The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: October 31, 2020 It’s Halloween 2020! Over the years, Internet Monk has been known to post articles about this celebration in response to various examples of hysteria and circus-like behavior on the part of some Christians. Here’s a list of those posts: The Great Pumpkin Proposes a Toast My AnnualContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: October 31, 2020”
Monthly Archives: October 2020
Reconsider Jesus – Calling the Tax Collector (Mark 2:13-17)
Reconsider Jesus – A fresh look at Jesus from the Gospel of Mark A devotional commentary by Michael Spencer Compiled and Edited by: Michael Bell Table of Contents (Note: Ninety-eight expressions of interest in the book so far! Thank you, thank you! ) Calling the Tax Collector 13 Once again Jesus went out beside theContinue reading “Reconsider Jesus – Calling the Tax Collector (Mark 2:13-17)”
One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About
It’s our seemingly insatiable desire to eat meat This article from Scientific American raises the question that a major causes of pandemics might be the factory farming of animals. The conditions that animals are often farmed in today, crowding tens of thousands of animals together, might just serve as “amplifiers” for viral pandemics. The articleContinue reading “One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About”
Lynn Ungar: Pandemic
• What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the world different than it is. Sing. Pray. Touch only those to whom you commit your life. Center down. AndContinue reading “Lynn Ungar: Pandemic”
The Wounded, Wounding God
One of my life-albums is “The Lover and the Beloved”, by John Michael Talbot. In this album, JMT takes devotional writings from some of the great spiritual writers of church history, adapts them to song, and then sings them, accompanied only by an acoustic guitar. So…a little bit different than what the Music-Industrial Complex, inContinue reading “The Wounded, Wounding God”
Daughters of the Church Today?
Have you read this book? It was a pretty significant piece of scholarship when it was released in 1987. And, as it covers nearly 2000 years of church history, I would call it a pretty significant book still today. From the Amazon summary: Rich in historical events and colorfully written, this fascinating account of womenContinue reading “Daughters of the Church Today?”
Reformation Sunday 2020: Zwingli’s Plague Hymn
Swiss Reformer Ulrich Zwingli contracted the black death (bubonic plague) in Zurich while caring for the sick in 1519. Fearing for his life, he penned this hymn of lament and trust, completing its final four stanzas after his recovery. On Reformation Sunday, we present this as our own prayer for ourselves and each other, fiveContinue reading “Reformation Sunday 2020: Zwingli’s Plague Hymn”
Saturday Brunch, POLITICS-FREE EDITION, October 24, 2020
Hello friends, and welcome to the weekend. Ready for brunch? Okay, I’ve had enough. I don’t want to hear ONE word about politics today, especially in the comments section. NOT today, boys and girls. We are gonna brunch-out on some beautiful pics, some science, news, and some random human weirdness. And if anyone even mentionsContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, POLITICS-FREE EDITION, October 24, 2020”
Reconsider Jesus – The Forgiver of Sins (Mark 2:1-12)
Reconsider Jesus – A fresh look at Jesus from the Gospel of Mark A devotional commentary by Michael Spencer Compiled and Edited by: Michael Bell Table of Contents (Note: I wanted to take a moment to give a bit of an update on this project. Each post in this series usually takes me between threeContinue reading “Reconsider Jesus – The Forgiver of Sins (Mark 2:1-12)”
What is the plan for the Pandemic?
What is the plan for the Pandemic? Are you tired of the Pandemic? Are you through with the Pandemic? Well the Pandemic is not “through” with you. This latest report warns: US Covid-19 cases will begin to rapidly accelerate in a week as the country topped 60,000 new infections Tuesday — triple what the dailyContinue reading “What is the plan for the Pandemic?”
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