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Chicago as we turn from Spring toward Summer:\"city.jpg\"<\/a>\"green-heron.jpg\"<\/a>\"tulips.jpg\"<\/a>\"walks.jpg\"<\/a>Here’s a virtual study guide<\/a> and discussion notes through our Embracing Grace<\/a><\/em>.Here is a very good piece by Tim Keller on the gospel<\/a>.RJS sent me this<\/a> during the week: let us not forget these kinds of struggles.Arthur Brooks<\/a> often talks lots of sense. And David Brooks <\/a>calls us to turn from considering a candidate’s talents to a candidate’s internal candor.Michael Kruse <\/a>has an interesting chart on mainline church decline and on a correlation of commitment and growth<\/a>. And the emerging folks of the SBC have now made the NYTimes<\/a>. Ryan Bolger<\/a>, one of the best analysts of the emerging movement, has reappeared on his blog with a fine post on emerging.The church is not a business<\/a> … Fr Rob. Excellent post.I’ve been reading Dawn Turner Trice<\/a> lately.One of my favorite blogs turns three<\/a>.<\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object>OK, Jesus Creeders, you did good on your rating of the greatest rock songs of all time. Check this out — from the only official source we’ve got<\/a>. (HT: DLT)Question: a few weeks back I reviewed a movie called The Life Before Her Eyes<\/a><\/em>. I’m wondering who has seen it and what your thoughts are on the movie. What do you think its big points were?Jim Martin<\/a> has developed a video format for his blog.Christian Century has a forum on hell<\/a> — excellent discussions. The NYTimes has a piece about the “strengths and weaknesses” approach<\/a> to teaching evolution in public schools.Ed Gilbreath’s questions <\/a> at the end of his post are important ones. The rise of private giving<\/a>. But Zimbabwe<\/a>‘s now blocking aid to the country.Don Johnson’s reflections on pilgrimage and vacation<\/a>. I’m trying to figure out if our trips to Italy are pilgrimages or vacations. Any suggestions?Our medical information online<\/a>? Anyone look into this?Todd Hunter <\/a> is back blogging and working on his Three is Enough project.1. Well, Susan Jacoby’s been criticized for her book but this little rant about the word “elite”<\/a> is worth reading. Does “elite” mean “snob” to you?2. Ed Gilbreath on Fr. Pfleger<\/a>. Cathleen Falsani<\/a> has access to Pfleger and her stuff is good.3. Helping injured birds.<\/a>4. RJS might give us all grief if I didn’t like to Brian Greene’s NYTimes piece<\/a>.5. Putingate<\/a>.6. South Africa, food prices and the poor<\/a>. Tsvangirai lashes out at Mbeki<\/a>.7. Don and Martha are over in France<\/a>, and we’ll be in Italy before too long … but Don it’s not just when you bite into those cheeses that you smell them and get hit upside the head; just walking into those cheese shops does it.8. The New YS site<\/a> is up and running.9. The health benefits<\/a>, perhaps, of red wine.10. China, the Olympics, and oppression<\/a>. Anyone studied up on this one?Sports:World record in the 100m<\/a>.And Michael Johnson<\/a> is a noble man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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