{"id":2174,"date":"2007-05-19T02:30:57","date_gmt":"2007-05-19T02:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/05\/weekly-meanderings-51.html"},"modified":"2007-05-19T02:30:57","modified_gmt":"2007-05-19T02:30:57","slug":"weekly-meanderings-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/05\/weekly-meanderings-51.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My summer speaking schedule is intentionally light &#8212; I need to keep the schedule free for my commentary on James and some lighter projects. I participated in a conversation on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichogue.com\/books.aspx\">Eric Hogue show<\/a> &#8212; it is on his Video\/Books page next to the review of <em>Embracing Grace<\/em>. <!--more|inline--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/home\/index.cfm?northpark=RNews.RNews_Story&amp;ID=2031\">Tim Lowly<\/a>, a colleague, discusses his daughter as the inspiration for his art.<br \/>\nMust read of the week: <a href=\"http:\/\/jazztheologian.typepad.com\/findingthegroove\/2007\/05\/limbo_doesnt_ex.html\">Jazz Theologian&#8217;s &#8220;father of the fatherless&#8221;<\/a> series.<br \/>\nA woman in ministry:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/home\/index.cfm?northpark=RNews.RNews_Story&amp;ID=2033\"> Judy Peterson<\/a>, our new campus pastor.<br \/>\nGood to bookmark this religion section: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/lifestyles\/religion\/index.html\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<br \/>\nNew blog of the week: my daughter, <a href=\"http:\/\/todd.sd74.org\/home\/blog\/18\">Laura Barringer<\/a>.<br \/>\nAhem, new emerging blog: Jason Clark at <a href=\"http:\/\/deepchurch.org.uk\/\">Deep Church<\/a>. Bookmark this one.<br \/>\nMust-read new series by Brad Wright on Christians and sex. <a href=\"http:\/\/brewright.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/sex-and-christianity-prevailing-beliefs.html\">Part 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/brewright.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/christians-rates-of-extramarital-sex.html\">Part 2<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brokenstainedglass.typepad.com\/broken_stained_glass\/2007\/05\/monday_is_for_c.html\">What in the world<\/a>?<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/mattdabbs.wordpress.com\/2007\/05\/14\/most-blogged-scriptures\/\">Which parts of Scripture<\/a> are most blogged about?<br \/>\n2. Do you <a href=\"http:\/\/abunga.com\/\">Abunga <\/a>or not?<br \/>\n3. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/on-going-back-to-an-sbc-church\">iMonk <\/a>returns to the SBC, whom they need and whom he needs.<br \/>\n4. Like him or not, all Christians can offer sympathy to the Falwells and Liberty University upon the death of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/US\/05\/15\/jerry.falwell.ap\/index.html\">Jerry Falwell<\/a>. He played <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/US\/05\/15\/falwell.legacy\/index.html\">a huge role<\/a> in the mobilization of conservative Christians to become active in the public square<br \/>\n5. Any copies of first editions: Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subversiveinfluence.com\/wordpress\/?p=1230\">Br. Maynard<\/a>.<br \/>\n6. Missional in my neighborhood: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktkz.com\/weblogs\/erichogue\/default.aspx\">here <\/a>and find Eric Hogue&#8217;s post for May 15.<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2007\/05\/14\/news\/economy\/new.grads.fortune\/index.htm?cnn=yes\">Advice for grads<\/a> &#8230; good advice too.<br \/>\n8. Report about depression and suicide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/HEALTH\/05\/16\/asian.suicides\/index.html\">among Asian-American women<\/a>.<br \/>\n9. A nice story about appreciating the kingdom work of a group not your own: <a href=\"http:\/\/jibstay.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/finally-to-fuller.html\">Don Johnson<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/jibstay.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/pastor-unravelled.html\">HERE<\/a> IS A MUST READ AS WELL &#8212; AND ESP COMMENT #2.<br \/>\n10. Bloglessons from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemission.com\/2007\/05\/lessons-from-articulate-bloggers.html\"> David Fitch<\/a>.<br \/>\n11. History of Christian rock music &#8212; what do you encounter? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedreligion.com\/?p=287\">Read this<\/a>.<br \/>\n12. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/lifestyles\/religion\/389925,CST-NWS-priests17.article\">Local Catholic ordinations<\/a>: 13 new priests, 12 of them foreign. Is this the norm across the USA?<br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/web.minorleaguebaseball.com\/milb\/stats\/stats.jsp?n=Billy%2520Muldowney&amp;pos=P&amp;sid=milb&amp;t=p_pbp&amp;pid=453253\">Billy Muldowney<\/a> Watch<br \/>\nBully Chicago Watch: the Bulls play a sport I&#8217;m not much interested in (NBA), but they made the playoffs interesting for Chicago.<br \/>\nBlue-y Chicago Cubs Watch: up and down, over and over, time without end, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My summer speaking schedule is intentionally light &#8212; I need to keep the schedule free for my commentary on James and some lighter projects. 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