Zumbro Current (Audio)

Book of Judges: Izban, Elon, and Abdon
Pastor Rob Zahn shares a short weekly devotional about 12 different judges through the Bible's most violent book: The Book of Judges. Watch the pattern turn: people forget God, things fall apart, they cry out, God raises a rescuer — then they forget again, each time worse. Not polished superheroes. Messy, unlikely people God uses to rescue.

“Freed in Christ…But Still Learning”--Pastor Rob Zahn sits down with Dr. Philip Quanbeck II, Emeritus Professor of Religion, Augsburg University, to take a look at the ELCA’s 1993 statement on race, ethnicity, and culture—and why its call to confront racism remains an unfinished conversation.

Book of Judges: Jepthah
Pastor Rob Zahn shares a short weekly devotional about 12 different judges through the Bible's most violent book: The Book of Judges. Watch the pattern turn: people forget God, things fall apart, they cry out, God raises a rescuer — then they forget again, each time worse. Not polished superheroes. Messy, unlikely people God uses to rescue.

Jesus is Lord. Caesar (The Government) is Not. What does the ELCA’s Faith and Civic Life: Seeking the Well-being of All social statement have to say about faith, politics, and the world we live in right now? Pastor Rob Zahn sits down with Dr. Philip Quanbeck II, Emeritus Professor of Religion, Augsburg University, for a wide-ranging—and sometimes provocative—conversation about Jesus and Caesar, Christian nationalism, political power, justice, and the role of Christians in public life. What did “Jesus is Lord” mean in the Roman Empire, and what might it mean in America today? It’s a conversation about faith, civic life, and what it means to seek the well-being of all.

Book of Judges: Jair
Pastor Rob Zahn shares a short weekly devotional about 12 different judges through the Bible's most violent book: The Book of Judges. Watch the pattern turn: people forget God, things fall apart, they cry out, God raises a rescuer — then they forget again, each time worse. Not polished superheroes. Messy, unlikely people God uses to rescue.

Mumford's Son: 3
A detour from Judges: what can Mumford & Sons teach us about faith outside the walls of the church? From a stadium full of people singing, to love for the other, to a serendipitous connection to Pastor Rob's book — a meditation on doubt, belief, and where the honest stuff actually shows up.

Mumford's Son
A detour from Judges: what can Mumford & Sons teach us about faith outside the walls of the church? From a stadium full of people singing, to love for the other, to a serendipitous connection to Pastor Rob's book — a meditation on doubt, belief, and where the honest stuff actually shows up.

Mumford's Son
A detour from Judges: what can Mumford & Sons teach us about faith outside the walls of the church? From a stadium full of people singing, to love for the other, to a serendipitous connection to Pastor Rob's book — a meditation on doubt, belief, and where the honest stuff actually shows up.

Book of Judges 7: Tola
Twelve judges, twelve weeks of summer. Pastor Rob Zahn shares a short weekly devotional through the Bible's most violent book. Watch the pattern turn: people forget God, things fall apart, they cry out, God raises a rescuer — then they forget again, each time worse. Not polished superheroes. Messy, unlikely people God uses to rescue.

Pastor Rob Zahn sits down with Dr. Matthew Hafar, Program Coordinator, ELCA Central Europe Teachers Program, to discuss his mission and teaching work in Slovakia. To give to this program and Dr. Hafar's work, visit community.elca.org/missionarygiving. Select Matthew Hafar in the designation box. You can also give by calling (800) 638-3522, or mail a check to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, PO Box 1809, Merrifield, VA 22116-8009 and write Matt Hafar, GCS 2140 in the memo line. Follow Dr. Hafar's blog, "From Zumbro to Vah." Email Dr. Hafar at matthafar@gmail.com.