IM Gift Guide 2016 — Part One: Books If you haven’t made up your Christmas wish list yet, here are a few items we recommend for gift-receiving and giving this year. The links in today’s post and in most posts throughout the year will take you to Amazon, where Internet Monk is an Associate. That means if youContinue reading “IM Gift Guide 2016 — Part One: Books”
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Thanksgiving Prayer 2016
A Prayer of Thanks Thank you, Lord, In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit… For life itself, the gift I take most for granted. For my baptism and introduction to the Gospel when, as an infant, all I could do was trust. For my family and my ancestors. For the blessing ofContinue reading “Thanksgiving Prayer 2016”
Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (4)
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) • • • The Grand Canyon, Monument to an Ancient Earth: Can Noah’s Flood Explain the Grand Canyon? By Gregg Davidson, Joel Duff, David Elliott, TimContinue reading “Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (4)”
Ron Rolheiser on Gratitude
Gratitude the Basic Virtue (an excerpt) by Ron Rolheiser There’s a Jewish folk-tale which runs something like this: There once was a young man who aspired to great holiness. After some time at working to achieve it, he went to see his Rabbi. “Rabbi,” he announced, “I think I have achieved sanctity.” ”Why do youContinue reading “Ron Rolheiser on Gratitude”
Sermon: Though the Wrong Seems Oft So Strong
SERMON: Tho’ the Wrong Seems Oft So Strong Christ the King Sunday Prayer of the Day O God, our true life, to serve you is freedom, and to know you is unending joy. We worship you, we glorify you, we give thanks to you for your great glory. Abide with us, reign in us, andContinue reading “Sermon: Though the Wrong Seems Oft So Strong”
Pic & Poem of the Week: November 20, 2016
(Click on picture for larger image) • • • Living Water The green water of the pond is bumpy with fish Whose round mouths snap at flies stuck In the spider webs strung between rushes – Wet spider webs drooping with dew, Trembling in the morning light until The sky darkens and drops fall, dimplingContinue reading “Pic & Poem of the Week: November 20, 2016”
Saturday Ramblings: November 19, 2016
RAMBLER OF THE WEEK Our Rambler of the Week award goes to Congressman John Lewis, who was awarded the National Book Award, honoring his graphic novel for young people, called March: Book Three. the final installment in his trilogy about his firsthand experiences in the Civil Rights Movement. Lewis has been called “one of the mostContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: November 19, 2016”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: Nov. 18, 2016
Note from CM: An iMonk classic, and one of Michael’s very best and most personal pieces. • • • The Boat In The Backyard A father’s depression and a boy who finally understands by Michael Spencer Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? • Psalm 42:5 WhenContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: Nov. 18, 2016”
Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (3)
Previous posts in the series: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (1) On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (2) • • • The Grand Canyon, Monument to an Ancient Earth: Can Noah’s Flood Explain the Grand Canyon? By Gregg Davidson, Joel Duff, David Elliott, Tim Helble, Carol Hill, Stephen Moshier, Wayne Ranney, RalphContinue reading “Mike the Geologist: On the Grand Canyon and the Flood (3)”
Clinical Depression vs. the Rich Tapestry of Human Experience
Yesterday’s comments prompted me to do some thinking, especially about one of the questions — “Does depression ever have a useful purpose?” My first inclination is to say, “No,” at least when we are speaking of clinical depression. There are different types of clinically diagnosed depression, and they all represent organic ailments that can disrupt life and leadContinue reading “Clinical Depression vs. the Rich Tapestry of Human Experience”
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