Feb 25, 2016 | Author - Brian Zahnd
My father died in 2009. He was one of the wisest and kindest men I’ve ever known. L. Glen Zahnd was a judge and at his funeral a man he had once sent to prison for armed robbery came up to me and said, “I’m here today to honor your father. In his capacity...
Jul 27, 2011 | Author - Brian Zahnd
“Evil is to be overcome by forgiveness. As likewise is violence.”-John Milbank, Christ the Exception Jesus gives us an alternative to violence. Forgiveness. Jesus didn’t just theorize about it, he lived it. On the cross Christ made his message credible. He lived it...
May 21, 2010 | Author - Wayne Northey
“Pardon Me?!” On Good Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper telephoned Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to overhaul Canada’s pardon legislation. He declared “there are some crimes that should never be...
May 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
On May 2nd I returned home from a week of teaching on the Island of Leyte in the Philippines. I took the 16 hours of flights (each way) to help out with the Holy Given Mission School, a two-month induction into the ministry of Jesus. These schools are...
Apr 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
From George MacDonald's Unspoken Sermons Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.–PSALM lxii. 12. Some of the translators make it kindness and goodness; but I presume there is no real difference among...
