Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. Ready for a New Year’s Brunch? I actually don’t have any items about New Years in the New Year’s Brunch. I just like saying New Year’s Brunch. It makes me feel sophisticated and cosmopolitan. Don’t judge. But it is still holiday time, so this week’s entries are allContinue reading “New Year’s Brunch, December 28 2019”
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Christmas and the Empty Chair
Dear imonk friends. On Tuesday night’s Christmas Eve Service I shared some thoughts on what Christmas means to me after a year of great loss and pain. I am posting them here in hopes it may help someone. 2019 has been the worst year of my life. I won’t go into details, but justContinue reading “Christmas and the Empty Chair”
Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 8.
Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 8. Chapter 10 is entitled, At Home with Miracle Max: How Science Expands Our Understanding of Miracles. Wallace begins the chapter by reviewing the Miracle Max scene from the movie, The Princess Bride where the characters Inigo and Fezzick bringContinue reading “Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 8.”
A Merry Christmas from Internet Monk
Welcome, all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span; Summer in winter; day in night; Heaven in earth, and God in man. Great little one, whose all-embracing birth Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth. • From “In the Holy Nativity of Our Lord” Richard Crashaw
“God’s people have begun to know the manger of their Lord.”
The great Raymond E. Brown has often been a guide to me when it comes to the Christmas narratives in the New Testament. Here is an example of his insight — applied to the Christmas Eve Gospel (Luke 2). May God grant us all a blessed Christmas Eve. • What is of importance is theContinue reading ““God’s people have begun to know the manger of their Lord.””
Monday with Michael Spencer: My Favorite Piece of Christmas Liturgy
My favorite piece of liturgy in the world is a sentence in the opening section of the Traditional Service of Nine Lessons and Carols broadcast round the world on the BBC. Why is it so moving? Because it is beautiful and true. Each year, as more and more of those I know join the saintsContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: My Favorite Piece of Christmas Liturgy”
Sermon: Advent IV — How Silently, How Silently
Sermon: Advent 4A How Silently, How Silently (Matthew 1:18-25) The Lord be with you. Whereas the Gospel of Luke tells the story of Jesus’ birth from Mary’s perspective, Matthew tells it through the eyes of Joseph. Both of these accounts share common elements in describing what took place. Both testify that Jesus was to beContinue reading “Sermon: Advent IV — How Silently, How Silently”
Christmas Brunch, December 21, 2019
Hello, friends. Ready for a Christmas Brunch? Let’s take a break from politics and divisiveness and focus on Christmas. We will start with some silly stuff, give a few lists, pose a couple discussion questions, and then conclude with Madonnas from around the world. THE TWELVE THANK-YOU NOTES OF CHRISTMAS Dec 25 My dearestContinue reading “Christmas Brunch, December 21, 2019”
Enjoying Handel’s Sublime Gift
Pastor Dan and his wife graciously treated us by inviting us to join them last night for a performance of Handel’s Messiah at the Center for the Performing Arts here in Indianapolis. It was magnificent. The Palladium is a state of the art concert venue, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Choir, directed byContinue reading “Enjoying Handel’s Sublime Gift”
Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 7.
Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 7. Chapter 9 is entitled The Things God Has Made: How Science Enlarges Our View of Life and Death. Wallace gives a lot of talks at churches. A frequently asked question is, “What happened before the Big Bang”. On theContinue reading “Review of “Love and Quasars: An Astrophysicist Reconciles Faith and Science” by Paul Wallace, Part 7.”
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