Note from CM: This is one of the first posts by Michael Spencer that I remember commenting on, back in 2008. He touched an area of my life that has always been precious: the profound joy of choral music, especially during the Advent and Christmas seasons. In my comment, I wrote, “There is a combinationContinue reading “iMonk Classic: “Lo, How a Rose” — Experiencing the Power of Beauty”
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Monday with Michael Spencer: What’s in a Name?
Monday with Michael Spencer What’s in a Name? (2007) Here in Kentucky, most of the Baptist Churches of a certain age have a particular approach to their names. Most choose to go the geographic route, so we have Three Forks of the Elkhorn, Muddy Gap, First Baptist Every-town-you-can-think-of, a couple of thousand “creeks” of variousContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: What’s in a Name?”
Monday with Michael Spencer: Letting Some Air Out of the Reformation Day Balloon
Note from CM: Should be an interesting week. We just got back from Italy and I’ve been immersing myself in Franciscan ways. This Sunday, Reformation Sunday, will be my first week back in the pulpit at my ELCA Lutheran congregation for the rest of the fall, winter, and spring until Easter. We have invited CatholicContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Letting Some Air Out of the Reformation Day Balloon”
Another Look: Chasing Francis
Another Look: Chasing Francis Francis was a Catholic, an evangelical street preacher, a radical social activist, a contemplative who devoted hours to prayer, a mystic who had direct encounters with God, and someone who worshiped with all the enthusiasm and spontaneity of a Pentecostal. He was a wonderful integration of all the theological streams weContinue reading “Another Look: Chasing Francis”
Monday with Michael Spencer: Trusting the Father?
Monday with Michael Spencer: October 14, 2019 Trusting the Father? Yesterday, I experienced the great part of being a teacher; one of those experiences that make all the others worth it. It was in my advanced placement English IV class. Our brightest seniors. I’m fortunate to be able to work with them. A fewContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Trusting the Father?”
Monday with Michael Spencer: Silence in Worship
Monday with Michael Spencer: October 7, 2019 Silence in Worship Silence has been banished from most contemporary worship as if it were an outright evil, yet what modern worship consumer is not likely to come back from a monastic retreat saying “I loved the silence?” The Protestant liturgy has no tradition of silence, butContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Silence in Worship”
Monday with Michael Spencer: The Red Wheelbarrow Debate
Monday with Michael Spencer: September 30, 2019 The Red Wheelbarrow Debate so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. William Carlos Williams, “The Red Wheelbarrow” And so once again, my AP English IV class begins its two-quarter study of poetry. I love this partContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: The Red Wheelbarrow Debate”
Monday with Michael Spencer: Mom’s Money
Monday with Michael Spencer: September 23, 2019 Mom’s Money My parents were always poor. They came from poor people. They lived through the Depression. The first house I remember was small, run down and drafty. Dad never was able to stay with a good job for very long, then his health broke down and heContinue reading “Monday with Michael Spencer: Mom’s Money”
Tuesday with Michael Spencer: Our Little Parades
Tuesday with Michael Spencer Our Little Parades “A Real Church for Real People.” “A warm, loving fellowship of people who care about you!!” “Come hear practical, spirit-anointed messages by a man of God.” “Continuous Revival!!” “A Church with Christ at Heart and You in Mind.” “Such and Such Church: Where You Matter.” “People Being TransformedContinue reading “Tuesday with Michael Spencer: Our Little Parades”
Wednesday with Michael Spencer: Rerun
Wednesday with Michael Spencer Rerun (from 2009) He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, “God, I thankContinue reading “Wednesday with Michael Spencer: Rerun”
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