{"id":3056,"date":"2008-01-05T00:10:30","date_gmt":"2008-01-05T00:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/01\/weekly-meanderings-82.html"},"modified":"2008-01-05T00:10:30","modified_gmt":"2008-01-05T00:10:30","slug":"weekly-meanderings-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/01\/weekly-meanderings-82.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just north of Chicago folks take the polar bear plunge on New Year’s Day. These folks are hardy, I’ll give ’em that:
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\nLast week I apologized for a thin set of links and only after it was posted did I realize how many we found; this week I apologize again — in earnest.
\nTuesday and Wednesday I give the Summit and then Ritz Lectures at Winebrenner Theological Seminary<\/a>, in Findlay OH, and I’m hoping OSU wins Monday night or else the place may be vacant. Wednesdays lectures are open to the public.
\nDavid Fitch<\/a> has a post on confessions of a missional pastor that many will want to print and keep handy.
\nJim Martin’s post on aging<\/a> — I’m with you brother.
\n1. A good wise post about blogging by Eugene Cho<\/a>.
\n2. “Our” AAR\/SBL panel with Tony Jones and Diana Butler Bass. Part one<\/a> and part two<\/a>. There’s some emerging spelling for my name!
\n3. The winner of our Christmas offer … T:
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\n4. John Armstrong<\/a> offers a gentle both\/and responding to John Piper’s Christian hedonism (see Ardel Caneday’s comment) and the iMonk <\/a>has another suggestion.
\n5. Can you read 100 books this year? Check out Trevin Wax<\/a> for suggestions.
\n6. Dr. Gupta<\/a> on eco-bulbs and migraines.
\n7. Reasonable piece<\/a> about the caucuses in Iowa.
\n8. A pugnacious saint<\/a> who wrote the doxology and On the Holy Spirit<\/em>.
\n9. Allan is a good blogger <\/a>and this post is worth reading carefully.
\n10. I read Karen’s stuff all the time, but she got my attention when this Georgia gal revealed she’s reading the greatest Georgia writer ever<\/a> (other than Karen, of course, and Lewis Grizzard).
\n11. This little news item<\/a> just might sway some voters in another direction.
\nSports:
\nHow many bowl games do we need? By the time LSU laces up its spikes against OSU I will be buying a hot dog and beer at Wrigley waiting for the first pitch!
\nStill, who do you think will win Monday night? LSU or OSU? (Behave.)
\nTotally unnecessary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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