{"id":4383,"date":"2008-10-11T00:10:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T00:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/10\/weekly-meanderings-119.html"},"modified":"2008-10-11T00:10:07","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T00:10:07","slug":"weekly-meanderings-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/10\/weekly-meanderings-119.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What happened to the Cubs?,&#8221; I ask Lou Piniella. His answer?<!--more|inline--><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/lou1.jpg\" title=\"lou1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image4407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/10\/lou1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"lou1.jpg\" \/><\/a>Lots of travel of late reduced my links. Sorry.One of our highlights at the Zoe conference last weekend was seeing our friend, Bob Smietana, who now writes for <em>The Tennessean<\/em>. So, Bob has some good articles at The Tennessean I&#8217;d like to push for your reading: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2008810020370\">Palin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2008809280428\">pulpit protests<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/spearszacharias.bravejournal.com\/entry\/27842\/\">Karen&#8217;s story of hope<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.subversiveinfluence.com\/wordpress\/?p=1828\">Bro Maynard 1<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subversiveinfluence.com\/wordpress\/?p=1831\">Bro Maynard 2<\/a> has pondered changes in the emerging movement thoughtfully and insightfully. We&#8217;ve been keeping up with <a href=\"http:\/\/tonyj.net\/\">Tony Jones in the Land of Oz<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dankimball.com\/vintage_faith\/2008\/10\/religulous-lee.html\">Dan Kimball<\/a>&#8216;s posted some sensible and sensitive reflections on the Bill Maher movie. This forthcoming book on youth ministry by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anewkindofyouthministry.com\/2008\/10\/05\/story-signs-sacred-rhythms\/\">Chris Folmsbee <\/a>will set new standards. <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=1247\">Ordinary is more than ordinary<\/a> &#8212; Jim Martin. <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/02\/nickelsville-and-the-homeless-the-complexity-of-an-issue-and-the-simplicity-of-human-dignity\/\">Eugene Cho<\/a> has an eye-opening post about homelessness. LL Barkat list the ways <a href=\"http:\/\/seedlingsinstone.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/world-wide-study-blogging-good-for.html\">blogging is healthy<\/a>.Everybody&#8217;s posting about the President: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f2b1D5w82yU\">here&#8217;s my choice<\/a>.One of my favorite South Africa bloggers: <a href=\"http:\/\/kleipotgemeente.typepad.com\/soulgardeners\/2008\/10\/what-if-numbers.html\">Tom Smith, honest church planter<\/a>.iMonk reflects on a so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/whats-a-conservative-reading-of-song-of-solomon\">conservative reading of the Song of Solomon<\/a>. (Honk if you chased down this link.)<a href=\"http:\/\/tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com\/tallskinnykiwi\/2008\/10\/weve-only-just.html\">TSK knows good music<\/a>.Most of the time I don&#8217;t get what is going on with things like Google, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ysmarko.com\/?p=3472\">Marko<\/a> has a post that I&#8217;d like someone to help us with. Anyone know?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dashhouse.com\/darryl\/2008\/10\/emphasizing_both_sides_of_the.htm\">Dash<\/a> has an excellent little exploration of the dual sides of the gospel &#8212; a theme that I think needs to trump others today (and I&#8217;ll avoid mentioning the topics that seem to have become the obsession of some).For me, Prime is the only way to go:<iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=jescre-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=21&#038;l=ur1&#038;category=prime&#038;banner=1355MQK7A76B0SQKPX02&#038;f=ifr\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" scrolling=\"no\" border=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>1. I found <a href=\"http:\/\/gregmankiw.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/september-madness.html\">this<\/a> through Michael Kruse&#8217;s blog.2. An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mg.co.za\/article\/2008-10-05-zim-on-the-brink-of-new-crisis-as-food-runs-out\">international disaster<\/a> in Zimbabwe.3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1847194,00.html?cnn=yes\">Women, work, and discrimination<\/a>.4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/WORLD\/meast\/10\/06\/iraq.pkk\/index.html\">Aristophanes<\/a>?By the way, Lou, how do you explain what happened to the Cubs in the NLDS?<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/lou1.jpg\" title=\"lou1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image4407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/10\/lou1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"lou1.jpg\" \/><\/a>Sports:The Bears are hard to predict, they have an offense that can sputter, but they are surprising more than they are disappointing.The Cubs &#8230; a tragedic ending to a great season. 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