Saturday with Michael Spencer From a 2008 post Sorry to disappoint, but I suppose the career of the Internet Monk has been full of the kind of things I couldn’t say around Christians or in church, but felt I could say to thousands of readers on the same journey via the blogosphere. Mistake? Depends onContinue reading “Saturday with Michael Spencer: Things You Can’t Say Around Other Christians”
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Some things you might not know about Chaplain Mike…
Today is my 63rd birthday. I won’t be celebrating much this weekend, but will be on call, officiating funerals, and trying like heck to get my overgrown lawn, saturated by spring rains, mowed at last. Anyway, I thought this occasion might provide a chance to help everyone here get to know the real me aContinue reading “Some things you might not know about Chaplain Mike…”
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 3: Biology’s Molecular Constraints
Is There Purpose in Biology?: The Cost of Existence and the God of Love By Denis Alexander Chapter 3: Biology’s Molecular Constraints We are reviewing the book: Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander. Chapter 3: Biology’s Molecular Constraints. Alexander begins the chapter with aContinue reading “Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 3: Biology’s Molecular Constraints”
Always the Road Redux
Always the Road Redux All my life I’ve thought one day this wandering will end, The place I seek appearing, and there I am — at home. Some sweet promised, fruitful, verdant, restful land. I smile, breathe it in, and settle down. There we laugh and feast and play ’til dark Then lie within eachContinue reading “Always the Road Redux”
Return from the West
Return from the West It has been a long, gray, gloomy, wet winter/early spring in the Midwest, and we’re still going through its dreariness. In addition, as we’ve shared here, we’ve had a lot of sadness in and around our Internet Monk family. I’ve been ready for a retreat for some time, and this pastContinue reading “Return from the West”
Damaris Zehner: Rebranding Christianity
Rebranding Christianity Damaris Zehner Christians have a bad name these days. There have been scandals, of course – abusive priests, sexually immoral Christian leaders, cult-like churches, financial irresponsibility, hypocrisy, and more. There have also been a lot of people in the public eye who have identified themselves as Christian while espousing hateful or ridiculous pointsContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: Rebranding Christianity”
Another Look: Living as Easter People (1)
Note from CM: Back in 2011, we did a series called “Easter People.” I’ll be re-posting these on Sundays during this Easter season. • • • We’ve had many posts here at Internet Monk commending the use of the church calendar for spiritual formation. When we follow the Church Year, we live in the storyContinue reading “Another Look: Living as Easter People (1)”
Saturday with Michael Spencer: The Things that Won’t Go Away
Saturday with Michael Spencer The Things that Won’t Go Away They’re back. My sins, that is. Just in case you need to know, my name is Michael Spencer. I’m a Christian minister who has given 33+ years of my life to telling people… My sins, O the bliss of this glorious thought My sins notContinue reading “Saturday with Michael Spencer: The Things that Won’t Go Away”
Damaris Zehner: Evangelizing in a Time of Collapse
Evangelizing in a Time of Collapse Damaris Zehner The Church’s task is to make the Good News attractive and comprehensible to our audience, and that activity changes with time and place. Because what people believe about the world around them will affect how they hear the Gospel, there are two challenges to all of usContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: Evangelizing in a Time of Collapse”
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 2: Biology’s Grand Narrative
Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander Chapter 2: Biology’s Grand Narrative We are reviewing the book: Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander. Chapter 2 is Biology’s Grand Narrative. In this chapter Alexander asksContinue reading “Is There Purpose in Biology? The Cost of Existence and the God of Love. By Denis Alexander, Chapter 2: Biology’s Grand Narrative”
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