{"id":4145,"date":"2008-08-30T00:10:31","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T00:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/weekly-meanderings-113.html"},"modified":"2008-08-30T00:10:31","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T00:10:31","slug":"weekly-meanderings-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/weekly-meanderings-113.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come to Chicago&#8217;s friendly skies:<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/chicago-plane2.jpg\" title=\"chicago-plane2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/08\/chicago-plane2.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"chicago-plane2.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more|inline--><br \/>\nA friend and well-known New Testament scholar, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuller.edu\/news-and-events\/news\/scholer-legacy.aspx\">David Scholer<\/a>, has passed away. Peace be to his memory, his family, his colleagues and students, and upon all those who have been touched by this wondrous man. <a href=\"http:\/\/erika.haub.net\/remembering-david\/08\/\">Erika&#8217;s reflections<\/a> on David Scholer.<br \/>\nOne of my former students, a former homeless young woman who is a brilliant musician and who was lifted from that life by a music teacher who cared, is now participating in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplesmusicschool.org\/\">this &#8220;missional&#8221; music work<\/a>. Her name is Deborah Wanderley Dos Santos.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.echurch.co.za\/\">E-Church in South Africa<\/a>. Check this site out.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bloggingheads.tv\/diavlogs\/13613\">Brian McLaren and Richard Land vlog<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/26\/lpga-will-suspend-korean-memberships-if-players-dont-learn-english\/\"> Eugene Cho<\/a> has some careful reflections on the recent decision by the LPGA to push Korean women, who are more and more present on the tour, to learn English or else. <a href=\"http:\/\/jibstay.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/33-years.html\">Congrats to Don and Martha.<\/a> Another must-read <a href=\"http:\/\/krusekronicle.typepad.com\/kruse_kronicle\/2008\/08\/prosperity-what-happened-rev-malthus.html\">from Michael Kruse<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemission.com\/2008\/08\/when-liturgy-goes-bad-constantinian.html\">David Fitch&#8217;s reflections<\/a> on using Constantinian liturgy in a post-Constantinian world. <a href=\"http:\/\/edwardg.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/28\/is-obama-the-fulfillment-of-the-dream\/\">Ed Gilbreath&#8217;s collection<\/a> of webstuff on the historic Obama speech. Tom&#8217;s thoughts on <a href=\"http:\/\/kleipotgemeente.typepad.com\/soulgardeners\/2008\/08\/roads-and-paths.html\">roads and paths<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/missiolux.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/new-priorities.html\">Tamara&#8217;s experience of fellowship<\/a>.<br \/>\nCheck out <a href=\"http:\/\/fayobserver.com\/article?id=302584\">Karen&#8217;s column<\/a>.<br \/>\nBlue Parakeet reviews:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nicksmusings.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/blue-parakeet-much-needed-lesson-on.html\">Nick Fox<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdavidphillips.com\/2008\/08\/24\/book-review-the-blue-parakeet\/\">David Phillips<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/home\/index.cfm?northpark=RNews.RNews_Story&amp;ID=2802\">NPU goes tray-less<\/a>.<br \/>\n1.<a href=\"http:\/\/lifestyle.msn.com\/relationships\/articlerbmatch.aspx?cp-documentid=9497959&amp;GT1=32023\">Happy Marriages<\/a>.<br \/>\n2. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-amish-nat-dispatchaug21,0,819027.story\">Amish opportunity<\/a>.<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/24\/education\/24evolution.html?_r=1&amp;hp&amp;oref=slogin\">Public schools and evolution and creation<\/a>.<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/22\/opinion\/22brooks.html?em=&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1219586466-Pxm0PZoTBslBTcLCOo9xNQ\">Brooks thinks Biden&#8217;s the right person for the VP<\/a>.<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/08\/22\/AR2008082202395.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1&amp;sub=AR\">Fukuyama on the world&#8217;s bullies<\/a>.<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com\/thestew\/2008\/08\/starbucks-inter.html\">Unclever McDonalds<\/a>.<br \/>\n7.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/08\/27\/business\/27grid.html?em\"> Wind turbines and grid-lock<\/a>.<br \/>\n8. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/ctpolitics\/\">CT on Obama and the DNC<\/a>.<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1837368,00.html\">Obama and writing his speeches<\/a>.<br \/>\n10. Drumroll please &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/home\/index.cfm?northpark=RNews.RNews_Story&amp;ID=2799\">THEY DID IT<\/a>!<br \/>\nSports:<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleedcubbieblue.com\/\">great Cubs site<\/a>!<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/womensbball.jpg\" title=\"womensbball.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/08\/womensbball.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"womensbball.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come to Chicago&#8217;s friendly skies:<\/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-4145","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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