I spent the entire day yesterday listening to Catholic radio. I took in EWTN and Ave Maria in about equal portions, along with a couple of archived hours of Catholic Answers. I thought it would be interesting to the IM audience today to hear some of my thoughts on the “Catholic radio” experience. Let me [...]
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iMonk: Thoughts on a day of Catholic radio
Posted in Catholic, Something Borrowed on 9 December 2009 | 3 Comments »
Skipping to the last page
Posted in Something Borrowed, struggle on 9 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Someone I know wrote this and he’s allowed me to share it with you. It meshes very well with my own feelings. The Problem With Christian Music (or Skipping to the Last Page) The song that brought this to mind is “Gravity” by Sara Bareilles. Something always brings me back to you. It never takes [...]
Internet Monk: The Value of Liturgy
Posted in Evangelical, Liturgy, Something Borrowed, Tradition, Worship on 10 April 2009 | 1 Comment »
There’s an excellent discussion over at iMonk’s site about liturgy. I wanted to highlight one response from a Baptist minister in particular because he comes from a decidedly “non-liturgical” background. I’ve said similar things in describing why I like liturgy to my anti-liturgy friends but he does an even better job. Go check the full [...]
10 Really Bad Reasons Not To Have The Lord’s Supper
Posted in Anglican, Catholic, Something Borrowed, Tradition on 9 January 2009 | 3 Comments »
From The Blogging Parson. My favorites:7. We haven’t had it for so long that now it is weird. 10. Having done away with the old formal ways of doing the Lord’s Supper, we can’t decide on a new, less formal way of doing it that isn’t awkward and weird. Read the rest at his blog.
Six Denominations in Six Weeks
Posted in Anglican, Evangelical, Something Borrowed, Worship on 6 May 2008 | 7 Comments »
Great article up on RelevantMagazine.com from a guy who has attended Southern Baptist churches all his life and decided he needed to branch out and experience how some of his fellow brothers and sisters worshipped on Sundays. In six weeks time, he visited a different Southern Baptist church than his own (with a different style [...]
Lutheran perspective
Posted in Calvinism, Lutheranism, Salvation, Something Borrowed on 14 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is a fascinating interview going on over at the Internet Monk’s site right now with Josh Strodtbeck, a Lutheran blogger, on God’s Sovereignty…particularly compared to the Calvinist view. He’s unpacking all kinds of stuff from election, to assurance of salvation and other issues from a Lutheran perspective. You really need to check this out. [...]
Mainline Churches: We’re Having A Moment Here
Posted in Something Borrowed, Tradition, Worship on 27 July 2007 | Leave a Comment »
July 25th, 2007 by Michael Spencer In Appreciation for Bishop William Willimon. Mainline churches….we’re having a moment here. Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans, Disciples of Christ…do you know what I mean? We’re having a moment, and it’s slipping right by. What moment? We’re having a moment when thousands of evangelicals are getting a bellyful of the [...]