May 17, 2012

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from all here at the iMonastery: First Lady Denise Spencer, Chaplain Mike, Damaris Zehner, Lisa Dye, Martha of Ireland, Joe Stallard, Adam Palmer, Joe Spann, Craig Bubeck, and your grateful publisher. We extend glad tidings to one and all. Thank you for making InternetMonk your home for great conversation, encouraging words, and the [...]

Five Days of Thanksgiving (4)

For thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given, for that great, great love of thine, peace on earth, and joy in heaven: Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. – For the Beauty of the Earth, Pierpoint . . . ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, [...]

Five Days of Thanksgiving (3)

NOTE: We have not had a lot of comments on these posts, nevertheless I hope they are encouraging to you and helping you give voice to your own expressions of thanks. Please feel welcome to share some of those expressions in the comments if you are moved to do so. • • • A quiet [...]

Five Days of Thanksgiving (2)

A quiet disposition and a heart giving thanks is the real test of the extent to which we love and trust God at that moment. • True Spirituality, Francis Schaeffer • • • Today, we continue our five days of thanksgiving by asking God to quiet our hearts and enable us to give thanks for [...]

Five Days of Thanksgiving (1)

For the next five days, we will devote one post each day to giving thanks. No, we are not going all Osteen, “positive vibes only” on you. It is just that, whenever I come to the final Sunday of the Church Year, and at the time when Americans celebrate the Thanksgiving feast, I am reminded [...]