Eye-Deep In Lies by Blindman At The Gate Why is it that if we dare to envision a world without war (A hope offered humanity by the prophet Isaiah bar Amoz) We’re considered hopelessly naïve or even treasonous? Why is it that everyone knows Jesus taught the way of nonviolence (Just read the Sermon on [...]
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A Long Way from Mona Lisa’s Smile
A Long Way from Mona Lisa’s Smile by Brian Zahnd Yesterday Edvard Munch’s modern masterpiece, The Scream, sold at Sotheby’s auction house in New York for a record $120 million, making it the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. To which I say three things: 1. I like Edvard Munch. I saw [...]
The Beatitudes (BZV)
The Beatitudes (BZV) Blessed are those who are poor at being spiritual, For the kingdom of heaven is well-suited for ordinary people. Blessed are the depressed who mourn and grieve, For they create space to encounter comfort from another. Blessed are the gentle and trusting, who are not grasping and clutching, For God will personally [...]
Stars
Stars by Brian Zahnd I don’t spend enough time looking at stars I’m a modern man, I live with a roof over my head I live in a world of ambient light with washed out night skies One reason why there’s not enough wonder in our eyes Tonight I saw the stars from the crisp [...]
Resurrection Here and Now
Resurrection Here and Now An Easter Monday Meditation On that first Easter morning God’s new world began. The old world is still with us, still dying, but the new world is here too; the age to come has already begun! Or as G.K. Chesterton put it… On the third day the friends of Christ coming [...]
To Mend the World
To Mend the World by Brian Zahnd November 9, 1938 resides in the catalog of human crimes as Kristallnacht—The Night of Broken Glass. On that dreadful night when Nazi storm troopers smashed, ransacked, burned, and destroyed Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses throughout Germany, Emil Fackenheim was among the thirty thousand Jewish men arrested and taken [...]
Leap!
LEAP! And shall I go on being casual and numb? Pretending Pretending that I know something about this being I so glibly call God Or shall I dare to encounter Him? Him The One with whom I have to do The One who can never be an object Forever and always the eternal subject Is [...]
Satan and Empire
Satan and Empire When asked to identify the origin of Satan we are commonly directed to Isaiah 14. This is the passage where the King of Babylon is called Lucifer (Day Star) and described as “fallen from heaven” after coveting the throne of God. But what should be readily apparent is that Isaiah is giving [...]
Leaving Country and Kin
Leaving Country and Kin Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred…” And Abram went. (Genesis 12:1, 4) In the story the Bible tells it’s Abraham who sends the narrative in a new direction—from a steady migration away from God, to a journey into the Unknown and toward God. Prior [...]
Beauty Will Save The World
Rediscovering the Allure and Mystery of Christianity
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