...
Feb 13, 2013 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Lent is a time for us to revisit, recall, retell, relive Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem and especially his suffering and death. I would like to share with you the scripture reading guide I’ll be following during Lent. Read it slow and in a contemplative manner; try to...
Jan 15, 2013 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Why I Don’t Own A Gunby Brian Zahnd I don’t own a gun. I never have. Why? First of all I don’t hunt. I have nothing against hunting. (After all, I’m not a vegetarian.) I don’t hunt like I don’t golf—it’s just something I never took up. So I don’t own a shotgun or a...
Dec 18, 2012 | Author - Brian Zahnd
T.S. Eliot’s poem Journey of the Magi with my quasi-interpretation of it. (Which is more than an interpretation — it’s also a kind of autobiographical confession;for I too have had a hard time of it. And like Eliot’s Magi I would do it all over again.)...
Dec 6, 2012 | Author - Brian Zahnd
God Doesn’t Build His House By ViolenceBrian Zahnd The New Testament begins with these words: “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” Or more literally: “The bible of the genesis of Jesus…” Jesus...
Oct 30, 2012 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Re-Membering the Dismembered Body of Christby Brian Zahnd That they may all be one…that the world may believe.—Jesus (John 17:21) I’m kind of depressed.Or at least a little bit sad.Politics is the pathogen of my mental malady.Every election cycle it gets worse—Like an...
