Hello, Imonks, and welcome to the weekend. Ready to Ramble? Of course the big news in religion this week was the release of a new Pew study on American religion. However, Mike Bell had a post about that yesterday and will have another one next Friday, so I will leave that in his capable hands.Continue reading “Saturday Ramblings, May 16, 2015”
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Religious Switching 2.0: 2007 versus 2014 (Preliminary)
Seven years ago I published the following graph from data that I have derived from the Pew Forum’s Religious Landscape Study. It shows how people in America have changed over their lifetime from their childhood faith to their current faith. Click on the image to see it full size graph. In the full size imageContinue reading “Religious Switching 2.0: 2007 versus 2014 (Preliminary)”
“We keep returning to its rich waters thirsty”
I was baptized as an infant in 1958. My sainted grandmother gave me some books then and in my preschool years about Jesus, heaven, and the twelve disciples. A while back, when my parents moved, my mother found those books and gave them to me again. I remember looking through them with fascination when I wasContinue reading ““We keep returning to its rich waters thirsty””
Another Look: If you are not afraid, you are not human
First posted in July, 2013. • • • Hello. My name is Mike, and I am afraid. I am afraid of life, and I am afraid of life’s end. I am afraid of being alone, and I am afraid of being with people. I am afraid of hatred and I am afraid of love. TruthContinue reading “Another Look: If you are not afraid, you are not human”
Preach it, Michelle!
Commencement speeches are usually fairly banal and unmemorable, but people are buzzing about one First Lady Michelle Obama gave at Tuskegee University last Saturday. After reviewing the history of the Tuskegee Airmen and the university for which “Booker T. Washington pawned his pocket watch to buy a kiln, and students used their bare hands toContinue reading “Preach it, Michelle!”
On Theodicy
The other day, at the end of our discussion of “Jesus as the New Adam,” Mike H. wrote, “I get that the focus here is on vocation, but I have a tough time not looking at theodicy. It’s the elephant in the room. Is that going to be discussed head on?” After posting Ron Rolheiser’s essay thisContinue reading “On Theodicy”
Ron Rolheiser: Evolution’s Ultimate Wisdom
The other day I quoted from an article by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser. I was so impressed by what he said, even though it was stated simply and briefly in a blog post, that I wrote for permission to re-post the piece in its entirety here at Internet Monk. Because I quoted from this and usedContinue reading “Ron Rolheiser: Evolution’s Ultimate Wisdom”
Sundays with Michael Spencer: May 10, 2015
The crowd at the ball game is moved uniformly by a spirit of uselessness which delights them, all the exciting detail of the chase and the escape, the error the flash of genius, all to no end save beauty the eternal – • William Carlos Williams “The Crowd At The Baseball Game” • • •Continue reading “Sundays with Michael Spencer: May 10, 2015”
Saturday Ramblings, May 9, 2015
Hello, imonks, and welcome to the weekend. Ready to Ramble? The Evangelical Christian Publisher Association gave out their book awards this week. And what won Book of the Year? The Daniel Plan, by Rick Warren. Yes, this is a diet and fitness book, based on the vegetable diet the Prophet Daniel and his companions underwent, because,Continue reading “Saturday Ramblings, May 9, 2015”
Boxing: A Metaphor for North American Christianity?
Last Friday I asked my son if he was interested in the Pacquiao versus Mayweather fight. “Why would I be interested”, he replied. “On one hand you have a guy who uses his position and prominence to put down gay rights and on the other hand you have a serial sexual abuser. Who would IContinue reading “Boxing: A Metaphor for North American Christianity?”
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