Editor’s note: Today we jump in to the next book in the InternetMonk book club. The discussion this week will be led by Damaris Zehner and Martha of Ireland. I’ve really been looking forward to what they have to say about a woman we know very little of other than her quote, “All shall beContinue reading “iMonk Book Club: Julian of Norwich: A Contemplative Biography”
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Sunday Morning Meditation: Think On These Things
This week Damaris Zehner and Martha of Ireland will be helping us to walk with Dame Julian of Norwich. Two years ago I had the privilege to visit Norwich and sit in the cell (small room attached to small church) Julian called “home” for many years. The presence of God was overwhelming. I’m really excitedContinue reading “Sunday Morning Meditation: Think On These Things”
Saturday Ramblings 11.24.12
It’s been a slow news week here at the InternetMonk World Headquarters. Chaplain Mike is still on sabbatical. Our other writers were dishing up tasty treats for Thanksgiving. (By the way, just what is a “giblet” anyway? And why did I get a set of rubber gloves to pull it out of the turkey?) IContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 11.24.12”
More Thanks …
Had enough turkey yet? Of course you haven’t. Enjoy. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg’%5D
Screwtape Gives Thanks
[With profound thanks to my spiritual and literary hero, Clive Staples Lewis.] My Dear Wormwood, It is that time once again when your patient, along with all those living in his country, set aside a day to give thanks. It is a deplorable idea, this “giving thanks,” and one that a team assembled by OurContinue reading “Screwtape Gives Thanks”
The Grace Of The Feast
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and if I may be honest, it is perhaps my favorite holiday. It is devoid of the busy-ness of Christmas and the debauchery of New Year’s and the noise and sweat and plastic patriotism of July 4. I enjoy the time with family and friends and food without the trappings of giftsContinue reading “The Grace Of The Feast”
Chapter With Your Abbot
I wanted to take a break from my stomach-stretching exercises ahead of Thursday’s feast (pumpkin or pecan pie? The only correct answer is YES.) to update you on a few iMonk items. In a Benedictine monastery, the business meetings are called Chapter. Here at the iMonastery, we call such meetings … Chapter. (Putting the letterContinue reading “Chapter With Your Abbot”
Classic iMonk: Magic Books, Grocery Lists And Silent Messiahs: How Rightly Approaching The Bible Shapes The Entire Christian Life
Michael Spencer messed with my mind in many ways, but the most lasting was how he taught me to view Scripture. This essay is one of several he wrote that made me look at the Bible in an entirely different way. I hope you find it challenging and provoking as well. JD A Pentecostal evangelistContinue reading “Classic iMonk: Magic Books, Grocery Lists And Silent Messiahs: How Rightly Approaching The Bible Shapes The Entire Christian Life”
Open Mic: How Should We View Israel?
As we get ready for the third installment of the iMonk book club (Paul Copan’s Is God A Moral Monster? You have read it, haven’t you?), I wanted to start us off with a question. A question that touches the deadly third rail for many evangelicals. I was taught from the beginning of my ChristianContinue reading “Open Mic: How Should We View Israel?”
Sunday Morning Meditation: Think On These Things
Our thought-starter as we prepare for worship this morning comes from the great United Methodist bishop and preacher, William H. Willimon and his book, Why Jesus? Sometimes people say, “God? Oh can’t say anything definitive about God. God is large, nebulous, and vague.” We wish. By rendering God into an abstract idea, we can beContinue reading “Sunday Morning Meditation: Think On These Things”
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