"Preachers Grow" with Pastor Brian Zahnd

Hopefully, the faith we have today looks a little different than the faith we had when we were younger.  It ought to be a little richer, a little fuller—it ought to have grown.

If that’s true for “regular” Christians, shouldn’t it be true for preachers, too?

On today’s episode, I have a conversation with Pastor Brian Zahnd, who ministers at Word of Life Church in St. Joseph Missouri.  About 20 years into his life as a pastor, Brian’s faith grew in some pretty significant ways.  He found himself unfulfilled by the Christianity that he was being offered (and that he was offering to others), and God took him on a journey that led him to question, to wrestle, to risk, and ultimately to arrive at a deeper and more vital belief in Jesus than he’d ever had before.  Oh—and he did it all in front of his congregation.

Brian details that journey in his book, Water to Wine: Some of My Story, which is how I learned about him, and I invited him to come on the podcast to talk about the vulnerability it required to live that story in real time in front of the people he was serving.

Find out more about Brian (including his many other books) here.

Theme Music:
"Careless Whistle" by AudioQuattro

Music in This Episode:
“Elephants on Parade" by Podington Bear
“Tyrannosaurus Rex Stomps Through Undergrowth” by Sound Ideas
“Large Dinosaur Lets out an Intense Cry” by Sound Ideas
“Lawn Mower” by Pro Sound Effects Library
“Lawn Mower Starting Idling Shutting off (Version 1)” by Finnolia Sound Effects
“Crash, Meteor - Explosive Meteor Crash Space Explosions” by Sound Effects Library