{"id":2900,"date":"2007-11-24T00:20:54","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T00:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/11\/weekly-meanderings-76.html"},"modified":"2007-11-24T00:20:54","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T00:20:54","slug":"weekly-meanderings-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/11\/weekly-meanderings-76.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birds of beauty:
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\nOne of our regular commenters, Diane, has written on women priests<\/a>. Read the comments, too.
\nFood pantries<\/a> are falling short this year in the Chicagoland.
\nPost of the week — Hamo and Jarrod<\/a> conspire to provoke conversation about orthodoxy.
\nAmen<\/a>!
\nA series on St. Francis by JR Woodward<\/a>.
\nReading on the decline<\/a>: “simple, consistent and alarming.”
\nMoving church?
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\nNY Times 100 top books of the year<\/a>.
\n1. Interview of Tom Wright<\/a> by Trevin Wax.
\n2. Tony Stiff <\/a>on kingdom and church.
\n3. Jesus Creed prayer beads<\/a>.
\n4. Is “denial<\/a>” connected to forgiveness?
\n5. Conversationalists do better<\/a>. (HT: RJS)
\n6. African Church<\/a>.
\n7. Our best and brightest need to dedicate themselves to global crises<\/a>.
\n8. To tenure or not to tenure<\/a>?
\n9. Tony Myles <\/a>tells the story of a man who chose to confront Phyllis Tickle after a standing ovation talk at the Youth Workers National Convention. I’ve seen this done; I’ve never seen it done right. So, just in case you are tempted to remonstrate with a speaker after a talk, take a walk, say some prayers, cool off, and write them a note the next day.
\n10. The Munchkins are now given their due:
\n\"munchkins.jpg\"<\/a>
\nSports:
\nSports Turkeys of the Year<\/a>. Whose the biggest turkey?
\nGot a caption for this?
\n\"hurts.jpg\"<\/a>
\nAmerica’s newest sport!
\n\"black-friday.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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