{"id":1680,"date":"2006-12-23T02:10:37","date_gmt":"2006-12-23T02:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/12\/weekly-meanderings-30.html"},"modified":"2006-12-23T02:10:37","modified_gmt":"2006-12-23T02:10:37","slug":"weekly-meanderings-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/12\/weekly-meanderings-30.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may need a handkerchief to get through this one. <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/praying-for-our-troops-during-this.html\">Thanks Bob<\/a>.<br \/>\nLuke&#8217;s got a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/mcknightro.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/emerging-logical-next-step.html\">series on emerging<\/a> going.<br \/>\n<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nCongrats to Mike and Julie Clawson: <a href=\"http:\/\/emergingpensees.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/we-have-space.html\">Via Christus<\/a> now has a space. No small issue for many emerging gatherings.<br \/>\nA variety of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/HEALTH\/12\/19\/season.hangover\/index.html\">seasonal hangovers<\/a> and their cures.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/dleague\/anaheim\/tylersmith_blog.html\">New blog<\/a>: a friend of my son&#8217;s from high school now playing D-League basketball.<br \/>\nWho needs Dickens when you&#8217;ve got the <a href=\"http:\/\/tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com\/tallskinnykiwi\/2006\/12\/christmas_feast.html\">TSK-kind of Christmas dinner<\/a>. God bless us, every one!<br \/>\nBrad Bergfalk&#8217;s reflection on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedreligion.com\/?p=259\">saying good-bye<\/a>. Thanks, Brad.<br \/>\n1. I recommend finding your way to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbeinternational.org\/new\/E-Journal\/2007\/07winter\/07winterbarger.html\">E-Quality<\/a>. This edition is about women and eating disorders.<br \/>\n2. For <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2006\/12\/14\/magazines\/moneymag\/longview.moneymag\/index.htm?cnn=yes\">Laura and Mark as well as for Lukas and Annika<\/a>. 8)<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/setsnservice.wordpress.com\/2006\/12\/16\/yet-another-criteria-for-understanding-the-emerging-churches\/\">Tony, Doug, Brian<\/a> &#8212; let&#8217;s see if you&#8217;ve got emergent hair. Can you top mine? (HT: Tony Stiff)<br \/>\n4. I&#8217;ve been interviewed so many times of late that I haven&#8217;t even tried to keep up with MP3s, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familynetradio.com\/mornings\/guest.asp?id=855\">here is a link to one<\/a>. If you know of others, I&#8217;d be happy to link to them as well.<br \/>\n5. Gates, Hewlett and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/EDUCATION\/12\/18\/gates.hewlett.education.ap\/index.html\">global illiteracy<\/a>.<br \/>\n6. This deserves more than a line here, but for now: Have you had the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspiredby.com\/home.htm\">Bible Experience<\/a>?<br \/>\n7. An <a href=\"http:\/\/tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com\/tallskinnykiwi\/2006\/12\/covenant_for_th.html\">evangelical ultimatum<\/a> in the Church of England. Tom Wright responds.<br \/>\n8. Barna&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barna.org\/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrowPreview&amp;BarnaUpdateID=252\">12 most significant discoveries<\/a> in 2006.<br \/>\n9. My father and Kris&#8217; father were Driver&#8217;s Education teachers. Yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/AUTOS\/12\/14\/iihs_small_car_tests\/index.html\">safety matters<\/a>.<br \/>\n10. A good article about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/HEALTH\/12\/20\/stress.ap.poll.ap\/index.html\">stress<\/a>. My own theory: avoid getting too busy.<br \/>\n11. Two scandals in one? 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