Why would the pastor of a large and successful church risk everything in a quest to find a richer, deeper, fuller Christianity? In Water To Wine Brian Zahnd tells his story of disenchantment with pop Christianity and his search for a more substantive faith. "I was halfway to ninety-midway through life-and I had reached a full-blown crisis. Call it garden variety mid-life crisis if you want, but it was something more. You might say it was a theological crisis, though that makes it sound too cerebral. The unease I felt came from a deeper place than a mental file labeled "theology." I was wrestling with the uneasy feeling that the faith I had built my life around was somehow deficient. Not wrong, but lacking. It seemed watery, weak. In my most honest moments I couldn't help but notice that the faith I knew seemed to lack the kind of robust authenticity that made Jesus so fascinating. And I had always been utterly fascinated by Jesus. What I knew was that the Jesus I believed in warranted a better Christianity than what I was familiar with. I was in Cana and the wine had run out. I needed Jesus to perform a miracle." -Water To Wine
Brian Zahnd Books
Brian Zahnd is a passionate reader of theology and philosophy, an avid hiker and mountain climber, and an authority on all things Bob Dylan. He writes on themes that intersect theology and philosophy, exploring how these disciplines illuminate modern life. His work focuses on how faith impacts contemporary culture and how ancient Christian practices can provide guidance for searching minds. He also examines the relationship between art and spirituality, often using music and visual arts as illustrations for his ideas.
Beauty Will Save the World
- 234 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Zahnd issues a challenge to Christians to discover new vitality through re-envisioning, reimagining, and reforming the church according to the pattern of the cruciform. Using stories from the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and from his own life, he teaches believers to stay on the journey to discover the kingdom of God in a fuller, richer way.
Je vůbec možné si udržet křesťanskou víru v době nevíry?V současné době rostoucí skepse, cynismu a sekularismu se náš pohled na svět otřásá. Křesťané reagují různým způsobem. Někteří se snaží své jistoty prohloubit, druzí naopak svou víru podrobují dekonstrukci tak dlouho, až se stanou ateisty. Brian Zahnd však nabízí jinýpřístup: víra vyžaduje pečlivou rekonstrukci, nikoliv demolici! Autor skrze svou vlastní zkušenost, jež zahrnuje i pastýřskou službu, povzbuzuje k překonání krize víry k nastoupení na cestu obnovy. Dnešní svět se rychle mění a zdá se, že tyto změny nejsou s křesťanstvím slučitelné. Kniha Když je všechno v plamenech však nabízí tolik potřebnou naději. Ta spočívá ve víře ukotvené v nádheře a pravdě Ježíše Krista, která se tak stává silnější a jistější."