Books—A Spiritual Perspective February 11, 2013 Issue

Part of one family

Kim Shippey

Brian McLaren, who once taught college English, served 20 years as a pastor, and has written over a dozen books, cannot resist the age-old question about why the chicken crossed the road.

In his latest book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? (Jericho Books, 2012) he makes some suggestions: 

• Einstein: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
• Hamlet: That is not the question.
• A nun: It was a habit. 

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