Note from CM: This is my final full post on Internet Monk. I decided to devote it to what really matters. I’ve been happy to share my journey with you and to learn about the paths on which God has led so many of you. But in the end, it’s not just about my journeyContinue reading “Chaplain Mike: My Manifesto — The Good News of Jesus for the Life of the World”
Yearly Archives: 2020
Denise Spencer: The Call
Note from CM: I thought it only right for us to hear from Denise Spencer as we get ready to wrap up Internet Monk. She knew Michael best, and understands more than anyone else his heart for Jesus and the ministries to which God called him. I cherish our friendship over the years and herContinue reading “Denise Spencer: The Call”
Jeff Dunn: Two Unforgettable Characters
Note from CM: What shall I say of my friend Jeff Dunn? Before Michael Spencer died, he anointed Jeff to administer the blog and asked me to be the lead writer. We were to be partners. Getting to know Jeff, his infectious enthusiasm, his love for baseball and good music and good humor, his longContinue reading “Jeff Dunn: Two Unforgettable Characters”
Damaris Zehner: The Signpost
Note from CM: On this final week of IM, we will be hearing from some good folks who have made contributions of excellence to this blog. We start today with one of my dear friends, Damaris, one of the most gifted and eloquent people I know. Thanks for sharing your wonderful writing with us overContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: The Signpost”
The Best of Michael Spencer: When I Am Weak
Note from CM: Folks, for my money, this is the best piece Michael Spencer ever wrote. I come back to it again and again and again… • When I am Weak Why we must embrace our brokenness and never be good Christians The voice on the other end of the phone told a story thatContinue reading “The Best of Michael Spencer: When I Am Weak”
Open Mic
Saturday the Last — Open Mic This is our final Saturday post on Internet Monk, and I thought we should give this one to the community of commenters that has made IM so rich over the years. So, the mic is open. Let us hear what Internet Monk has meant to you over the years.Continue reading “Open Mic”
Christmas Day 2020: Michael Spencer on Christmas
Christmas Day 2020 Michael Spencer on Christmas (2005) It is the grand simplicity of the Good News that God enters the world through an event that, apart from two Gospel accounts, would be unknown. The life of Jesus, from beginning to end, is the life of the poor, the lowly, the unknown and the insignificant.Continue reading “Christmas Day 2020: Michael Spencer on Christmas”
Christmas Eve 2020: My Winter Faith
My Winter Faith See, amid the winter’s snow, born for us on earth below, see the tender Lamb appears, promised from eternal years. Lo, within a manger lies He who built the starry skies; He, who throned in height sublime, sits amid the cherubim! Sacred Infant, all divine, what a tender love was Thine; thusContinue reading “Christmas Eve 2020: My Winter Faith”
The God at work behind closed doors
• My Internet Monk career began with an interview about something that Michael Spencer was struggling with — how Christians deal with death and dying. I wrote the following as an introduction when I edited and re-posted the original article in 2011. On November 17, 2009, I wrote my first post for Internet Monk. Actually,Continue reading “The God at work behind closed doors”
Struggling with God in the Modern Times
Struggling with God in the Modern Times This BioLogos Forum encapsulates the issues I have tried to deal with during my time as a writer for InternetMonk. That time has drawn to a close as this will be my last post. Forum poster, Sam B, writes: Hey all. Recently I have been dealing with someContinue reading “Struggling with God in the Modern Times”
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