{"id":4181,"date":"2008-09-06T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T00:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/09\/weekly-meanderings-114.html"},"modified":"2008-09-06T00:10:08","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T00:10:08","slug":"weekly-meanderings-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/09\/weekly-meanderings-114.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

My kind of town, Chicago is…
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\nNorth Park’s music program<\/a> has developed a degree for those who seek to become ministers of worship. Speaking of NPU, we soon begin Hispanic Month<\/a>. Which leads to a good story about my colleague and friend, Boaz Johnson<\/a>.
\nPut this<\/a> on your must-read and must-follow sites (IJM).
\nAndy Crouch<\/a> writes an excellent piece about Sarah Palin and the unmonitored comments descend into a spiral of uncharitable and embarrassing attempts to score points. By the way, this is not a criticism at all of Andy or CT; it’s a criticism of the problem of Christians who refuse to comment with civility.
\nSpeaking of civility, I love this piece by John Ortberg<\/a>. And Eugene Cho has five principles for civility<\/a>. Bingo! that’s the way to do it.
\nHere’s yet another form of civility: TSK<\/a> will no longer use the word “emerging church” for what he is doing.
\nDave Dunbar’s new Missional Journal<\/a> study: an excellent example of what it means to missional and it can quicken our churches.
\nDan Kimball and I agree<\/a>: there is a distinction, an important one, between emergent village and the emerging movement. I see this as an analytical difference, not a friendship or fellowship issue. Jim Martin on Frederik Buechner<\/a>. What about obsessions? Read Fr Rob<\/a>. Michael Spencer — iMonk — did a post on sources for spiritual formation<\/a>. Martha Johnson’s opening<\/a> for her art at Westmont. I sometimes wonder if the fine displays at Montecito Covenant<\/a> might be Martha’s doing. The topic of race and voting has become an issue and David Fitch’s response to Anthony Smith’s post<\/a> is worth some careful pondering. (I will probably begin a series soon on racism.) How blogging influences us (LL Barkat<\/a>). And here’s one way blogging is influencing us — pray for Connie and Ed<\/a>. Gotta love this picture<\/a>. And no one knows this better than Marko<\/a>.
\nDid you see this post by Dan Kimball<\/a>?
\nWill we have a generation that knows not Mr. Rogers<\/a>?
\nOne of South Africa’s great traditions: National Braai Day<\/a> (roughly a barbecue). I wish we were there.
\nStanley Fish on hoaxes<\/a>: but I expected him to say something more about those who were beaten by the hoax.
\n1. Sarah Palin on polar bears and global warming<\/a>.
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\n2. The ruling in Israel on “who is a Jew?”<\/a> interests me at a number of levels, including levels like Acts 16 and the status of messianic Jews in the Land of Israel today.
\n3. The differences between Democrats and Republicans involve at a central core the economy, and that is why informed folks need to be aware of studies like this<\/a>.
\n4. A local college addresses the drinking age issue<\/a>.
\n5. Mugabe’s enemy is a free press<\/a>: don’t underestimate the role of journalists.
\n6. Women in the workplace<\/a>. And what happens when women earn more than men? Check out this piece<\/a>.
\n7. Margaret Thatcher: ?In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.? So William Kristol, too<\/a>.
\n8. David Brooks<\/a> — once again with insight.
\n9. Good for Perseus Books<\/a>.
\n10. Is it resentment<\/a>?
\nSports: (OK, nothing yet about NCAA college football or NFL football)
\nI grew up with a father who was a track coach and I grew in the conviction that pole vaulters are some of the more unusual athletes in the world. But I have to say this: wide receivers, like Ocho Cinco<\/a> (aka Chad Johnson), are beginning to take the cake.
\nStudent-athletes…. we’ve got lots of them in class this year and a few of them did well at a recent cross country meet<\/a>.
\nTaking back an LPGA decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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