Apr 21, 2018 | Author - Brian Zahnd
This year Earth Day falls on a Sunday, so I thought I’d say a few words about how Christians should speak about Creation. First, Christians should never say… This world is not my home. This world is our home! And it’s the locus of God’s saving work. The blessed hope...
Apr 19, 2018 | Author - Brian Zahnd
“The LORD God formed the human (adam) from the dust of the ground (adamah) and breathed into his nostrils the breath (spirit) of life, and the human (adam) became a living soul.” –Genesis 2:7 Soil is miracle ground — it’s the matrix of all life on earth. As the second...
Apr 1, 2018 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Mistaken As the GardenerBrian Zahnd “Mary Magdalene turned around and saw Jesus standing there,but she did not know it was Jesus…supposing him to be the gardener.”–John 20:14, 15 “On the third day the friends of Christ coming at day-break to the place found the grave...
Dec 28, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd, Author - Ron Dart
The Middle Way of ErasmusBrian Zahnd (originally posted at www.brianzahnd.com). Ever since becoming familiar with the Renaissance theologian and Christian humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466–1536) some ten or twelve years ago, I have often wished that Erasmus...
Nov 29, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd
(This poem has deep meaning for Blind Man at the Gate, but many of the references and allusions probably only he understands. Don’t bother asking him to explain the poem, I’m sure he won’t.) The Last Train Out of MonkeytownBlind Man at the Gate He caught the last...
Oct 31, 2017 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Five-hundred years ago on All Hallows Eve (the day before All Saints Day) Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany. Professor Luther was proposing a theological debate, what he got was a revolution. What...
