How the Counterculture Changed American Christianity
Sun, Oct 11
|Zion Lutheran Church
Join Rev. Dr. Rob Zahn, author of LSD to Galilee, for worship and a lunchtime conversation exploring how the psychedelic counterculture shaped the Jesus Movement, contemporary Christian music, and American faith—and what that history means for the church today.


Time & Location
Oct 11, 2026, 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Zion Lutheran Church, 1501 W Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
About the event
Rev. Dr. Rob Zahn will spend the morning at Zion Lutheran exploring where God may be showing up in places the church has often ignored, feared, or misunderstood. He will preach at both worship services, lead the adult forum, and host a lunchtime “Lunch and Learn” conversation with dialogue. Drawing from his book LSD to Galilee, Zahn will trace the relationship between the psychedelic counterculture, the Jesus Movement, contemporary Christian music, and the reshaping of American Christianity. Along the way, we may consider church decline and renewal, the spiritual longings revealed through music and popular culture, and how signs, stories, and cultural movements can help us recognize grace in unexpected places. The day will be less about romanticizing the 1960s than asking what that era can teach today’s church about incarnation, imagination, transformation, and faithful engagement with a changing culture. Come ready to listen, wonder, question, and join the conversation.