Jan 1, 2016 | Author - Brian Zahnd
I’m praying that in 2016 the church would be marked by mercy — that we would walk the world as the pardon of God. I wrote these words yesterday following our Wednesday Noon Prayer and Communion service in the Upper Room. As we were praying about the witness of the...
Dec 29, 2015 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Mary had lost Jesus. She couldn’t find him anywhere. Jesus had gone missing. He wasn’t among the friends and relatives who had traveled to Jerusalem for Passover and who were now returning home to Nazareth. Jesus had always been reliable and trustworthy, but now he...
Nov 28, 2015 | Author - Brian Zahnd
What is time? Time is the measurement of motion through space. A day is the revolution of the earth.A month is the revolution of the moon around the earth.A year is the revolution of the earth around the sun. But time as such is without any apparent meaning. Just a...
Oct 23, 2015 | Author - Andrew Klager, Author - Brad Jersak, Author - Brian Zahnd
Matt 22:1-14 Unchristlike Images of God in Matthean Parables A Mini-Minyan with Brad Jersak, Brian Zahnd, Derek Flood, Andrew Klager Introduction (Brad Jersak) I was recently invited to share thoughts and respond to questions about my book, A More...
Oct 8, 2015 | Author - Brian Zahnd
The “slippery slope” trope is a favorite among fundamentalists. Basically the argument goes like this: The moment you move away from fundamentalist Biblicism you’re on the slippery slope of liberalism and will wind up sliding down into a crevasse with the...
Sep 25, 2015 | Author - Brian Zahnd
Pope Francis building his prophetic address to Congress around four Americans — Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton — was brilliant. Here were some of my favorite moments from the Pope’s speech. * * * ...
