{"id":4841,"date":"2009-05-02T00:17:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T00:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/05\/weekly-meanderings-144.html"},"modified":"2009-05-02T00:17:09","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T00:17:09","slug":"weekly-meanderings-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/05\/weekly-meanderings-144.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">Yo, Mayor Daley, how do you throw a slider?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MayorDaley.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/MayorDaley.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" width=\"254\" height=\"232\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nMoving reflections on grace by <a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/29\/grace-uses-misuses-and-the-bliss-of-the-real-thing\/\">Derek Leman<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/jrwoodward.net\/2009\/04\/erika-haub-on-the-good-news\/\">Erika<\/a>&#8216;s post &#8212; and <a href=\"http:\/\/jrwoodward.net\/2009\/04\/guest-blogger-schedule-for-the-good-news-series\/\">JR Woodward<\/a> continues his series on the meaning of gospel today &#8212; I hope you can check it out. <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=2505\">Jim Martin<\/a> has a good post with good discussion about what a healthy church looks like. Speaking of healthy churches, they need people who have time to be involved (<a href=\"http:\/\/churchethos.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/28\/a-going-church\/\">ChurchEthos<\/a>). <a href=\"http:\/\/seedlingsinstone.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/follow-your-bliss.html\">LL Barkat<\/a> &#8212; nice images.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesustheradicalpastor.com\/when-the-cross-is-not-central\">John Frye<\/a> contemplates the centrality of the cross and how it prepares for Pentecost. The rise of the <a href=\"http:\/\/stillsearching.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/26\/the-rise-of-the-ironic-class\/\">ironic class<\/a>.<br \/><!-- Begin TwitThis (http:\/\/twitthis.com\/) --><\/p>\n<p>&lt;!&#8211;<br \/>\ndocument.write(&#039;<a href=\";\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.chuug.com\/chuug.twitthis.resources\/twitthis_grey_72x22.gif\" alt=\"TwitThis\" style=\"border:none\" \/><\/a>&#8216;);<br \/>\n\/\/&#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/End --><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/mark-driscoll-and-gabe-lyons.html\">One of Bob&#8217;s best comparisons<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/wineskins.alsw.com\/filter.asp?co_key=1786\">One of Wineskins best pieces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a really good &#8220;tweeter&#8221; to follow, check out Tamara Dull (@tamaradull).<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyblogtips.com\/blogs-to-books-un-upcoming-trend\/\">Blogs become books<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/you-need-to-get-rid-of-some-of-your-theology\">This blog has become a BLOG to Watch<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gospels.com\/\">Good site<\/a> to load into your sidebar: Tyndale House&#8217;s 4Gospels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2009\/april\/27.38.html\">No words are needed<\/a> &#8212; our prayers have been with Christine and continue.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hummer.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/files\/import\/imgs\/Hummer.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px;float: right\" width=\"237\" height=\"299\" \/><\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighcalling.org\/Library\/Browsing_ContentType.asp?LibraryCategoryID=7\">Mark Roberts<\/a> has an excellent daily devotional and you can subscribe via e-mail.<br \/>One of my favorites: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighcalling.org\/Library\/ViewLibrary.asp?LibraryID=4993\">Johnny Wooden<\/a>. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wadehodges.com\/2009\/04\/27\/defining-christlikeness\/\">Wade Hodges<\/a> has a question for the ages.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/spirituality-of-hummingbirds.html\">Bob Robinson<\/a> on the spirituality of hummingbirds. (We saw them all over the place at Laity Lodge, and Tuesday night we had a rose-breasted grosbeak on our feeder.)<br \/>And interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readthespirit.com\/explore\/2009\/04\/419-conversation-on-a-disturbing-spiritual-practice-with-scot-mcknight.html\">David Crumm<\/a> about our <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0849901081?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jescre-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0849901081\">Fasting: The Ancient Practices<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jescre-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0849901081\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important;margin: 0px ! important\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em> book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stackblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/26\/what-public-good-is-a-christian-university-answer-2-teaching\/\">John Stackhouse<\/a> continues his series.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cherryblossoms.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/Cherryblossoms.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" width=\"234\" height=\"403\" \/><\/span>1.Good <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/US\/04\/27\/changing.religion.study\/index.html\">CNN.com study<\/a>.<br \/>2.<a href=\"http:\/\/amarketingexpert.com\/ameblog\/?p=607\"> On submitting a manuscript<\/a> or proposal to a publisher.<br \/>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/books\/review\/2009\/04\/28\/terry_eagleton\/index.html\">Terry Eagleton<\/a>: &#8220;Critics of the most enduring form of popular culture [the Christian faith] in human history<br \/>\nhave a moral obligation to confront that case at its most persuasive,<br \/>\nrather than grabbing themselves a victory on the cheap by savaging it<br \/>\nas so much garbage and gobbledygook.&#8221; He speaks of a <br \/>&#8220;shocking ignorance.&#8221; (HT: KSZ)<br \/>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/27\/opinion\/27taylor.html?_r=1&amp;emc=eta1\">University education<\/a> is in for some major changes, and these are only the beginning of suggestions. (HT: RJS)<br \/>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/05\/01\/opinion\/01brooks.html?_r=1&amp;em\">David Brooks<\/a> on what makes for genius: practice. (In Greek: melete ta pan.)<br \/>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/\">More theological reflections on torture<\/a>, esp that of John Mark Reynolds.<br \/>7.&nbsp; I like that Mark Galli has spear-headed Christian thinking about the economic struggles and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2009\/may\/15.22.html\">this is one more piece<\/a> about the topic. <br \/>8. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/28\/health\/28brod.html?em\">The study found that<\/a>, other things being equal, the men and women who<br \/>\nconsumed the most red and processed meat were likely to die sooner,<br \/>\nespecially from one of our two leading killers, heart disease and <a href=\"http:\/\/health.nytimes.com\/health\/guides\/disease\/cancer\/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier\" title=\"In-depth reference and news articles about Cancer.\">cancer<\/a>, than people who consumed much smaller amounts of these foods.&#8221;<br \/>9. This is news and newsy: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/history\/2009\/04\/eager_to_study_the_early_churc.html\">Wheaton and Eastern Orthodox studies<\/a>.<br \/>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/mapping_the_current_web_transition.php\">The news on what is happening in web technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sports:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cubs.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/Cubs.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" width=\"185\" height=\"170\" \/><\/span>Man, it&#8217;s hard being a Cubs fan this week.<\/p>\n<p>Their hitting is inconsistent.<br \/>Their relief pitching is inconsistent.<br \/>Their fielding is inconsistent.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be postmodern: the Cubs inconsistency is a form of consistency. So, the Cubs are consistent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yo, Mayor Daley, how do you throw a slider? Moving reflections on grace by Derek Leman. Erika&#8216;s post &#8212; and JR Woodward continues his series on the meaning of gospel today &#8212; I hope you can check it out. 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