Last year I wrote about struggles I was facing, and compared them with a boxing match. Today, I feel like I am in the twelfth round of a fifteen-rounder. Â I thought I would revisit this again. Does anyone else feel as if they are in the ring right now? It stood to reason that aContinue reading “A Fight Of Faith”
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Worship Music: A Further Discussion
By Chaplain Mike For three Saturdays now, we have posted Michael Spencer’s series on “Worship, CCM, and the Worship Music Revolution.” A foundation has been laid for further discussion. The American evangelical church has come a long way since 2002, when Michael’s articles first appeared. It is my opinion that the “revolution” is mostly over.Continue reading “Worship Music: A Further Discussion”
The Liturgical Gangstas Talk about Church History
Presented by Chaplain Mike Our regular feature with friends from different Christian traditions continues today with a question about the place of church history and traditions in our current practice. There are a couple more Gangstas who have said they may want to chime in addition to those represented here. When I get their posts,Continue reading “The Liturgical Gangstas Talk about Church History”
Listening to the Story
By Chaplain Mike Ordinary Time Bible Study The Book of Ruth (3) How Did I Miss That? Dept. Inexplicably, when recommending commentaries on Ruth in an earlier post, I forgot to mention one of the finest: The Book of Ruth (New International Commentary on the Old Testament), by Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. It may actuallyContinue reading “Listening to the Story”
Mike Bell: How My Parents Broke the Mold
By Michael Bell Quick, think of a stereotypical Evangelical. What attributes come to mind? Here are some that you might have come up with. Anti-Union No Movies Lack of concern for the environment Driven by consumerism Homogeneous Complimentarian King James Version only (for some) Dispensational Young Earthers No Alcohol I used the word stereotypical, because,Continue reading “Mike Bell: How My Parents Broke the Mold”
A Hymn for Ordinary Time (2)
photo © 2010 Rachel Kramer | more info (via: Wylio)By Chaplain Mike One of my favorite melodies is the Gaelic tune BUNESSAN, which most people sing as “Morning Has Broken.” Many years ago, we began singing a hymn to this tune in the church where I served as worship leader. It quickly became a favorite.Continue reading “A Hymn for Ordinary Time (2)”
HACKED!!!
photo © 2009 *n3wjack’s world in pixels | more info (via: Wylio)By Chaplain Mike Our top-notch web technician Joe the Plumber has spent all weekend thus far working with our hosting company to restore Internet Monk after a hacker’s attack shut us down. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. We value yourContinue reading “HACKED!!!”
iMonk Classic: Worship, CCM and the Worship Music Revolution (part three)
Classic iMonk Post by Michael Spencer Circa 2002 This is the third and final part in our series of classic iMonk posts on worship. You can read or review part one HERE and part two HERE. LEARNING FROM THE PSALMS Evaluating Worship Music Using Scripture as a Guide As I type, I am saying toContinue reading “iMonk Classic: Worship, CCM and the Worship Music Revolution (part three)”
Saturday Ramblings 7.2.11
One hundred and eight. One. Hundred. Eight. Degrees. I guess I don’t mind the heat so much as the fact that we all have to take turns fanning Chaplain Mike. Anyway, it’s hot here at the iMonastery and we don’t have AC. Reals monks don’t need AC. Ok, maybe we don’t need it but weContinue reading “Saturday Ramblings 7.2.11”
There Must Be a Reason?
photo © 2010 Peretz Partensky | more info (via: Wylio)By Chaplain Mike I was reading through some of the Archives and came across a couple of paragraphs by Michael that got my attention in the context of where I am personally right now. To be frank, the wilderness I’m in has gotten hotter, dryer, andContinue reading “There Must Be a Reason?”
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