Why People “Fly from Facts” Sorry for this late and incomplete posting, friends. I just couldn’t find a science and faith article that sparked my interest, and I just couldn’t find the mental energy to dig in to something. This article from Scientific American will have to do. The authors examine why people seem toContinue reading “Why People “Fly from Facts””
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For What It’s Worth…
Is Democracy Backsliding?
Today, of course, marks the terminus of voting for the U.S. 2020 electoral season. By this evening, some 140-150 million Americans will have voted; about 60 percent of eligible voters. Experts predict it will be a record. That sounds like a win for democracy. And certainly it is better than when large groups of theContinue reading “Is Democracy Backsliding?”
To January 1st… and beyond!
If you have been following along with Internet Monk recently, you will know that the blog will be coming to an end on January 1st, and subsequently only available as a historical archive. That leaves with approximately sixteen posts after this one. Lets first talk about what I would like to cover over these sixteenContinue reading “To January 1st… and beyond!”
Mystic Sweet Communion
Songs, a litany, and prayers for All Saints…
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: October 31, 2020
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: October 31, 2020 It’s Halloween 2020! Over the years, Internet Monk has been known to post articles about this celebration in response to various examples of hysteria and circus-like behavior on the part of some Christians. Here’s a list of those posts: The Great Pumpkin Proposes a Toast My AnnualContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: October 31, 2020”
Reconsider Jesus – Calling the Tax Collector (Mark 2:13-17)
Reconsider Jesus – A fresh look at Jesus from the Gospel of Mark A devotional commentary by Michael Spencer Compiled and Edited by: Michael Bell Table of Contents (Note: Ninety-eight expressions of interest in the book so far! Thank you, thank you! ) Calling the Tax Collector 13 Once again Jesus went out beside theContinue reading “Reconsider Jesus – Calling the Tax Collector (Mark 2:13-17)”
One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About
It’s our seemingly insatiable desire to eat meat This article from Scientific American raises the question that a major causes of pandemics might be the factory farming of animals. The conditions that animals are often farmed in today, crowding tens of thousands of animals together, might just serve as “amplifiers” for viral pandemics. The articleContinue reading “One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About”
Lynn Ungar: Pandemic
• What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just for now, on trying to make the world different than it is. Sing. Pray. Touch only those to whom you commit your life. Center down. AndContinue reading “Lynn Ungar: Pandemic”
The Wounded, Wounding God
One of my life-albums is “The Lover and the Beloved”, by John Michael Talbot. In this album, JMT takes devotional writings from some of the great spiritual writers of church history, adapts them to song, and then sings them, accompanied only by an acoustic guitar. So…a little bit different than what the Music-Industrial Complex, inContinue reading “The Wounded, Wounding God”
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