{"id":3469,"date":"2008-04-19T00:10:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T00:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/04\/weekly-meanderings-97.html"},"modified":"2008-04-19T00:10:07","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T00:10:07","slug":"weekly-meanderings-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/04\/weekly-meanderings-97.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>44 years ago in Chicago, the Beatles:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/beatles-1964-chicago.jpg\" title=\"beatles-1964-chicago.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/04\/beatles-1964-chicago.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"beatles-1964-chicago.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline--><br \/>\nGood morning Chicago!<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/morning-runner.jpg\" title=\"morning-runner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/04\/morning-runner.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"morning-runner.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/joelrenee.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/good-news-good-news-and-hard-news.html\">Let&#8217;s all pray for June Bug &#8212; Emily &#8212; today<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mmmikasa.blogspot.com\/\">God answers prayer in a season of deep grieving<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/aboulet.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/13\/why-im-thinking-of-leaving-the-pca-and-why-i-dont-want-to\/\">Art Boulet&#8217;s exceptional reflection<\/a> on fundamentalism and the temptation to become emergent.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/LIVING\/04\/18\/lw.pricey.bday.parties\/index.html\">Whatever happened <\/a>to pin the tail on the donkey or 3-legged races in the backyard?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/2007\/article\/0,28804,1703763_1703764_1715499,00.html\">Sanjay Gupta<\/a> on why we don&#8217;t like to exercise.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=895\">Tired of the treadmill<\/a>?<br \/>\nFr Rob&#8217;s post &#8212; he&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2008\/04\/an-ocean-runs-t.html\">fishing priest<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/missiolux.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/missional-communities-are-happening.html\">Missional happenings at missio lux<\/a>.<br \/>\nAn important article on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/04\/16\/opinion\/edcohen.php\">American narrative and race<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2008\/may\/9.52.html\">Jim Wallis<\/a> interviewed at CT.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusmanifesto.com\/2008\/04\/17\/the-new-christians-kool-aid\/\">Michael Cline weighs in on Obama<\/a>. Worth your reading.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.followingchrist.org\/2008\/elites-leaving-church\/\">Are these the Elitemergents<\/a>?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/krusekronicle.typepad.com\/kruse_kronicle\/2008\/04\/new-high-res-ma.html\">CO2 emissions<\/a> (HT: Michael Kruse)<br \/>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/12\/business\/12loan.html?_r=1&amp;hp&amp;oref=slogin\">College student loans<\/a>.<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/estcumest.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/t-17-days-and-counting.html\">Kent Anderson<\/a> blows smoke in the eyes of wedding planning. Hilarious stuff. Very male-ish. I love it. (By the way, I too, am jaded.)<br \/>\n3. Now for the serious side of pastors and weddings &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/14\/wedding-advice\/\">Eugene Cho&#8217;s wisdom<\/a>.<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/13\/technology\/13novel.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin\">Instant digital prints<\/a>.<br \/>\n5. Was Obama&#8217;s famous slip an expression of Marxism? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/14\/opinion\/14kristol.html?em&amp;ex=1208404800&amp;en=118235a393df75d0&amp;ei=5087%0A\">William Kristol<\/a> thinks so.<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/04\/14\/travel\/troxford15.php\">The English pub<\/a>.<br \/>\n7. Seminary teachers sometimes ask in jest: How do you sell a career that offers low pay, no sex, long hours and obedience to someone else? Answer: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/chi-pope-vocations-16apr16,1,3672572.story\">You don&#8217;t<\/a>.<br \/>\n8. <a href=\"http:\/\/thepope.blogs.nytimes.com\/\">NYT has an ongoing blog<\/a> with comments about the Pope&#8217;s visit.<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/04\/16\/europe\/16food.php?page=1\">UN report<\/a> about food supply dwindling.<br \/>\n10. <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/17\/a-typical-untypical-work-day\/\">Eugene&#8217;s schedule<\/a>.<br \/>\n11. <a href=\"http:\/\/beingekklesia.wordpress.com\/2008\/04\/17\/john-146-a-unique-conversation\/\">Check out Tim&#8217;s reflections on John 14:6<\/a>.<br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/vault\/gallery\/featured\/GAL1000184\/1\/13\/index.htm\">Way cool<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe Masters: Trevor Immelman, the first South African to win the Masters in thirty years, demonstrated grit and remarkable reserves to stay focused.<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/immelman.jpg\" title=\"immelman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/04\/immelman.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"immelman.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis is why I call golf courses &#8220;paradise.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/par-3.jpg\" title=\"par-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/04\/par-3.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"par-3.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>44 years ago in Chicago, the Beatles:<\/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-3469","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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