{"id":1941,"date":"2007-03-10T02:30:38","date_gmt":"2007-03-10T02:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/weekly-meanderings-41.html"},"modified":"2007-03-10T02:30:38","modified_gmt":"2007-03-10T02:30:38","slug":"weekly-meanderings-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/weekly-meanderings-41.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

New blog: Finking out Loud<\/a> with David Wheatley (a feeologian). You may not laugh aloud, but he’ll bring you some smiles.
\nAnother new blog: Ed Gilbreath<\/a>, author of Reconciliation Blues<\/em>, has a blog that will devote itself to racial reconciliation.
\nMy short piece on the Jesus Tomb<\/a> issue.
\nNothing but a very simple, clean, encouraging story<\/a>. It might just be in the blog world that we’ll get “good news” instead of the sensational, grubby news we get on TV.
\nNothing but wisdom by another mom\/substitute teacher\/writer<\/a>.
\nA must-read<\/a> and a thoughtful emerging blog. (HT: Brad Boydston)
\nHave you seen “That’s My King<\/a>!” by S.M. Lockridge. Awesome.
\nPraying the Psalms: good post by Jim Martin<\/a>.
\nOn a political issue<\/a>: How are the Christians — Roman Catholic and Pentecostals — of Brazil responding to the issues arising because of the arrival of George Bush?
\nGeorgia’s about to permit public schools to teach the Bible <\/a>as a course… but here’s a baffling quotation made by its legal supporter: “The bill approved overwhelmingly in the Legislature was tailored to make it clear the courses would not stray into religious teaching, Williams said.”
\nOn schools, which Dept uses textbooks<\/a> that cost the most? I say either the hard or social sciences. What about you?
\n1. Barna has a new study comparing Republicans and Democrats <\/a>on the “God factor”.
\n2. Politicians<\/a> are facing facebook as a source for votes.
\n3. Finally, someone understands how we men are supposed to dress<\/a>. I hope Marko and Tony see this.
\n4. Pepy sent me this link on Tax Quotes<\/a>.
\n5. Dan Brennan’<\/a>s good thoughts on “blogfriends” in a cultural critique.
\n6. Who says blogs don’t have an impact? Check out this from Trevin Wax<\/a>.
\n7. I’m hoping on finding one of these coins<\/a>. A fitting parable, of course.
\n8. Not sure what you think, but I like France’s new “happy slapping<\/a>” law.
\n9. Just <\/a>what the critics of Socrates said: he’s corrupting the youth.
\n10. This might be the most important post I read this week<\/a>.
\n11. Best city<\/a> in which to take a walk? Kris and I are walkers; I’m trying to think of our favorite city for a walk. Our walk in Libertyville at Independence Grove has got to be near the top.
\nSports:
\nMarch Madness has arrived with the Conference tournaments. Some big upsets: UCLA and Duke. (I’m hoping Ernie Kent’s team, Oregon, takes the Pac-10; I played against Ernie in high school and he was a star.)
\nOne of the best competitions of the week I saw was the women’s competition in none other than American Idol.
\nThe inside story will no doubt leak out soon, but the Bears have traded their #1 running back.
\nPrior and Woods<\/a> begin in the opposite direction.
\nMark it down: I’m predicting that the Cubs will get to the World Series this year. It may only be the NLCS (which is<\/em> the World Series for this NL fan), but I have that feeling that this will be the Year of the Cubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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