Author Archives: Chaplainmike

Fridays with Michael Spencer: February 10, 2017

⍎ Yesterday, in Louisville, at the corner of 4th and Walnut, I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all these people, that they were mine and I theirs, that we could not be alien to one another even though we were total strangers. It was like waking from a dream of separateness,Continue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: February 10, 2017”

Adam and the Genome 1

Adam and the Genome 1- Foreword and Introduction We are going to blog through the new book, Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science by Dennis Venema and Scot McKnight here at Internet Monk.  I, Mike the Geologist, your erstwhile science nerd, will attempt a chapter by chapter summary and discussion of this importantContinue reading “Adam and the Genome 1”

Klasie Kraalogies: As Mist Before the Sun: The Slow Relief of Unbelief (1)

Note from CM: I invited one of our faithful readers and commenters to tell his story. Welcome Klasie today as he tells part one of his own journey into the post-evangelical wilderness. • • • AS MIST BEFORE THE SUN: THE SLOW RELIEF OF UNBELIEF By Klasie Kraalogies Part 1 If someone is able toContinue reading “Klasie Kraalogies: As Mist Before the Sun: The Slow Relief of Unbelief (1)”

Another Look: Always the Road

⌖ Always the Road All my life I’ve thought one day this wandering will be past. One eureka moment! and I will be at home. A sweet oasis — fruitful, verdant, restful land — And I will smile, survey the scene, and settle down. There we will laugh and feast and play ’til dark Then lie within each other’s armsContinue reading “Another Look: Always the Road”

Why We Had Merton Week (with more such “weeks” to come)

Why We Had Merton Week (with more such “weeks” to come) A couple of weeks ago I hit the wall. I’ll spare you the gory details, but let’s just say I exhausted my capacity to concentrate and to speak without setting on fire the room around me. I remember when this happened back in 2011.Continue reading “Why We Had Merton Week (with more such “weeks” to come)”

Sermon: Epiphany V – Be Who You Are

Note from CM: There are no extant Bach cantatas for Epiphany V or VI, so this Sunday we will post only our Sunday sermon. • • • SERMON: Be Who You Are You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longerContinue reading “Sermon: Epiphany V – Be Who You Are”

The Internet Monk Saturday Brunch: 2/4/17

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.” Well, I sure am glad this was such a quiet, uneventful week, aren’t you? No wonder the guy above is grinning.Continue reading “The Internet Monk Saturday Brunch: 2/4/17”

Merton: “Full of the racket of my imperfections and passions”

• • • You have made my soul for Your peace and Your silence, but it is lacerated by the noise of my activity and my desires. My mind is crucified all day by its own hunger for experience, for ideas, for satisfaction. And I do not possess my house in silence. But I wasContinue reading “Merton: “Full of the racket of my imperfections and passions””