One of my grandson’s favorite reading collections right now is a set of Bible story books for young children. He’s apt to ask you to read all of the stories in one book back-to-back — and then command you to start on the next volume. He knows the difference in the tales, too. If SilasContinue reading “Denise Spencer: Come As A Child”
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Come As A Child
One of my grandson’s favorite reading collections right now is a set of Bible story books for young children. He’s apt to ask you to read all of the stories in one book back-to-back — and then command you to start on the next volume. He knows the difference in the tales, too. If SilasContinue reading “Come As A Child”
Commemorating the Reformation Together (2)
This week (today and Thursday) we are considering the June 17, 2013 document, jointly published by the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation, called “From Conflict to Communion.” The paper’s introduction states: In 2017, Lutheran and Catholic Christians will commemorate together the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation. Lutherans and CatholicsContinue reading “Commemorating the Reformation Together (2)”
Commemorating the Reformation Together (1)
This morning I introduce my particular topic for the week that we will look at today and Thursday. You may have read the blurb on the Internet Monk Bulletin Board (right side of the page) and noticed that Roman Catholics and Lutherans have come together and produced a document that expresses their commitment to commemorateContinue reading “Commemorating the Reformation Together (1)”
The Homily
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (Isaiah 55:1, KJV) *** Jesus: The kingdom of heaven is like a wealthy landowner who got up early in the morning and went out,Continue reading “The Homily”
Saturday Ramblings 6.22.13
Buckle your seat belts, iMonks. Today’s Ramblings will be fast and curious, with lots of twisty roads and some unseen bumps to navigate. Please don’t throw your trash out the window, and don’t eat in my car. I don’t like French fry wrappers shoved under the seat. If you all behave, maybe I’ll stop atContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 6.22.13”
Why Mark?
While doing some Internet searches about a year and a half ago I realized that Michael Spencer had left us a treasure trove of material that he had compiled on the gospel of Mark. There were many written Bible studies and blog posts that he posted online on the topic of Mark, some dating backContinue reading “Why Mark?”
Summer Sounds from CM: Album of the Year (so far)
Still Fighting the War by Slaid Cleaves This is my town Out in the rust belt fields We were bangin’ out Buicks and Oldsmobiles There was always a job And the money was there Some say we got a little lazy Nobody seemed to care But they figured it out And sent the elbow greaseContinue reading “Summer Sounds from CM: Album of the Year (so far)”
Individuality And Personhood
A friend of mine, a cinephile, a lover of the cinema in the very best sense of that phrase, commented to me once about what he saw as a difference between the films of the 40s and the 50s and those made ‘Oh, after about 1978’. The characters in the earlier films had neuroses, whereasContinue reading “Individuality And Personhood”
Demons Under The Bed
You may have read something in your local or national newspaper about “Pope Francis performs an exorcism”. Even the more sober types over at “First Things” have got in on the act. “On Pentecost Sunday all hell broke loose in Rome. Following Mass that day, the unpredictable Pope Francis laid hands on a demon-possessed manContinue reading “Demons Under The Bed”
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