{"id":4453,"date":"2009-02-28T00:07:31","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T00:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/02\/weekly-meanderings-135.html"},"modified":"2009-02-28T00:07:31","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T00:07:31","slug":"weekly-meanderings-135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/02\/weekly-meanderings-135.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cauldron.jpg\"<\/span>Here is Chicago’s famous cauldron on a hazy sky night.<\/p>\n

There was an interesting series of responses at “On Faith” for the Washington Post about whether or not we should read the Bible, a concern of mine in The Blue Parakeet<\/i>. Two of the more suggestive ones are by Jim Wallis<\/a> and Susan Thistlethwaite<\/a>. Milwaukee’s archbishop Timothy Dolan<\/a> moves to NY to be archbishop there. G-Rated movies<\/a> doing well. Tamara<\/a>‘s surprise.<\/p>\n

My opinion: the only people I pay attention to who criticize internet sites (blogs, Facebook, etc) are folks who have actually participated in it seriously.<\/p>\n

Here’s some fun<\/a>. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then CT’s new picture blog<\/a> is worth a thousand blogs.<\/p>\n

You’ve got to read this piece about Deborah<\/a>, one of my former students. <\/p>\n

Speaking of blue parakeets, I’ve been had by :mic<\/a>. I laughed on this one for a long time. Dan Reid<\/a> is no “maestro” Bible reader: good metaphors for theology. And you’ve got to read<\/a> his advice to readers about kinds of writing. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve seen on Lent<\/a>. But read this<\/a>, too. Lent is the time for confession and brother Don does<\/a>. It takes so long<\/a> to fill little bottles to remind us of what we can be grateful.<\/p>\n

Here’s a view of Facebook’s uselessness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Ellington quarter<\/a> is fantastic; we need an ML King Jr 1 dollar bill in constant circulation.<\/p>\n

Have you seen the Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism<\/a>? Wow, is this thing funny. (HT: MV)<\/p>\n

Tim Keel’s reflections on rest <\/a>. Barna’s newest study is on the “technology gap<\/a>.” Anne Jackson<\/a> has fired up the conversation about online “community.”<\/p>\n

John Stackhouse’s new book <\/a>— worth your reading.<\/p>\n

Jim Martin has a good question and some good discussion: the neglected curriculum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

James Dobson<\/a> has stepped down as board chair of the ministry at Focus on the Family. Dobson led the Christian resurgence of discipline, worked out a Christian theory of self-esteeem, and has been a leader for millions of conservatives on marriage and family concerns.<\/p>\n

1. Pay as you go<\/a> phone plans.
2. The impact of texting<\/a> on the next generation.
3. I’ve seen some progress on racism in my lifetime, and perhaps Holder’s way is the way forward; but Goldberg’s<\/a> not convinced. Michael Eric Dyson<\/a> is.
4. Maybe we’ll have time to visit this area of Cape Town<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n

I wonder what the Pope said when his little cap blew off?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"PopeDecapped.jpg\"<\/span>5. Nordlinger<\/a> has the audacity of hope, too.
6. FAFSA form<\/a>.
7. The costs of the death penalty<\/a>.
8. My favorite period in class as a grade schooler<\/a>? Yes, stats prove it helps.
9. Very serious, but helpful, research on abuse and its toll on life and health<\/a>.
10. And Brooks<\/a> is always serious: “I fear that in trying to do everything at once, they will do nothing
\nwell. I fear that we have a group of people who haven’t even learned to
\nuse their new phone system trying to redesign half the U.S. economy. I
\nfear they are going to try to undertake the biggest administrative
\nchallenge in American history while refusing to hire the people who can
\nhelp the most: agency veterans who are registered lobbyists.”
11. A wildfire in our neighborhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sports<\/p>\n
Tiger time<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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