{"id":3170,"date":"2008-02-02T00:10:39","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T00:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/02\/weekly-meanderings-86.html"},"modified":"2008-02-02T00:10:39","modified_gmt":"2008-02-02T00:10:39","slug":"weekly-meanderings-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/02\/weekly-meanderings-86.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danish Tigers&#8230;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/tigers.jpg\" title=\"tigers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/01\/tigers.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"tigers.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline--><br \/>\nChicago ice chunks&#8230;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/chicago-cold.jpg\" title=\"chicago-cold.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/01\/chicago-cold.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"chicago-cold.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/two-year-anniversary-of-almost-dying.html\">Bob&#8217;s still with us &#8230; drop in and bless him<\/a>.<br \/>\nQuestion on Politics: Why is no one saying anything about Barack Obama&#8217;s speech after his victory in South Carolina? I was mesmerized by that speech. One of his finest.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesustheradicalpastor.com\/would-the-radical-jesus-like-you\">Would the radical Jesus like you<\/a>?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/printedition\/front\/la-na-carter1feb01,1,6448124.story\">Jimmy Carter and the SBC<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tonyj.net\/2008\/01\/31\/why-obama\/\">Tony Jones supports Obama<\/a>.<br \/>\nHere is a new team blog in which I will participate: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bible.org\/primetimejesus\/\">PrimeTimeJesus<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theologyforum.wordpress.com\/\">Here is a really good, theological blog<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2008\/01\/keeping-vows.html\">Good one Rob<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblical.edu\/pages\/resources\/missional-journal.html\">Seminary Presidents who can theologize keep the ship on course<\/a>; see #2\/1.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=853\">If I could start all over, I&#8217;d<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\nNeed some help with Lent? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/lenten-links-resources-for-a-post-evangelical-lent\">Michael Spencer, the iMonk and uberblogger<\/a>, has a great set of links.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2008\/01\/love-it.html\">As long as you don&#8217;t call it fasting<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/aboulet.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/27\/demonizing-the-leading-tactic-in-christian-debate\/\">Wise words from a young man<\/a>.<br \/>\n1. Nice reviews on the <a href=\"http:\/\/aboulet.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/26\/there-is-no-a-god-by-anthony-flew\/\">new atheism<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/aboulet.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/25\/christopher-hitchens-loves-jesus\/\">Art Boulet<\/a>.<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,1706768,00.html?cnn=yes\">Emerging exercise<\/a>?<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/danielktaylor.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/27\/church-planting-sucks\/\">An emerging church planter reflects on church planting<\/a> &#8212; and on his site there are some rude comments about my clothing styles!<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/thomaseward.com\/2008\/01\/where-hope-is.html\">And we&#8217;re glad you&#8217;re back Tom<\/a>!<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toddhiestand.com\/how-is-the-church-like-a-family\/01\/\">Todd posted a good one on family and church<\/a>.<br \/>\n6. Christianity in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2008\/januaryweb-only\/105-22.0.html\">Ukraine<\/a>.<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusmanifesto.com\/2008\/01\/30\/caucus-voters-guide-2008\/\">Mark&#8217;s Voters Guide<\/a>.<br \/>\n8. Too far down the list today but it&#8217;s only an announcement of one of the finer things to find on the blog world: <a href=\"http:\/\/krusekronicle.typepad.com\/kruse_kronicle\/2008\/01\/american-social.html\">Michael Kruse on social indicators<\/a>.<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/31\/why-i-blog\/\">And I&#8217;m glad he does<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/world\/2008\/01\/31\/chapman.baby.giraffe.itn\"><br \/>\n10. She&#8217;s a <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/world\/2008\/01\/31\/chapman.baby.giraffe.itn\">beauty<\/a>!<br \/>\n11. Three winters ago I read Homer&#8217;s two epic studies and followed them with Virgil. Then I read Dante&#8217;s <em>Divine Comedy<\/em> &#8212; so this nice piece in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/history\/special\/131christians\/dante.html\"><em>Christian History<\/em><\/a> brought back the pleasant memories of sitting here wandering through inferno, purgatorio and up into paradiso. We never have been to Ravenna. Someday maybe. I have no yen to return to Venice and Bologna isn&#8217;t high on our list either.<br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\nDoes one need words?<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/jan27_tiger2_299x260.jpg\" title=\"jan27_tiger2_299x260.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/01\/jan27_tiger2_299x260.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"jan27_tiger2_299x260.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd in Dubai, he takes a drop and only scores a par&#8230;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/tiger-drop.jpg\" title=\"tiger-drop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/01\/tiger-drop.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"tiger-drop.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danish Tigers&#8230;<\/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-3170","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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