{"id":3685,"date":"2008-06-14T00:10:33","date_gmt":"2008-06-14T00:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/06\/weekly-meanderings-103.html"},"modified":"2008-06-14T00:10:33","modified_gmt":"2008-06-14T00:10:33","slug":"weekly-meanderings-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/06\/weekly-meanderings-103.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry to wake you up, dear, but I thought you might like to watch this tornado! (from CNN)<object width=\"450\" height=\"370\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ireport.com\/themes\/custom\/resources\/swfplayer\/mediaplayer.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"height=370&#038;width=448&#038;autostart=true&#038;autoscroll=false&#038;showstop=false&#038;showicons=false&#038;showdigits=total&#038;controlbar=34&#038;backcolor=0xFFFFFF&#038;screencolor=0x000000&#038;frontcolor=0xDEDEDE&#038;lightcolor=0x00A2FF&#038;logo=http:\/\/www.ireport.com\/themes\/custom\/resources\/swfplayer\/data\/images\/ireport_wm.gif&#038;file=http%3A\/\/ht.cdn.turner.com\/ireport\/big\/prod\/2008\/06\/07\/WE00031231\/116636\/Anon1212888438-Tornado471163.flv&#038;image=http%3A\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/ireport\/sm\/prod\/2008\/06\/07\/WE00031231\/116636\/Anon1212888438-Tornado471163_lg.jpg\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.ireport.com\/themes\/custom\/resources\/swfplayer\/mediaplayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"450\" height=\"370\" menu=\"false\" flashvars=\"height=370&#038;width=448&#038;autostart=true&#038;autoscroll=false&#038;showstop=false&#038;showicons=false&#038;showdigits=total&#038;controlbar=34&#038;backcolor=0xFFFFFF&#038;screencolor=0x000000&#038;frontcolor=0xDEDEDE&#038;lightcolor=0x00A2FF&#038;logo=http:\/\/www.ireport.com\/themes\/custom\/resources\/swfplayer\/data\/images\/ireport_wm.gif&#038;file=http%3A\/\/ht.cdn.turner.com\/ireport\/big\/prod\/2008\/06\/07\/WE00031231\/116636\/Anon1212888438-Tornado471163.flv&#038;image=http%3A\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/ireport\/sm\/prod\/2008\/06\/07\/WE00031231\/116636\/Anon1212888438-Tornado471163_lg.jpg\"><\/embed><\/object><!--more|inline-->Lots of strong storms in Chicago of late:<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/storms.jpg\" title=\"storms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3938\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/storms.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"storms.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/storms-2.jpg\" title=\"storms-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3939\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/storms-2.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"storms-2.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/storms-3.jpg\" title=\"storms-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/06\/storms-3.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"storms-3.jpg\" \/><\/a>And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/weather\/2008\/06\/11\/vo.home.floats.away.cnn\">here<\/a>.Kris and I send our greetings from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ravello\">Ravello<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2008\/06\/daily_life_in_afghanistan.html\">Stunning photography<\/a>.You can participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emergentvillage.com\/weblog\/an-important-request-from-emergent-village\">the future of Emergent Village<\/a>.Eugene Cho reflects on <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/07\/last-sermon-at-quest\/\">preaching through Scriptures<\/a> (instead of topically).iMonk, a high school teacher, reflects on what a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/post-evangelical-youth-ministry-some-incompletethoughts\">post-modern youth ministry<\/a> would look like.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesustheradicalpastor.com\/dont-belittle-two-lepta-love\">Pastor John Frye applying his craft<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/spearszacharias.bravejournal.com\/entry\/26612\/\">Karen on dealing with bugs<\/a>: Karen, you travel more than Kris and me.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-italy-wine_spolar_nujun09,0,6646114.story\">Say it ain&#8217;t so, Brunello<\/a>!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/10\/opinion\/10brooks.html\">Financial inhibition<\/a> &#8212; good piece by David Brooks.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/10\/education\/10asians.html?em&#038;ex=1213329600&#038;en=c77195349304cc77&#038;ei=5087%0A\">Stereotypes of Asian Americans, begone<\/a>!1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/the-imonk-spends-five-hours-with-scott-hahn-the-full-report\">iMonk discusses Scott Hahn<\/a>.2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/06\/07\/asia\/08geese.php\">A trend in Korean education<\/a>.3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/story\/?id=204742\">Candace Parker<\/a>, back home in Chicago, and interviewed by Patricia Babcock McGraw.4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/06\/08\/europe\/trash.php\">We&#8217;re just south of this garbage headache<\/a>.5. Thomas D&#8217;Agostino, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said that if all six billion people on earth used hand calculators and performed calculations 24 hours a day and seven days a week, it would take them 46 years to do what the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/06\/09\/technology\/09petaflops.php\">Roadrunner <\/a>can in one day.6. Jim Martin starts a series on <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=933\">what he&#8217;s learned about marriage after 30 years<\/a>.7. That&#8217;s a good choice: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/10\/opinion\/10rosen.html?_r=1&#038;ref=todayspaper&#038;oref=slogin\">Israel chooses the ornate Hoopoe as its State bird<\/a>. Kris and I see hoopoes in Italy.8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/chi-bakker-gay-church-09-jun09,0,894790.story\">Willow Creek and Soulforce<\/a>.9. Gotta like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2008\/06\/09\/business\/vac.php\">this report<\/a>.10. Both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiansincontext.org\/2008\/06\/fidelity-of-betrayal-towards-church_10.html\">Pete Rollins and Norman Jeune<\/a> deserve to have this post up higher &#8230; but I had plenty to do before our trip this week and so I put it here.Sports:<a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2008\/more\/06\/07\/obit.mckay.ap\/index.html?cnn=yes\">Jim McKay, icon of sportcasting, has died<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry to wake you up, dear, but I thought you might like to watch this tornado! 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