A Classic Michael Spencer Post From Christmas 2008 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 andContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: On Christmas Eve Eve”
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Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 16, 2016
He became the reconciling place where opposites met. He was the meeting place of God and man. Man the aspiring and God the inspiring meet in Him. Heaven and earth came together and are forever reconciled. The material and the spiritual after their long divorce have in Him found their reconciliation. The natural and theContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 16, 2016”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 2, 2016
Today, Michael Spencer’s classic post, “Lo, How a Rose:” Experiencing The Power of Beauty. • • • It was Christmas of 1968. I was a seventh grader at Estes Junior High School. School was a huge part of my world. My father was beginning down the road to depression. I was an only child, andContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: December 2, 2016”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: Nov. 18, 2016
Note from CM: An iMonk classic, and one of Michael’s very best and most personal pieces. • • • The Boat In The Backyard A father’s depression and a boy who finally understands by Michael Spencer Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? • Psalm 42:5 WhenContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: Nov. 18, 2016”
Pic & Post of the Week: Halloween Classic Edition
(Click on picture for larger image) Note from CM: Because tomorrow is Halloween, our pic & poem post will become a pic & post article — excerpted from one of Michael Spencer’s classic Halloween pieces. • • • The world of the imagination has always been essential to human beings, but they’ve never known just whatContinue reading “Pic & Post of the Week: Halloween Classic Edition”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: October 21, 2011
In Screwtape Letter 10, the senior tempter reminds Wormwood that, as much as possible, he should strive to have his patient lead two completely separate and parallel lives. It’s basic demonic advice, and few of us would need much explanation. Someone ought to add that’s there’s no good reason to stop at two separate lives. Three, four,Continue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: October 21, 2011”
Fridays with Michael Spencer: September 23, 2016
Note from CM: Over the next season on Fridays, we will focus on some of what Michael wrote about the church and church-shaped vs. Jesus-shaped spirituality. • • • I am going to disagree in some fundamental ways with the following statement. “My passion isn’t to build up my church. My passion is for God’sContinue reading “Fridays with Michael Spencer: September 23, 2016”
Mondays with Michael Spencer: September 5, 2016
Note from CM: I love Labor Day weekend as much as any of the other holiday times during the year here in the U.S. It kicks off fall, my favorite season. It used to signal the beginning of the school year, a blank slate to be filled in, a season of new opportunity for learningContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: September 5, 2016”
Mondays with Michael Spencer: August 29, 2016
Note from CM: While going through old posts today, I found this gem by Michael Spencer. It ties right in with what some folks were saying in the comments the other day — we Christians tend to live in our own little worlds, don’t even know it, imagine that we’re preaching in such a way that will attractContinue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: August 29, 2016”
Mondays with Michael Spencer: August 22, 2016
Religion #1: God is mean, angry and easily provoked. From day 1, we’ve all been a disappointment, and God is–justly–planning to punish us forever. At the last minute, thanks to Jesus stepping in to calm him down, he decides to be gracious. But don’t do anything to mess that up. Peace is fragile around here.Continue reading “Mondays with Michael Spencer: August 22, 2016”
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