{"id":3286,"date":"2008-03-01T00:10:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T00:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/weekly-meanderings-90.html"},"modified":"2008-03-01T00:10:29","modified_gmt":"2008-03-01T00:10:29","slug":"weekly-meanderings-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/weekly-meanderings-90.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/snow.jpg\" title=\"snow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/02\/snow.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"snow.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline--><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the big one for the week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/LIVING\/wayoflife\/02\/25\/religion.survey.ap\/index.html\">Pew Forum&#8217;s survey of religion<\/a>.<br \/>\nA good post to weigh in on &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=867\">about loneliness<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/brokenstainedglass.typepad.com\/broken_stained_glass\/2008\/02\/if-you-didnt-do.html\">What would you do if you didn&#8217;t do what you are doing<\/a>?<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not sure I understood it all, but <a href=\"http:\/\/krusekronicle.typepad.com\/kruse_kronicle\/2008\/02\/taxing-question.html\">Michael Kruse&#8217;s post<\/a> about who is getting taxed is worth attention.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cfhusband.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/fast-track.html\">Nothing to say here &#8230; prayers<\/a>. (HT: Karen)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jibstay.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/rules-for-criticisms.html\">Rules for complaining.<\/a><br \/>\nFuture World Series Champions&#8230;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/mesa-cubs.jpg\" title=\"mesa-cubs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/02\/mesa-cubs.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"mesa-cubs.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/world\/2008\/02\/29\/vo.germany.bear.ap\">Baby polar bear<\/a> with its mom.<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.larrynorman.com\/news\/022408.html\">Larry Norman<\/a> &#8230; Jesus movement singer &#8230; passes away.<br \/>\n2. Our prayers are with <a href=\"http:\/\/joelrenee.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/back-from-duluth.html\">Joel and Renee and baby.<br \/>\n3. <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/covthinklings.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/great-wall.html\">Weigh in on this one<\/a>, by Josenmiami, if you have some thoughts.<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tucsoncitizen.com\/daily\/opinion\/78017.php\">Immigration issues and pastoral response<\/a>.<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rrstar.com\/sports\/columnists\/x1907844352\">Go Katie<\/a>!<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/erika.haub.net\/when-things-dont-add-up\/02\/\">You got it Erika<\/a> &#8230; love it. That&#8217;s why we have dark psalms, Job and Ecclesiastes, and dark hours in the Gospels and Acts. And no one can say Hebrews 11 folks had it easy&#8230;<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/27\/opinion\/27dowd.html?em&amp;ex=1204434000&amp;en=bfaefa71b183dfd4&amp;ei=5087%0A\">Insightful<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/28\/obama-and-his-wonks\/\">interesting<\/a>.<br \/>\n8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/peter-rollins-on-orthodoxy-doxology-and-the-end-of-religion\">A brief on Peter Rollins<\/a>.<br \/>\n9. Again, <a href=\"http:\/\/joelrenee.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/tough-decision-made.html\">our prayers for June Bug<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plugin.smileycentral.com\/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.smileycentral.com%252F%253Fpartner%253DZSzeb008%255FZNfox000%2526i%253D1%252F1%255F4%255F45%2526feat%253Dprof\/page.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smileys.smileycentral.com\/cat\/1\/1_4_45.gif\" alt=\"SmileyCentral.com\" border=\"0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/plugin.smileycentral.com\/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D1%252F1_4_45\/image.gif\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\nMatchless play<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/match-his-play.jpg\" title=\"match-his-play.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/02\/match-his-play.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"match-his-play.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-3286","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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