{"id":4244,"date":"2009-02-07T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T00:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/02\/weekly-meanderings-132.html"},"modified":"2009-02-07T00:10:08","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T00:10:08","slug":"weekly-meanderings-132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/02\/weekly-meanderings-132.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><font><b>It&#8217;s Around the Corner!<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HoHoKam.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/HoHoKam.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"303\" width=\"497\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">(Beats hockey any day of the week!)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Luke&#8217;s #100 was <a href=\"http:\/\/lukasandhisworldofbeer.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/orval-100.html\">a beer brewed by Trappist monks<\/a> in Belgium. One way <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/7783441.stm\">the internet and blogs can be redemptive<\/a>. Speaking of redemptive, Habitat for Humanity&#8217;s founder, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2009\/februaryweb-only\/105-21.0.html\">Millard Fuller<\/a>, has passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Excellent post by <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/outofur\/archives\/2009\/02\/the_hansen_repo_1.html#more\">Collin Hansen<\/a> on the rural pastor and <a href=\"http:\/\/grasshoppersdreaming.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/pastorate-rfd.html\">Mike Thompson<\/a> is a rural pastor and his words are golden. Maybe because of where I grew up, but there is nothing like a rural church to me and Mike&#8217;s a wonderful place. I&#8217;ve been there. Congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/home\/index.cfm?northpark=RNews.RNews_Story&amp;ID=3071\">Pam Carlson<\/a>. Have you seen <a href=\"http:\/\/ship.saintsimeon.co.uk\/curses\/index.html\">this thing<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pangloss.com\/seidel\/Shaker\/index.html\">Or this one<\/a>? And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/features\/lifestyle\/chi-0123-blago-second-city-ftjan23,0,3380567.story\">Second City<\/a> is doing a spoof on Blago. (HT: MV) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trendhunter.com\/trends\/bill-gates-ted2009\">Bill Gates<\/a> is not giving us a stunt (HT: HZ). <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2009\/02\/05\/obama-speaks-out-about-religious-transformation\/\">Obama<\/a> on his personal transformation (HT: LNMM). <a href=\"http:\/\/stillsearching.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/04\/sex-from-the-pulpit-part-two\/\">Good examination<\/a> of Driscoll&#8217;s talk about sex.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Good story from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webangelical.com\/profiles\/blogs\/one-humanity-the-story-of\">Stephen about Roslyn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Billy had <a href=\"http:\/\/billykangas.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/kaffeost-coffee-cheese.html\">coffee with cheese<\/a> &#8212; Finnish style! I met Eugene Cho for the first time Thursday here in Chicago &#8212; he was at the <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/05\/resting-growing-freezing-and-jazzing-in-chicago\/\">Midwinter meeting of the Covenant Church<\/a>. Congrats <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/01\/12-years-and-counting\/\">Eugene and Minhee<\/a>. Nice thoughts from <a href=\"http:\/\/missiolux.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/who-is-in-your-backyard.html\">Tamara<\/a>. Yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/stackblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/04\/memo-to-worship-bands-turn-it-down-please\/\">John&#8217;s got this right<\/a>. Classic <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=1937\">Jim Martin<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/erika.haub.net\/creative-parenting\/01\/\">Erika<\/a>&#8216;s got an imagination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seedlingsinstone.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/i-close-my-eyes.html\">Seeing with your eyes closed<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/addenda-errata.ivpress.com\/2009\/02\/the_best_rejection_decision_iv.php\">Seeing with the words memorized<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/focus-on-familys-truth-project.html\">Seeing by listening to other views<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/stillsearching.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/30\/thinking-of-another-place\/\">Seeing by pondering another time and place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you can get the paper copy of the latest edition of <i>Christianity Today<\/i>, the seminary section at the back is not just a listing but a fascinating conversation about what is going on in seminaries today &#8212; and lots and lots going on &#8212; is really worth your time. Watch for some of Todd Mangum&#8217;s comments. Seminary students need the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/addenda-errata.ivpress.com\/2009\/01\/the_greatest_bargain_in_academ.php\">black dictionaries<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; and no one is saying that it was Dan who designed the series. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking of seminaries, the rumor now is that <a href=\"http:\/\/kerussocharis.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/forcibly-removing-all-tulips-at-swbts.html\">a herd of Calvinists is leaving Dallas Ft Worth<\/a> and headed north to Louisville. Poor Calvin; all he was doing was trying to teach the Bible. Well, it appears said post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=19615457&amp;postID=1323155532015762532\">had some impact<\/a> and only some Calvinists will be heading north. I have two comments: (1) I don&#8217;t know if Wade&#8217;s posts and the comments are fiction, but they sure beat any fiction I&#8217;ve ever read; and (2) if Denny Burk were still down there, he&#8217;da been over there with his skateboard and football and done some damage.<\/p>\n<p>We need an economist to help us here, but I like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/POLITICS\/02\/05\/miron.libertarian.stimulus\/index.html\">this libertarian proposal<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>NPU has its share of singers. Here are three NPU grads in the worship team on the stage at Willow Creek.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NPUSingers.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/NPUSingers.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"228\" width=\"464\" \/><\/span><br \/>1. A review of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/0,28757,1874549,00.html\">Super Bowl ads<\/a>.<br \/>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/SHOWBIZ\/Music\/02\/02\/day.music.died\/index.html\">The day the music died<\/a>!<br \/>3. If you&#8217;ve got the time, listen to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isi.org\/lectures\/lectures.aspx?SM=&amp;SBy=browse&amp;SSub=speaker&amp;SFor=&amp;SS=date&amp;SC=30\">brilliant lecture by Joseph Epstein<\/a> on a literary education and the flimsiness of ideas. (HT: DW)<br \/>4. Have you seen the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.etrade.com\/e\/t\/jumppage\/viewjumppage?PageName=etrade_super_tv_ads\">E*Trade babies<\/a>? (HT: perp)<br \/>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=NmI2MjZmMWUzMmYxZjk1YTE5YjhkMDNkZDUzNzcyODA=\">This<\/a> is about how I see things too.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eagle.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/Eagle.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"247\" width=\"490\" \/><\/span><br \/>6. Toronto now has some <a href=\"http:\/\/richarddawkins.net\/article,3560,n,n\">atheist ads<\/a> on buses &#8230; we&#8217;re next. Classic example of an ideology that can only speak its case by feeding off another. (HT: JJB)<br \/>7. We love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/03\/science\/earth\/03oceans.html?_r=1&amp;em\">Google Earth<\/a> and there are some new features.<br \/>8. Complexity is the name of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/04\/opinion\/04friedman.html\">the Middle East problem<\/a>.<br \/>9. Nice piece by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/POLITICS\/02\/04\/balmer.nonbelievers\/index.html\">Randy Balme<\/a>r.<br \/>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/183180?GT1=43002\">Facebook<\/a> &#8212; saying goodbye.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><font><b>SPORTS<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Lots of good news from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.golf.com\/presstent\/2009\/02\/woods-says-hes.html\">Tiger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Will this become the new &#8220;The Catch&#8221;?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SupBwl.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/SupBwl.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"374\" width=\"389\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Around the Corner! (Beats hockey any day of the week!) Luke&#8217;s #100 was a beer brewed by Trappist monks in Belgium. 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