http://www.brianzahnd.com Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:57:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Monday I spoke at the 25th anniversary of a church in the St. Louis area. I've known the leaders of this church for 30 years -- since I was 19. Instead of flying, I decided to drive. Less stressful, with plenty of time to think on my Thinking Day. During ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=248 by Blindman at the Gate In our journey through the holy script We’ve not yet reached THE END Turn the page All that is to be said has not yet been said Turn the page Long ago the writers finished the text But the players have not yet said it all There are heroes yet to take ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=247 Every few centuries Christianity must undergo a new reformation. By which I mean it must re-form itself. Re-formation is necessary to live in the tension of biblical authenticity and contemporary particularity. Re-formation is required if we are to embrace a synthesis of rootedness and relevance. Every few centuries Christianity must ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=246 Because I was speaking to a gathering of pastors yesterday my Thinking Day is making an unusual Tuesday appearance. Perhaps I can think a little bit online. Saturday morning I saw some Christian television (I was on my way to ESPN College Game Day and came across it. Strange how I ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=245 A village church in Orissa, India HINDUSTAN TIMES -- New Delhi Christians Still Afraid To Return Home Orissa Christians made an offer they can’t refuse October 10, 2008 Kandhamal -- Days after he fled his home, there was something that stood between Hari Chand Digal and his home, his paddy field, two cows and 15 ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=244 Tell all the Truth but tell it slant Emily Dickinson Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-- Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightening to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind-- The poets know more than the rest of us. ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=242 The Good Life. We all want it. But what is it? This was the great question of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. For them the answer was an examined life that led to a life of virtue. Not bad. For the modern western world the Good Life has little to with virtue. We live in ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=241 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1918-2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died August 3 at the age of 89. Solzhenitsyn was a Russian author, political dissident, social critic, and one of the great thinkers and writers of the 20th century. Time magazine called his Gulag Archepleago, "the most important book of the 20th century." In 1970 he ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=240 God formed man From the dust of the earth Breathed into him the breath of life Man became a human being. Genesis 2:7 Humanity did not spring fully formed from the head of Zeus like Athena or fall from the sky like one of the gods of Greek mythology. Humanity did not have a pre-existent ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=238 The Two Crowns by Sir Frank Dicksee Out Of The Corner Of My Eye by Blind Man At The Gate I think I caught a glimpse of truth out of the corner of my eye A ghost, a whisper, a suspicion, a subtle and subversive rumor So dangerous that every army would be commanded to march ... http://www.brianzahnd.com/index.php?app=blog&p=237