{"id":2672,"date":"2007-09-29T00:10:02","date_gmt":"2007-09-29T00:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/09\/weekly-meanderings-68.html"},"modified":"2007-09-29T00:10:02","modified_gmt":"2007-09-29T00:10:02","slug":"weekly-meanderings-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/09\/weekly-meanderings-68.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago&#8217;s skyline:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/skyline1.jpg\" title=\"skyline1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/09\/skyline1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"skyline1.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline--><br \/>\nLast week was the most demanding week I&#8217;ve ever had for speaking events, and so we&#8217;re ready for a few weeks of down time. But, we&#8217;re looking forward to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/media\/cms\/ZCS\/emeraustinpost_cms.pdf\">emerging event in Austin TX<\/a>. This will be one emerging event that addresses theological beliefs.<br \/>\nSite worth following: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlivineyardmidwest.com\/\">Women in the Vineyard<\/a>.<br \/>\nPray for Erika &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/erika.haub.net\/a-time-to-be-born\/09\/\">she&#8217;s about to deliver<\/a>. And how has: Welcome <a href=\"http:\/\/erika.haub.net\/welcome-elijah-william-haub\/09\/\">Elijah William Haub<\/a>.<br \/>\nDavid Fitch on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemission.com\/2007\/09\/nobody-denies-good-things-are-happening.html\">megachurches<\/a>.<br \/>\nPerhaps one of the most significant study I&#8217;ve yet seen from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barna.org\/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&amp;BarnaUpdateID=280\">Barna<\/a>.<br \/>\nEpiscopal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/faith\/article2529027.ece\">defections<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/chi-episcopal26sep26,1,81958.story\">decisions<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kenschenck.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/is-inductive-bible-study-appropriate.html\">Ken Schenck<\/a> asks if &#8220;inductive&#8221; in Bible study is as &#8220;objective&#8221; as it thinks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/exchange\/blogs\/ypwr\/2007\/09\/samantha-larson.html\">Wow<\/a>.<br \/>\nCT piece by Ted Olsen on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2007\/october\/13.22.html\">death of blogs<\/a>.<br \/>\n1. We can all be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/LIVING\/wayoflife\/08\/23\/o.green.gore\/\">this green<\/a>.<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/26\/the-four-parts-of-atonement-a-yom-kippur-sermon\/\">Messianic Jewish pastor&#8217;s sermon for Yom Kippur<\/a>.<br \/>\n3. Nothing quite like <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.chicagotribune.com\/news\/politics\/blog\/2007\/09\/how_the_clinton_campaign_kille.html\">real world politics<\/a>.<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/outofur\/archives\/2007\/09\/what_pastors_ge.html\">What pastors get paid<\/a>.<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dankimball.com\/vintage_faith\/2007\/09\/dont-be-a-chris.html\">Dan Kimball&#8217;s series<\/a> (and announcement they are merging with the Presbies).<br \/>\n6. John Frye on how <a href=\"http:\/\/jesustheradicalpastor.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/jesus-and-his-rank-amateurs.html\">Jesus re-images God and God&#8217;s ways<\/a>.<br \/>\n7. Bob Robinson is at the forefront of <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/modern-apologetics-for-outreach-or-for.html\">postmodern apologetics<\/a>.<br \/>\n8. Critique can be withering, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/a-better-writer-gets-a-turn\">iMonk took it hard<\/a> &#8212; Michael, lots of us are with you in that middle land called the third way. [I don&#8217;t know what happened to this link, but I&#8217;m hoping it is just down temporarily.]<br \/>\n9. Are you a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/LIVING\/worklife\/09\/17\/cb.toomuch.work\/index.html\">workaholic<\/a>? 20 Questions.<br \/>\n10. Kris found <a href=\"http:\/\/sleepydoctor.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/rest-of-day.html\">this blog<\/a> by a young woman who is a medical doctor in Haiti. Interesting reads.<br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\nMan, the Cubs are shaky &#8230; and found their legs &#8230; and won &#8230; and the Brewers lost &#8230; AND THE CUBS WIN THE DIVISION!<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not sure Grossman is the problem but I&#8217;m hoping things will turn around with Griese.<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/griese.jpg\" title=\"griese.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/09\/griese.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"griese.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago&#8217;s skyline:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":298,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meanderings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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