{"id":3302,"date":"2008-03-08T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T00:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/weekly-meanderings-91.html"},"modified":"2008-03-08T00:10:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-08T00:10:09","slug":"weekly-meanderings-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/weekly-meanderings-91.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Aruba &#8230; you can find us under a tiki hut reading. I&#8217;ve got a bundle of things to read for a piece on &#8220;happiness.&#8221; And how appropriate; we&#8217;re at a place called &#8220;The Happy Island.&#8221; Our housesitters are looking after Webster.<a href=\"http:\/\/plugin.smileycentral.com\/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.smileycentral.com%252F%253Fpartner%253DZSzeb008%255FZNfox000%2526i%253D28%252F28%255F1%255F19%2526feat%253Dprof\/page.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smileys.smileycentral.com\/cat\/28\/28_1_19.gif\" alt=\"SmileyCentral.com\" border=\"0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/plugin.smileycentral.com\/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D28%252F28_1_19\/image.gif\"\/><\/a><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/hello-from-aruba.jpg\" title=\"hello-from-aruba.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/hello-from-aruba.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"hello-from-aruba.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline-->(Say the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/?p=3425\">Jesus Creed<\/a> morning and evening during Lent.)Another good pastor&#8217;s blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/leaderfocus.wordpress.com\/\">LeaderFOCUS<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com\/news\/821142,CST-NWS-cath02.article\">Chicago&#8217;s Catholics<\/a>A little anxious about something? <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=869\">Read Jim<\/a>.Do you know about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weddingpastorsusa.org\/\">Wedding Pastors<\/a>? A friend of ours, Bill Yaccino, started this ministry and I hope you take a look at it.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/03\/04\/healthscience\/sncult.php\">East vs. West<\/a>.George Barna&#8217;s new configuration for determining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barna.org\/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrowPreview&#038;BarnaUpdateID=293\">church attendance<\/a>.Do you need a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/02\/fashion\/02sabbath.html?em&#038;ex=1204693200&#038;en=5e1496bf38dab6d0&#038;ei=5087%0A\">secular sabbath<\/a>?Dave Dunbar&#8217;s newest piece for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblical.edu\/pages\/resources\/missional-journal.html\">Missional Journal <\/a>(2.2).<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemission.com\/2008\/03\/bridge-illustration-idea-whose-time-has.html\">Fitch is after the Bridge illustration again; read it<\/a>.A piece of mine in <em>CT<\/em> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2008\/march\/13.36.html?start=1\">robust gospel<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/prayersforblowouts.com\/2008\/03\/04\/the-pfb-sports-survey-scot-mcknight\/\">Yours truly on sports<\/a>.1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/02\/magazine\/02sex3-t.html?em&#038;ex=1204520400&#038;en=22752e27b35fe7ab&#038;ei=5087%0A\">Gendered education trends<\/a>. Anyone know some serious research on this?2. Erika&#8217;s post on <a href=\"http:\/\/erika.haub.net\/billys-bucket\/03\/\">Billy&#8217;s Bucket<\/a> &#8230; and it turns into parable.3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/story\/?id=145555&#038;src=63\">It got some of my money<\/a>&#8230; anyone know much about these things?4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/01\/opinion\/01rosen.html?em&#038;ex=1204606800&#038;en=d0a7458e23cb6e9e&#038;ei=5087%0A\">Is Barack a libertarian<\/a>?5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/03\/02\/europe\/norway.php?page=1\">Looking for the sun<\/a> in northern Norway.6. Running out of space up above, but this one deserves to be there. Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/brokenstainedglass.typepad.com\/broken_stained_glass\/2008\/03\/pray-for-your-p.html\">JR Briggs<\/a>.7. Both <a href=\"http:\/\/julieclawson.com\/2008\/03\/06\/excommunicating-arminians\/\">Julie Clawson<\/a>, a former BGC member, and John Frye have responded to the (at least) awkward views of John Piper: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesustheradicalpastor.com\/picky-piper-picks-on-pastors-etc\">Pesky pastors<\/a>. I will be responding to Piper&#8217;s counsel someday.8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theporpoisedivinglife.com\/porpoise-diving-life.asp?pageID=440\">If Jesus walked our streets<\/a>. (HT: MDG)9.  More missionally-minded leaders need to do more of <a href=\"http:\/\/liberti.org\/community\/doubt-night\">this<\/a>. Here&#8217;s Art&#8217;s summary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/aboulet.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/03\/doubting-the-resurrection\/\">resurrection<\/a>.10. I&#8217;ve run out of space up above, but Michael Kruse&#8217;s two-part piece on improving health care, based in Robert Fogel, is a good read. Part <a href=\"http:\/\/krusekronicle.typepad.com\/kruse_kronicle\/2008\/03\/robert-fogel-on.html\">one <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/krusekronicle.typepad.com\/kruse_kronicle\/2008\/03\/robert-fogel--1.html\">two<\/a>.11. <a href=\"http:\/\/laceyhearty.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/falling-in-love-at-coffee-shop.html\">Lacey&#8217;s loving coffee<\/a>.<strong>Anyone know anything about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FChurch-Shift-Revolutionizing-Faith-Century%2Fdp%2F1599790971%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1204771460%26sr%3D1-1&#038;tag=jescre-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\">Church Shift<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/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;\" \/> and Sunday Adelaja?<\/strong>.Sports:The technical term for this is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umhoops.com\/2008\/02\/29\/damn-rebounds\/\">frustration<\/a>.Tiger for President, Lorena Ochoa for VP. Here is Annika Sorenstam looking like she&#8217;s passing on the glory to Lorena who is golf&#8217;s newest star.<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/ochoa.jpg\" title=\"ochoa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/03\/ochoa.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"ochoa.jpg\" \/><\/a>Brett Favre retires; in my lifetime, I think my top three QBs are Bart Starr, Joe Montana and Brett Favre. 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