(Click on picture for larger image) • • • We’re back to Bach! The Lenten season was a time when no cantatas were sung in worship in Lutheran churches, so today we return to Bach’s music on Palm Sunday. BWV 182, “King of Heaven, be Thou welcome,” is the only Bach Palm Sunday cantata weContinue reading “Pic & Cantata for Palm Sunday”
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The Internet Monk Saturday Brunch: 4/8/17
THE INTERNET MONK SATURDAY BRUNCH ”It is talk-compelling. It puts you in a good temper, it makes you satisfied with yourself and your fellow beings, it sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week.” Michael Spencer loved to laugh. In honor of the 7th anniversary of his death this week, I thought we’d startContinue reading “The Internet Monk Saturday Brunch: 4/8/17”
Remembering Michael Spencer
Note from CM: I wrote this post shortly after Michael died on April 5, 2010, seven years ago this week. We’re still hungry, still searching, still on the journey. Some of us have found helpful oases where we’ve been able to slake our thirst somewhat and find a bit of nourishment. But conversation among theContinue reading “Remembering Michael Spencer”
Adam and the Genome 9: Chapter 5- Adam, Eve, and the Genome: Four Principles for Reading the Bible after the Human Genome Project.
Adam and the Genome 9: Chapter 5- Adam, Eve, and the Genome: Four Principles for Reading the Bible after the Human Genome Project We continue our review of the book, Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science, by Dennis Venema and Scot McKnight. Today, Chapter 5. The book now moves to the fourContinue reading “Adam and the Genome 9: Chapter 5- Adam, Eve, and the Genome: Four Principles for Reading the Bible after the Human Genome Project.”
Looking for David
An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. • Matthew 1:1 • • • I have argued elsewhere that the overarching story of the Bible is about God establishing his Kingdom in this world. “May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as in heaven” is theContinue reading “Looking for David”
Pete Enns: What is Genesis About? (2)
UPDATE: I have added some articles to the IM bulletin Board (right column) that complement our studies this week. Note from CM: Here is part two of Pete Enns’s enlightening overview of the purpose of Genesis in the final edition of the Hebrew Bible. Pete blogs at The Bible for Normal People. He also has a new The BibleContinue reading “Pete Enns: What is Genesis About? (2)”
Pete Enns: What Is Genesis About? (1)
Note from CM: Thanks to Pete Enns for allowing us to re-post this thought-provoking essay about the purpose of Genesis. As usual, from my perspective it is spot on. And, as usual, it goes against the grain of most of the evangelical/fundamentalist teaching which originally shaped my view of Scripture. But it makes so muchContinue reading “Pete Enns: What Is Genesis About? (1)”
Another Look: Sonnet for Lent V
Today’s Gospel: John 11:1-45 Sonnet for Lent V if only you had been here with us then when your close friend, our brother, passed away i know you could have helped, have healed, have saved his life and kept us from this hopeless day instead we watched him slowly lose his breath we bid him drinkContinue reading “Another Look: Sonnet for Lent V”
The Internet Monk Saturday Brunch: 4/1/17 – Opening Day Edition
THE INTERNET MONK SATURDAY BRUNCH ”It is talk-compelling. It puts you in a good temper, it makes you satisfied with yourself and your fellow beings, it sweeps away the worries and cobwebs of the week.” OPENING DAY EDITION. This is one of my favorite pictures of my boys when they were young. We were atContinue reading “The Internet Monk Saturday Brunch: 4/1/17 – Opening Day Edition”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: March 31, 2017. Opening Day Edition
Note from CM: Michael Spencer, one of the world’s greatest baseball fans, died on Opening Day of the MLB season — April 5, 2010. The box score above shows that his beloved Cincinnati Reds lost that night to the St. Louis Cardinals. Win or lose, I can’t think of Michael without smiling in brotherly sympathy with hisContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: March 31, 2017. Opening Day Edition”
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