Category Archives: Saturday Brunch

The IM Saturday Monks Brunch “A Picture’s Worth 1000 Words” Edition • Now in God’s Care: Charles Krauthammer Finally, only words will do to say “Rest in peace” to remarkable writer and commenter Charles Krauthammer, who died this week at age 68 of cancer. Here are some excerpts from a tribute by Peter Wehner, aContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: June 22, 2018 — “A Picture’s Worth 1000 Words” Edition”

    Father’s Song Gregory Orr Yesterday, against admonishment, my daughter balanced on the couch back, fell and cut her mouth. Because I saw it happen I knew she was not hurt, and yet a child’s blood so red it stops a father’s heart. My daughter cried her tears; I held some ice against herContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: June 16, 2018. Dear Old Dad Edition”

Good morning, and welcome to our weekly IM Saturday Monks Brunch. All this past week, it seems like every time I looked at the news or at links on my Facebook feed, I said, “Yikes!” A whole bunch of crazy things have been happening lately. Let’s put some of them together and marvel at theContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: June 9, 2018 — Yikes! Edition”

Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend? Ready for some brunch? The Egypt Exploration Society has recently published a Greek papyrus that is likely the earliest fragment of the Gospel of Mark, dating it from between A.D. 150–250. A couple years ago, some scholars had teased the fragment would date from the first century. EvenContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, June 2, 2018”

FOR MEMORIAL DAY From “Sorrowing Spring” by Joel Kurz at Plough Scarcely has a winter departed since childhood that I haven’t journeyed in my soul to Shiloh, that military park along the Tennessee River where, on April sixth and seventh of 1862, roughly one hundred thousand soldiers engaged in a bloody conflict that claimed nearlyContinue reading “The Saturday Monks Brunch: May 26, 2018 — Memorial Day Edition”

Welcome to our weekly Brunch, and thanks to Pastor Dan for holding the fort for the past few weeks. This weekend marks the end of the Easter season with the celebration of Pentecost. Michael Spencer called Pentecost “The Third Great Day” and said of it: The clear purpose of Pentecost was to bring into birthContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: May 19, 2018”

Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. How about some nice brunch? We even have a nice chocolate fountain: Our brunch has a theme today. I’ve been reading a little Chesterton this month, and reminded of how insanely gifted he was in expressing deep ideas with clarity, brevity, and wit. I mean, seriously, is thereContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, May 12, 2018”

Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. Hungry for some brunch? We have lots on the brunch buffet today. Mostly lighter fare this week. But one thing we won’t be serving is this: That, my friend, is ham-flavored ice cream. Yes, an ice cream emporium in the Garden State, Windy Brow Farms, has raised eyebrows by launching aContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, May 5, 2018”

Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. Hungry for some brunch? In the true spirit of brunch, we have tried to offer up a little of everything: pictures, odd stories, serious issues, potty humor, beautiful cars, shower thoughts, and whatever else comes to my mind. A friend from Brazil posted this on Facebook last night.Continue reading “Saturday Brunch, April 28, 2018”

Hello, friends, and welcome to the weekend. Ready for some brunch? We’ve got some silly stuff, some serious stuff, some sporty stuff. Let’s start with a public service announcement: Scientists in New York have a polite request for you: STOP PEEING IN WALDEN POND. Well, they phrased more scienty:  It will be “prudent to furtherContinue reading “Saturday Brunch, April 21, 2018”