And the idiots have landed. Monday I watched with great terror and shock as a massive tornado roared through Moore, Oklahoma, leaving at least 24 people dead. I was at work when someone said “the City is getting storms.” I live in Tulsa, 100 miles east of the City—Oklahoma City—and was trying to keep an [...]
Saturday Ramblings 5.18.13
18 May by
There are those who are fairly new to this site, and thus may have some questions about this weekly iMonk abbey chapter we call Saturday Ramblings. So allow me to explain it in just a few words. First of all, the stories and comments shared here are all very serious. We don’t joke at the [...]
Difficult Scriptures: Romans 5:12-17
16 May by
12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. 13 Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break. 14 Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those [...]
Saturday Ramblings 5.11.13
11 May by
Horrific kidnappings in Cleveland. Arguing over the body of a bomber. A teen who hits and kills a soccer ref for giving the teen a yellow card. Someone named Jodi Arias being found guilty of killing her boyfriend in a horrendous manner. [Loud sigh ... ] Does anyone else feel the need for some good [...]
Dallas Willard Quotes
9 May by
“Anyone who really wants to be a follower of Jesus,” said my pastor, “needs to read this book.” Those were heavy words from this pastor. I knew if he said I should read something, he most likely was right. And he was. “This book” was The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God by Dallas [...]
Saturday Ramblings 5.4.13
4 May by
Greetings, fellow ramblers. Your Chief Rambler, the abbot of this abbey, has returned from his venture to the Buckeye state to serenade his father on the occasion of said dad’s 80th birthday. Cake was consumed with joy unspeakable and full of glory. You know, it is still only 762 miles from my driveway to my [...]
Saturday Ramblings 4.27.13
27 Apr by
Please forgive the tardiness of this week’s Ramblings, iMonks. I am on the road, and where I’m staying does not have internet service. Can you imagine that? No internet! The only thing worse than that would be no Saturday Ramblings. This will have to be short, and hopefully sweet. Much thanks to Adam Palmer and [...]
Another Look: A Very Real Fight
25 Apr by
[This originally appeared in May of 2010. I feel like I am still in the ring fighting this battle, so I thought we would have another look at this topic. JD] It stood to reason that a struggle with the Devil meant a spiritual struggle … the notion of a physical combat was fit only [...]
Saturday Ramblings 4.20.13
20 Apr by
It has been a rough week for us all, iMonks. It’s in times like these I long to retreat to a true monastery and shut out the world. Unfortunately, that is a vocation only a very few are called to. For the rest of us, we must walk in places where bombs and fertilizer factories [...]
My Five Albums
18 Apr by
Don Mann was laid to rest this week in Ohio. Don was my brother-in-law’s brother-in-law. He fought the cancer than claimed a lung, then his voice, as fiercely and bravely as anyone I have known. While he was not a blood relative, Don was a good friend, one I was privileged to know for nearly [...]
