Sermon: Advent I Sinai’s Last Thunder In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, makeContinue reading “Sermon: Advent II – Sinai’s Last Thunder”
Author Archives: Chaplainmike
Advent Pic and Cantata of the Week II
ADVENT II Bach Cantata 70, “Watch! Pray!” BWV 70 is an expansion of a cantata Bach wrote seven years earlier in Weimar. The music for this earlier work has been almost entirely lost. It was one of a group of three cantatas (BWV 70a.186a,147a) that Bach produced in December 1716 based on texts by the Weimar court poet Salomo Franck.Continue reading “Advent Pic and Cantata of the Week II”
Saturday Ramblings: December 3, 2016
RAMBLER OF THE WEEK As far as we know, there is only one person left in this world who was born in the 19th century. On Tuesday, Emma Morano celebrated her 117th birthday. I think that’s worthy of our Rambler of the Week honor, don’t you? Ms. Morano, the oldest of eight siblings, was born onContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: December 3, 2016”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 2, 2016
Today, Michael Spencer’s classic post, “Lo, How a Rose:” Experiencing The Power of Beauty. • • • It was Christmas of 1968. I was a seventh grader at Estes Junior High School. School was a huge part of my world. My father was beginning down the road to depression. I was an only child, andContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 2, 2016”
Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (5)
Previous posts in the series: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (1) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (2) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (3) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (4) • • • The Grand Canyon, Monument to an Ancient Earth: Can Noah’s Flood Explain the Grand Canyon?Continue reading “Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (5)”
Another Look: Go forth to meet him
Tomorrow is the beginning of December. We are a few brief weeks away from welcoming the Christ-child at his birth. As we face this season and event, here are some words from Brother Thomas Merton that make me think. For Christmas will come this year, just as it did long ago in Bethlehem. And, as onContinue reading “Another Look: Go forth to meet him”
“Mindfulness” and other contemporary legalisms
Life in contemporary America is full of “should.” And how can it not be? We are forever “shoulding” all over each other. Modern American life is, at times, almost suffocating in self-righteousness and legalism. We may be the most judgmental people in history. And I’m not just talking about church folks, though I think this isContinue reading ““Mindfulness” and other contemporary legalisms”
Sermon: Advent I — The Days Before
Sermon: Advent I The Days Before You thought God was an architect, now you know He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow And everything you built that’s all for show goes up in flames In twenty-four frames • Jason Isbell “But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven,Continue reading “Sermon: Advent I — The Days Before”
Advent Pic and Cantata of the Week
ADVENT I Bach Cantata BWV 36, “Soar in your joy” ♕ Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen Wird Gottes Majestät verehrt. Denn schallet nur der Geist darbei, So ist ihm solches ein Geschrei, Das er im Himmel selber hört. Even with subdued, weak voices Gods majesty is honoured. for if only the spirit resounds, there is suchContinue reading “Advent Pic and Cantata of the Week”
Saturday Ramblings: November 26, 2016
RAMBLER OF THE WEEK Tomorrow marks the first Sunday in Advent, the beginning of a new liturgical year for Christians. During this year, we here at Internet Monk will be exploring many of Bach’s cantatas on Sundays. I thought it fitting, therefore, that we honor Johann Sebastian Bach as our Rambler of the Week todayContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: November 26, 2016”
The Internet Monk Archives 