{"id":2693,"date":"2007-10-06T00:10:24","date_gmt":"2007-10-06T00:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/10\/weekly-meanderings-69.html"},"modified":"2007-10-06T00:10:24","modified_gmt":"2007-10-06T00:10:24","slug":"weekly-meanderings-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/10\/weekly-meanderings-69.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans everywhere are cheering for the Cubs: in Cincinnati and in Thailand!<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/series-bound.jpg\" title=\"series-bound.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/series-bound.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"series-bound.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/thai-cub.jpg\" title=\"thai-cub.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/10\/thai-cub.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"thai-cub.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline--><br \/>\nWe somehow missed this fine study by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toddhiestand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/missionalinsuburbia-final.pdf\">Todd Hiestand<\/a> and so pass it on now &#8212; even if late.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss these two by Br. Maynard: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subversiveinfluence.com\/wordpress\/?p=1410\">One <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subversiveinfluence.com\/wordpress\/?p=1422\">Two<\/a>.<br \/>\nWheaton&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheaton.edu\/Philosophy\/conferences\/fall2007conf.html\">always-fine philosophy conference<\/a> discusses the future of postmodernity.<br \/>\nThe significance of stories in persuading others. <a href=\"http:\/\/wisecounsel.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/05\/personal-stories-and-the-art-of-intellectual-inquiry\/\">Phil Monroe<\/a>&#8216;s got a post to read.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been wanting to hear something like this for sometime. Many of us have said music is important to worship today &#8212; no one questions that. But, what will attract the 20somethings back? Is it music? <a href=\"http:\/\/trevinwax.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/02\/newsflash-the-key-to-the-20-somethings-is-not-musical-style\/\">Read a 20something&#8217;s reflections<\/a>. Drop him a line &#8212; this is worth a good discussion.<br \/>\nA Community called Atonement got some attention on the blog world last week. I can&#8217;t link to each one but I do have to say a big thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/sense-datum.org\/tim\/tswl.php\">Tim Samoff<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ysmarko.com\/?p=2054\">Mark-O<\/a>, you couldn&#8217;t have invited a better speaker than our colleague, Ginny Olsen.<br \/>\nDan&#8217;s hour-long sermon &#8212; on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dankimball.com\/vintage_faith\/2007\/10\/an-hour-long-se.html\">missional evangelism<\/a>.<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/story\/?id=47781&amp;src=63\">The Buzz is the Humm<\/a>. Do you have the humm?<br \/>\n2. Good post on the <a href=\"http:\/\/pursuegod.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/30\/the-c-word\/\">&#8220;C&#8221; word<\/a>.<br \/>\n3. Our prayers are with <a href=\"http:\/\/emergentvoyageurs.blog.com\/2138038\/\">Jamie<\/a>.<br \/>\n4. Tim Keller in England &#8212; as summarized by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashhouse.com\/darryl\/2007\/10\/tim_keller_what_are_the_risks_1.htm\">Dash House<\/a>.<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardmissionary.com\/2007\/10\/blasphemy-missional-solidarity.html\">Jarrod McKenna and Gandhi<\/a>.<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/chi-oped1003keilloroct03,0,134764.column\">I like this man&#8217;s prose and voice<\/a> &#8212; how about you? Which means I ought to mention his new book, the kind of fiction I somehow always have time to read: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPontoon-Novel-Wobegon-Garrison-Keillor%2Fdp%2F0670063568%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1191417952%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Pontoon<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0px !important\" \/><\/em>.<br \/>\n7. I usually put Don Johnson&#8217;s wise posts in my top listing, and this one deserves it, but lots of you link to him anyway. Did you see the <a href=\"http:\/\/jibstay.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/gift-of-giving.html\">gift that keeps on giving<\/a>?<br \/>\n8. And <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=783\">Jim Martin<\/a> is up to his wisdom.<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2007\/10\/03\/news\/companies\/sunpower_solar.fortune\/index.htm?postversion=2007100403\">Good news to me<\/a>.<br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\nYep, the Cubs made it. They are one of the most frustrating teams ever to watch. I predicted they&#8217;d make it to the World Series last April, but I&#8217;ve got more than a handful of doubts. Let&#8217;s say as of yesterday I am becoming less hopeful.<br \/>\nSports question of the week: How in the world did the Bears get into the Super Bowl last year? It sure does not look like the Bears&#8217; problem was the QB.<br \/>\nHere Woody Austin is not looking for his golf ball; he&#8217;s finishing off his swing!<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/woody-swims.jpg\" title=\"woody-swims.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/09\/woody-swims.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"woody-swims.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPicture of the Week (if you&#8217;ve got one to share Jesus Creeders send it along):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spearszacharias.bravejournal.com\/\">Karen <\/a>meets Barack; I trust you talked to him about &#8220;our&#8221; books!<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/barack.jpg\" title=\"barack.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2007\/09\/barack.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"barack.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans everywhere are cheering for the Cubs: in Cincinnati and in Thailand!<\/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-2693","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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