Author Archives: Chaplainmike

Randy Thompson: Jesus Christ or Jesus Caesar?

Note from CM: We’ll reflect on Ash Wednesday tomorrow, after I return home. Thanks to Randy Thompson for helping out with today’s post. • • • Jesus Christ or Jesus Caesar? An Open Letter to Senator Ted Cruz “Just spend a minute, saying, ‘Father God, please continue this awakening, continue this spirit of revival,’ CruzContinue reading “Randy Thompson: Jesus Christ or Jesus Caesar?”

Mondays with Michael Spencer: February 8, 2016

This is part four in a series of iMonk posts that Michael wrote back in 2006. We have edited them and now present them each Monday. His subject was “the sermon,” and the series was called “What’s Wrong with the Sermon?” Here is Michael’s explanation of the approach he took: In this series of posts I will be examining theContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: February 8, 2016”

Epiphany V: An Introduction to Lent by Mark D. Roberts

A reader wrote this week and asked for basic information about Ash Wednesday and the Lenten season. I couldn’t think of a better introduction than this piece by Mark D. Roberts, who blogs at Patheos. • • • How Lent Can Make a Difference in Your Relationship with God by Rev. Dr. Mark D. RobertsContinue reading “Epiphany V: An Introduction to Lent by Mark D. Roberts”

Saturday Ramblings: February 6, 2016 – Superb Owl Edition

Gail and I are taking our classy red and white Metropolitan to the airport this morning for a little sky rambling down to Clearwater, Florida to snatch a few days of R&R. I hear there’s a big football game on the other coast this weekend and we’ll probably watch it. Being from Indianapolis, we have a fondContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings: February 6, 2016 – Superb Owl Edition”

Randy Thompson: A Late Autumn Walk at Dusk

A Late Autumn Walk at Dusk By Randy Thompson Dusk is my favorite time for walking, when the sun has just set over the western hills so that the last light of the day slowly dims like embers of a fire going out. Night is ascendant, but, for a few minutes at least, it  isContinue reading “Randy Thompson: A Late Autumn Walk at Dusk”

Essential Practices: Praying the Psalms

Essential Practices One: Praying the Psalms It seems to me that there are some essential practices that attend our faith as Christians. By saying that, I do not wish to imply, or get into an argument about, whether they are obligatory or not. In some senses I think they are, and in others not. All I’mContinue reading “Essential Practices: Praying the Psalms”

Miguel Ruiz: Confessions of a Former “Worship Leader”

Thanks to Jonathan Aigner for letting us re-post this from his site, Ponder Anew. Jonathan writes the best blog about worship on the web, in my opinion, and I hope you’ll check out his articles regularly. Miguel Ruiz is one of our faithful readers and participants at Internet Monk. He really hits one out ofContinue reading “Miguel Ruiz: Confessions of a Former “Worship Leader””

U.S. Civil Religion – An Election Year Series

Presidential election years in the U.S. provide Christians an opportunity to reflect upon our faith and how it applies to our lives as citizens and to the public issues that affect us all. I’d like to take Tuesdays throughout 2016 to discuss matters like these. To prompt my own thinking and to give us materialContinue reading “U.S. Civil Religion – An Election Year Series”

Mondays with Michael Spencer: February 1, 2016

This is part three in a series of iMonk posts that Michael wrote back in 2006. We have edited them and now present them each Monday. His subject was “the sermon,” and the series was called “What’s Wrong with the Sermon?” Here is Michael’s explanation of the approach he took: In this series of posts I will be examining theContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: February 1, 2016”