Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church, a non-denominational Christian congregation in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Brian and his wife, Peri, founded the church in 1981. Brian is also the author of several books, including, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, Water to Wine, A Farewell To Mars, and Beauty Will Save the World.
In this interview Brian stretches us to new realms of understanding the Divine, love, forgiveness, and the way of peacemaking.
Talk with him or her often.
Ask him to remind you to be wide-eyed.
Seek her counsel and lean into her innocence.
Think back…How did you see before you were taught in/out, up/down, left/right, right/wrong, or winner/loser?
The inner child knows these answers.
Before we started to analyze everything we simply experienced everything.
So may you……simply…
………………………………………..experience…
………………………………………………………………..everything.
The you that is truly you will be so glad to see you again.
We prefer explanation over mystery.
We worship answers in lieu of honoring questions.
But what if we began to accept that rune is the place where comfort and peace reside?
I bet we’d start to enjoy drawing from the universal deck of surprise and delight over playing our victim and comparison cards.
Let it be.
Rebekah Lyons is the author of Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning and You Are Free: Be Who You Already Are (released February 21, 2017.) She is a mother of three, wife of one, and dog walker of two living in Nashville.
She’s an old soul with a contemporary, honest voice who puts a new face on the struggles we all face as we seek to live a life of meaning.
Through emotive writing and speaking, Rebekah reveals her own battles to overcome anxiety, depression, and consumer impulses—challenging people to discover and boldly pursue the calling God has for them. As a self-confessed mess, Rebekah wears her heart on her sleeve, a benefit to friends and readers alike.
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Aaron Niequist is a worship leader, song-writer, and pastor in the Chicago area. After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), he created A New Liturgy – a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings.
Currently, Aaron is curating a discipleship-focused, formational, practice-based community at Willow Creek called The Practice.
Aaron joins us in this episode at Let The Music Play Podcast as we discuss his journey and discovery of the beauty that can be found and reclaimed within our ancient liturgical practices.
