The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: November 21, 2020 Gratitude Edition ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but […]
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: November 14, 2020 — Grace Edition
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: November 14, 2020 Grace Edition It’s Thanksgiving season, and this week we emphasize grace, while next week we will emphasize gratitude. So pull a chair up to the banquet table and let’s talk about God’s amazing, surprising, prodigal grace as we feast at the end of another week. Note: I […]
apocalypse now?
• apocalypse now? we live these days with swabs up our noses masks covering our faces alcohol dripping from hands that hesitate to shake other hands we measure our distancing we balk at embracing we’re worried about breathing for god’s sake and everyone’s an expert but nobody knows what the hell is happening or why […]
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: November 7, 2020
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: November 7, 2020 The Democrats’ fantasy… The Democrats’ reality… • • Trump’s fantasy… • Trump’s reality… •
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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 Annual […]
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. And […]
Reformation Sunday 2020: Zwingli’s Plague Hymn
Swiss Reformer Ulrich Zwingli contracted the black death (bubonic plague) in Zurich while caring for the sick in 1519. Fearing for his life, he penned this hymn of lament and trust, completing its final four stanzas after his recovery. On Reformation Sunday, we present this as our own prayer for ourselves and each other, five […]