{"id":4792,"date":"2009-04-18T00:08:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T00:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/weekly-meanderings-142.html"},"modified":"2009-04-18T00:08:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T00:08:01","slug":"weekly-meanderings-142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/weekly-meanderings-142.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">Chicago&#8217;s own!<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wrigley.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/Wrigley.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"224\" width=\"398\" \/><\/span>Does NYC have this? Does LA? <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/chicago\/\">Chicago does<\/a>! (HT: PK-C)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/studentblog.northpark.edu\/2009\/04\/the-souls-of-black-girls.html\">Blog by one of our students<\/a>. Worth your reading.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northpark.edu\/News\/North-Park-News\/Student-finds-a-niche-in-homeless-ministry.aspx\"> A story<\/a> about another of our students.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BotheDog.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/BotheDog.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px;float: right\" height=\"247\" width=\"424\" \/><\/span>A very good reminder: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/POLITICS\/04\/14\/borger.republicans\/index.html\">know before you tweet<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tamaradull.com\/2009\/04\/some-twitter-cartoon-fun.html\">Tweet humor<\/a> with Tamara.<br \/>On resurrection: check out this set of reflections by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opensourcetheology.net\/node\/1794\">Andrew Perriman<\/a>.<br \/>Should Christians participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/akma.disseminary.org\/?p=2052\">Passover seders<\/a>?<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/13\/nyregion\/13bigcity.html?_r=1&amp;src=twt&amp;twt=nytimes\">1\/3d of your salary not to show up<\/a> to work for one year?! If you&#8217;re lucky! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ext\/share.php?sid=69328834402&amp;h=ceWhH&amp;u=vncH3&amp;ref=nf\">Did you see Owen Youngman<\/a>&#8216;s Mene Mene Tekel Parsin (I say &#8220;Upharsin&#8221;)?<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstprinciplesjournal.com\/articles.aspx?article=1236&amp;theme=home&amp;page=1&amp;loc=b&amp;type=ctbf\">DG Hart on Andy Crouch<\/a>&#8216;s culture-making proposals. (HT: CS)&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mbconf.ca\/home\/products_and_services\/resources\/publications\/mb_herald\/mb_herald_april_2009\/columns\/text_message\/\">Elmer Martens<\/a> is always wise, and his reflections on Isa 53 as a hospital is suggestive. (HT: BY) <a href=\"http:\/\/youshouldhaveseenthis.com\/\">99 videos<\/a> internet folks have seen, or should have seen. (HT: GD) <a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/2009\/03\/popes_apologies_accepted\/all.html\">A variety of reflections<\/a> on the pope&#8217;s recent apology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyblogtips.com\/reading-books-is-still-necessary-but-are-you-reading-them\/\">All the more reason<\/a> to work on inviting prose. <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/35t8\">All the more reason<\/a> to read blogs.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to see a big discussion about <a href=\"http:\/\/sibboleth.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/jesus-great-but-paul.html\">Dan Kirk&#8217;s question<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/communityofjesus.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/lets-be-civil.html\">Let&#8217;s be civil <\/a>&#8212; good words from Ted. <a href=\"http:\/\/tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com\/tallskinnykiwi\/2009\/04\/excellent-emerging-church-panel-discussion.html#comments\">TSK<\/a> weighs in the Christian Book Expo in Dallas. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/04\/calling-kevin-deyoung-to-account.html\">Tony and Kevin<\/a> have continued their debates. <a href=\"http:\/\/addenda-errata.ivpress.com\/2009\/04\/the_enigma_of_george_eldon_lad.php\">Dan Reid<\/a> invites you to read John D&#8217;Elia&#8217;s bio of George Ladd. <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/neocalvinism-what-is-it-is-it-different.html\">Bob Robinson<\/a>&#8216;s got some very solid observations about <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/which-is-new-calvinism-neo-puritanism.html\">Neo-Calvinism<\/a> and the like. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/jrwoodward.net\/2009\/04\/len-hjalmarson-on-the-good-news\/\">very important blog series<\/a> is now underway at JR Woodward&#8217;s site. Thoughtful piece by <a href=\"http:\/\/habitatforcommunity.org\/\">Mark Batterson<\/a>. Will it be missional, attractional or&#8230;? See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wadehodges.com\/2009\/04\/14\/missional-or-attractional\/\">Wade Hodges<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biola.edu\/news\/biolamag\/articles\/09spring\/missional.cfm\">Speaking of missional<\/a>, check out Brett McCracken&#8217;s piece. <\/p>\n<p>Michael Kruse has been helpful to so many of us, <a href=\"http:\/\/krusekronicle.typepad.com\/kruse_kronicle\/2009\/04\/wedding-sermon-advice.html\">so let&#8217;s all wander over here<\/a> and give him some help. The same goes for <a href=\"http:\/\/stackblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/15\/what-public-good-is-a-christian-university\/\">John Stackhouse<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CoupleChild.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/CoupleChild.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"293\" width=\"236\" \/><\/span>1. Should schools cease providing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/edu_emails_might_be_going_the_way_of_the_dodo.php\">e-mail (.edu) accounts for students<\/a>?<br \/>2. When couples have the first child, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/news\/florida\/news-article.aspx?storyid=135713&amp;catid=4\">the &#8220;happiness&#8221; score goes down<\/a>. Is this a telling number about how many understand happiness?<br \/>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/13\/us\/politics\/13student.html?_r=1&amp;src=twt&amp;twt=nytimes\">Student loans and the government<\/a>.<br \/>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/13\/us\/13pants.html?src=twt&amp;twt=nytimes\">Droopy pants<\/a> controversy has returned.<br \/>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2009\/media\/hipsters-die-another-death-n1-panel-people-called-hipsters-just-happened-be-young-and-mor\">The quest for the historical hipster<\/a>? (HT: MV)<br \/>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/04\/13\/social.network.older\/index.html?iref=t2test_techmon\">Virtual family<\/a> &#8212; we love iChat because we can see Aksel often.<br \/>7. What one can do with &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/gallery\/2009\/04\/10\/GA2009041001969.html\">peeps<\/a>&#8220;.<br \/>8. Downside of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/ptech\/04\/14\/twitter.study\/index.html\">Twitter<\/a>. Upside of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/14\/technology\/internet\/14twitter.html?em\">Twitter<\/a>.<br \/>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/14\/opinion\/14herbert.html?em\">Gun control<\/a> &#8212; a topic in need of a nation.<br \/>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/blog\/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&amp;id=61474897-3048-741E-3739258670171854\">Fr. Martin&#8217;s excellent reflections<\/a> on the Scottish singer famous now on &#8220;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent.&#8221;<br \/>11. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.problogger.net\/archives\/2009\/04\/05\/hot-button-marketing-factors-that-call-your-readers-to-action\/\">Marketing hot buttons<\/a>. Wow, these folks think this kind of thing all the way to the end. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/report_men_spend_more_time_online_put_up_with_more.php\">Men<\/a> are more involved.<\/p>\n<p>Sports:<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Angel Cabrera for winning The Masters, our sympathy for Kenny Perry, and our expectation that Tiger&#8217;s and Phil&#8217;s duel throughout the last day of the Master bodes well for the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago&#8217;s own! Does NYC have this? Does LA? Chicago does! (HT: PK-C) Blog by one of our students. Worth your reading. A story about another of our students. A very good reminder: know before you tweet. Tweet humor with Tamara.On resurrection: check out this set of reflections by Andrew Perriman.Should Christians participate in Passover seders?1\/3d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meanderings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weekly Meanderings - Jesus Creed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/weekly-meanderings-142.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weekly Meanderings - Jesus Creed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chicago&#8217;s own! 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