Poets & Saints

Not a Ticket But a Road (Brian Zahnd) - Unseen Existences: Day 12

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Show Notes

A five-minute Christian meditation and lectio divina practice on Matthew 7:13-14, with a reading from Brian Zahnd's The Last Train Out of Monkey Town. Day 12 of the Unseen Existences series.

Scripture Matthew 7:13–14 (NRSVUE) "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it."

Refrain Truth is a road, and I am walking it.

Quote Brian Zahnd, from The Last Train Out of Monkey Town "Truth is not a laminated card you carry in your pocket, Truth is a long hard road and you have to walk it." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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