{"id":2122,"date":"2007-05-05T02:30:58","date_gmt":"2007-05-05T02:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/05\/weekly-meanderings-49.html"},"modified":"2007-05-05T02:30:58","modified_gmt":"2007-05-05T02:30:58","slug":"weekly-meanderings-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/05\/weekly-meanderings-49.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/emergentmidwest.com\/?pagename=home\">Emergent Midwest Gathering<\/a> July 20-21.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempervita.org\/2007\/04\/noisy_neighbors.html\">When others snore<\/a> &#8212; what do you do? I once reflected on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/?p=560\">roommates who snore<\/a>. <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nFr Rob tells us that <a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2007\/04\/the_funniest_ph.html\">his oldest daughter, Christine, called to say she had &#8220;lost the car.&#8221;<\/a> This, I suggest, is a sign that she&#8217;s definitely a fiction writer &#8212; but it worries me that she may forget to take her books to class next year. Car was lost; now has been found. More rejoicing in that girl&#8217;s heart than &#8230;<br \/>\nJunia who? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/umin\/ho\/vol17\/issue3\/articles\/bommhardt.html\">Carol Boomhardt<\/a>&#8216;s nice piece in Hands-On.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.firedog.com\/acrossamerica\/finalist.aspx?fi=6\">Mark the firefighter <\/a>&#8230; vote and support. (HT: Mike Mangold)<br \/>\nEmerging as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardchurch.com\/bob_robinson_2007_spring_newsletter.pdf\">a movement<\/a>: good work Bob.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcc-storrs.org\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/staying_healthy.php\">Counterintuitive leadership<\/a> by Ben Dubow.<br \/>\nA new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblical.edu\/pages\/belong\/ministry-resources.htm\">missional journal<\/a> by Dave Dunbar.<br \/>\nNever met Todd Leopold, but<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/SHOWBIZ\/blogs\/marquee\/2007\/05\/who-reads-books-anymore.html\"> he&#8217;s got this one right.<\/a> Atlanta, time to write the AJC and get them back to square one: books matter.<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/WORLD\/europe\/04\/28\/dutch.ark.ap\/index.html\">Noah&#8217;s ark<\/a>, or a smaller version, now on display.<br \/>\n2. Nice post on &#8220;Trinitarian community&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/disciplesfellowship\/iWeb\/Travelers\/Journal\/F6596EB5-CD85-42CF-AA58-237F44072156.html\">Greg Newton<\/a> (HT: Ken Haynes).<br \/>\n3. Appendectomy? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/HEALTH\/04\/29\/scarless.surgery.ap\/index.html\">No more invasive<\/a> than a root canal.<br \/>\n4. Sarah Ondrey&#8217;s putting up some good posts &#8230; you might want to link to her. One on her <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahlookingin.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/life-and-death-in-tank.html\">betta fish<\/a> and one on <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahlookingin.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/life-and-death-in-tank.html\">LibraryThing<\/a> &#8212; but, Sarah, what if you have as many books as I? Sarah and her kid sister Hauna have been my student assistants for years.<br \/>\n5. The so-called Hybels-Driscoll flap: <a href=\"http:\/\/tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com\/tallskinnykiwi\/2007\/05\/mark_driscoll_a.html\">full record by TSK<\/a>.<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microclesia.com\/?p=28\">Faith on campus<\/a> &#8212; nice little post by John Lagrou.<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/POLITICS\/05\/02\/reagan.diaries.ap\/index.html\">Reagan&#8217;s diaries<\/a> &#8212; how can you not like that guy?<br \/>\n8. Ted&#8217;s post on <a href=\"http:\/\/communityofjesus.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/national-prayer-day-and-nationalism.html\">the Christian and a national day of prayer<\/a>.<br \/>\n9. What is the worst <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/US\/05\/03\/bat.droppings.ap\/index.html\">3500 pounds<\/a> of something you can imagine?<br \/>\n10. Stressed about marriage plans? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/umin\/ho\/vol17\/issue3\/articles\/heflin.html\">Try Tatiana&#8217;s solution<\/a>.<br \/>\nAfterthought: Our piece on the emerging movement in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/communications\/companion\/featured-articles\/articles\/2006-february#syX8nNR8EtyxF0CdrzIUqw\"><em>Covenant Companion<\/em><\/a> received <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item5544\">an award of merit<\/a>.<br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\nPlease don&#8217;t say this aloud, but the Cubs are starting to win &#8230; and it just might continue.<br \/>\nBilly Muldowney watch. Here&#8217;s his stats so far:<br \/>\nW Muldowney \t2 \t1 \t3.32<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergent Midwest Gathering July 20-21. When others snore &#8212; what do you do? 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