http://www.brianzahnd.com Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:47:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Simon Wiesenthal has a haunting story to tell. And an even more haunting question to ask. He tells his story and asks his question in his famous book, The Sunflower. Simon Wiesenthal is an Austrian Jew imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII. As the book opens, Wiesenthal is part ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=232 I've got a new blog in mind entitled "Dear Mr. Wiesenthal." Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow. Maybe not. You'll have to guess what it's about. Here's a clue: The Sunflower. In the mean time I present to you guest blogger, PERI ZAHND! Here's Peri on Smedes. CLICK HERE BZ PS....... I like ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=231 On May 7, 2008 an Evangelical Manifesto was published in Washington D.C. by a consortium of Evangelical thinkers and leaders. It is addressed not only to Christians and Evangelicals but to American citizens of all faiths and no faith. I would describe it as an attempt to re-identify, re-position, and ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=230 I Was Once So Sure (An Autobiographical Poem) I was once so sure So sure of myself So sure that what I wanted Was one in the same with what God wanted How could it be otherwise? Child of God that I am I was once so sure I was taught to assert my will In the name of the ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=229 I'm regularly asked about the books I read. Some people think I preach vocationally. There is truth to that, but there's more truth in saying I read vocationally. There's a sense in which I read books for others. I graze in the field of books and give the milk of sermons. ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=228 A magazine asked me a question. How do you get to heaven? Please answer in 75 words or less. 75 words or less?! The problem is the question is ostensibly about salvation, but it's wrongly framed. Nevertheless I decided to take up the challenge. Here is my answer in exactly 75 words. Q. How do you get ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=227 "Without music life would be a mistake." -Friedrich Nietzsche I love music. I'm a music nut. My life has a soundtrack. I listen to music everyday. Lots of it. Here are my top ten favorite albums from the last two years (April 2006 -- April 2008). In order of their release: The Glory ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=226 In an age where Christianity is distorted by Hollow consumerism, Shallow pragmaticism, Narrow fundamentalism, And selfish individualism, We seek a more authentic Christianity: By choosing to be radically centered on the cross of Christ, Always exploring the mystery of God, Enriched by being an eclectic church, And actively participating in Christian community. All ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=225 Thinking out loud. Sitting on my deck thinking. Thinking. What am I? A human being? Yes. But what more can be said? A pastor? This is what I do, but not really what I am. To cease vocation is not to cease being. What are you? A human too. A Christian? Perhaps, but that reflects a religious choice. Can we come closer ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=224 Christ in you the hope of glory. Colossians Chaper One, Verse Twenty-Seven. Seven words. All but one monosyllabic. Simple. But what does it mean? CHRIST...YOU...HOPE...GLORY Christ. Who is Christ? Jesus of Nazareth. The God-Man. God made human. The Son of Man. The real human. The fully-human human. The new Adam. The last Adam. The second ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=223