(Click on picture for larger image) • • • Living Water The green water of the pond is bumpy with fish Whose round mouths snap at flies stuck In the spider webs strung between rushes – Wet spider webs drooping with dew, Trembling in the morning light until The sky darkens and drops fall, dimplingContinue reading “Pic & Poem of the Week: November 20, 2016”
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Damaris Zehner: At the Mercy of an Undisciplined Mind
At the Mercy of an Undisciplined Mind By Damaris Zehner Have you ever sat in church with your mind a hundred miles away? You look out the window and think about what you need to do in the yard when you go home. You stare at the outrageous hairdo of the woman in the pewContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: At the Mercy of an Undisciplined Mind”
iMonk Authors Week: Damaris Zehner
iMonk Authors Week Since my books were released last week, I thought it might be a good time to highlight some of the authors who write for us here at Internet Monk. I am blessed to partner with many fine, gifted, and faithful writers who have published books. For those of you still getting familiarContinue reading “iMonk Authors Week: Damaris Zehner”
Damaris Zehner: Outsourcing our Brains
Outsourcing our Brains By Damaris Zehner Recently I gave a test in one of my English classes. Part of the test involved reading selections from five short pieces of literature and writing down the author and title to each. All five pieces were ones we had spent time on in class, and I chose veryContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: Outsourcing our Brains”
Damaris Zehner: How to Question Your Faith: A Guide for Young People and Others
How to Question Your Faith: A Guide for Young People and Others By Damaris Zehner A conversation I had recently made me think about the scary process of – pick your metaphor – stepping off a cliff, walking in the dark, setting off across an uncharted ocean, or any other image that suggests the potentialContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: How to Question Your Faith: A Guide for Young People and Others”
IM Book Review: The Between Time by Damaris Zehner (David Cornwell)
Note from CM: I’m so pleased to announce that Damaris Zehner’s new book has been published! It is available on Twenty-Third Publications’ website and for pre-order on Amazon. For our readers from New Zealand (!), there is a local source. Germans can pay with Euros here and Dutch here. We’ve asked our friend David Cornwell to review it today. Congratulations,Continue reading “IM Book Review: The Between Time by Damaris Zehner (David Cornwell)”
Damaris Zehner: Yielding Rights
Yielding Rights By Damaris Zehner When discussions occur on Internet Monk defending abortion rights, contraceptive rights, rights to same-sex marriage, rights to divorce, even rights to receive communion in a denomination not one’s own, I tend not to take part. One reason I refrain has to do with the rules for ethical argument, at leastContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: Yielding Rights”
You’ve Gotta Hear This. It’s Amazing.
You’ve Gotta Hear This. It’s Amazing. By Damaris Zehner Jeff Dunn insists that American readers will refuse to read poetry. He’s always counseled me to leave the poetry out and in fact removed all the poems I had snuck into the manuscript of the book he’s publishing. I trust Jeff’s experience , but sometimes IContinue reading “You’ve Gotta Hear This. It’s Amazing.”
Damaris Zehner: Integrity of Life
Integrity of Life by Damaris Zehner For, with the old order destroyed, a universe cast down is renewed, and integrity of life is restored to us in Christ. Prayer offered during Mass: May 3, 2015 • • • The phrase “integrity of life” reached out and grabbed me when I heard it a few monthsContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: Integrity of Life”
Damaris Zehner: My Dysfunctional Relationship with God
My Dysfunctional Relationship with God By Damaris Zehner Have you ever been in a dysfunctional relationship? Of course you have. They are part of the sad reality of life in this world. I’ve been in several. Most, I’m happy to say, were ones I was able to walk away from once I recognized them forContinue reading “Damaris Zehner: My Dysfunctional Relationship with God”
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