Spirituality For Ordinary People

Episode 28 of the podcast features an interview with Brian Zahnd. Brian is the pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri and author of several books, including Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God and A Farewell to Mars.Some of What We Talk About:Experiencing dramatic conversion to Christ and the impact moving forwardBeing honest in our approach to the scriptures and centering our understanding of Christ by reading the gospelsHow the Crucifixion of Jesus provides a lens for understanding the violence of humanityHow God’s "response" to the crucifixion is forgiveness and the sending out of the apostlesHow we mistake violent retribution for justice but God’s justice is restorativeThe place of the Book of Revelation - prophetic critique of the Roman Empire - laden with symbolMystical encounters in prayer - God as love and lightSpiritual practice - Brian has a regular morning liturgy that he follows. He learned to sit silently acknowledging the presence of Jesus / occasionally something would happen -