{"id":3324,"date":"2008-03-15T00:10:55","date_gmt":"2008-03-15T00:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/weekly-meanderings-92.html"},"modified":"2008-03-15T00:10:55","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T00:10:55","slug":"weekly-meanderings-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/weekly-meanderings-92.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago runner last Friday:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/chicago-in-the-spring.jpg\" title=\"chicago-in-the-spring.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/03\/chicago-in-the-spring.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"chicago-in-the-spring.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve been gone for the week; we got home late last night; not as many links as I&#8217;d like. Sorry.<!--more|inline--><br \/>\nMy colleague Brad Nassif is blogging about Eastern Orthodoxy. Hope you see this stuff: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemind.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/08\/why-eastern-orthodoxy-part-1-introduction\/\">Part one<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemind.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/10\/why-eastern-orthodoxy-part-2-history\/\">part two<\/a>.<br \/>\nJohn Frye pays tribute to a great man, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesustheradicalpastor.com\/dr-victor-m-matthews-farewell-friend\">Victor Matthews<\/a>, a man of deep piety and learning who had a singular impact on me as a college student. Thanks John.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemission.com\/2008\/03\/bridge-illustration-3-last-words.html\">Fitch and the Bridge illustration again<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1720697,00.html\">Homeschool criminalized in California<\/a>. What are you folks hearing about this? Is this just a media hype form of news?<br \/>\nOverheard on CNN: Wolf Blitzer to Bill Bradley, &#8220;Are you saying then that Hillary Clinton is a liar?&#8221; &#8220;No,&#8221; Bradley clarifies, &#8220;I&#8217;m just saying there are conscious misrepresentations.&#8221; (My response: &#8220;AFLAC!&#8221;)<br \/>\nI like the edge to this post by <a href=\"http:\/\/tonyj.net\/2008\/03\/11\/why-is-liberal-christianity-so-boring\/\">Tony Jones<\/a>.<br \/>\n1. A new blog worth following by three friends: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiansincontext.org\/\">Christians in Context<\/a>.<br \/>\n2. The Vatican and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/LIVING\/wayoflife\/03\/10\/vatican.updates.sins.ap\/index.html\">new sins<\/a>. By the way, regardless of details, this is exactly what I think the Church needs more of: discernment.<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microclesia.com\/?p=324\">Science and faith<\/a> &#8230; a topic RJS is blogging about at Jesus Creed, is also at John LaGrou&#8217;s site.<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory?id=4435045\">Dobson&#8217;s concerns<\/a> about the future of Focus on the Family and the conservative Christian agenda.<br \/>\n5. Is &#8220;Emergent&#8221; being co-opted? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/article\/CA6540345.html?nid=2287\">Jana Riess thinks so<\/a>. Why is this happening? What does this mean for &#8220;emerging&#8221;?<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/stpaulswired.org\/blog\/2008\/mar\/12\/where-pastor\/\">What do you think<\/a>?<br \/>\n7. Trevin Wax jumps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2008\/marchweb-only\/111-52.0.html\">from a blog to CT<\/a>. Way to go Trevin.<br \/>\n8. I liked <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=873\">this story<\/a>.<br \/>\n9. Eugene&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/11\/most-exciting-aspect-of-ministry\/\">favorite thing about pastoring<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago runner last Friday: We&#8217;ve been gone for the week; we got home late last night; not as many links as I&#8217;d like. 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