{"id":4980,"date":"2009-12-12T00:08:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T00:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/weekly-meanderings-173.html"},"modified":"2009-12-12T00:08:39","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T00:08:39","slug":"weekly-meanderings-173","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/weekly-meanderings-173.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">Merry Christmas from Chicago!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ChicChristTree.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/ChicChristTree.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"497\" width=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2009912060340\">A must-read<\/a> on the rising surge against Islam by Bob Smietana.<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/timstafford.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/08\/why-we-should-admire-scientists%E2%80%94part-1-of-a-series\/\">A must-read<\/a> on science and faith by Tim Stafford (HT: AC).<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/independent\/waitingforarmageddon\/\">A must-watch<\/a> documentary?<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2010\/january\/1.44.html\">A must-read<\/a> on Lesslie Newbigin.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/creation-and-new-creation-and-how-they.html\">A must-read<\/a> on spiritual gifts.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/markdroberts.com\/?p=1031\">A must-read<\/a> on preaching.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harvard.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/Harvard.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"252\" width=\"379\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A new kind of <a href=\"http:\/\/clarexu.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/periodic_table_of_typefaces_large.jpg\">Periodic Table<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>A new kind of Purim: <a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/09\/the-hanukkah-story-mj-style\/\">Messianic Judaism and Hanukkah<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tonyj.net\/2009\/12\/liberal-bias-in-the-academy-in-response-to-jesus-creed\/\">A new kind of awareness to academic realities<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2237376\/\">Facebook<\/a> is like the pacman gremlin gobbling away the numbers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/gratefultothedead.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/07\/preacher-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-church-the-fall-of-jonathan-edwards\/\">Preacher in the hands of an angry church<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/addenda-errata.ivpress.com\/2009\/12\/they_asked_for_a_publishers_pe.php\">Editor in the hands of a reading audience<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandleadership.com\/content\/fictional-preachers-offer-perspective-vocation\">Fictional pastors in the hands of a reader<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/livelydust.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/cheerful-books-for-bleak-midwinter.html\">Books in the hand of a good judge<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulgardeners.com\/2009\/12\/christian-billboard-an-exegesis.html\">Church billboards in the hands of a radical.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighcalling.org\/Library\/ViewLibrary.asp?LibraryID=5304&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHighCallingPersonalReflections+%28TheHighCalling.org%3A+Personal+Reflections%29&amp;utm_content=Bloglines\">Your job in the hands of Bradley Moore<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Meandering in the News<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MoonChic.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/MoonChic.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"317\" width=\"256\" \/><\/span>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/05\/opinion\/05blow.html?_r=1&amp;hp\">Perhaps the most depressing article I read all week<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>2. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/04\/AR2009120404511.html?hpid=topnews\">Climate-gate<\/a>&#8221; and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/04\/AR2009120403073.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\">George Will&nbsp;<\/a>weighs in on the controversy too.<\/div>\n<div>3. On jobs and the need for that &#8220;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">vast, chaotic entrepreneurial churn&#8221;: <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=MTM1MWEzYmE5MGM1MzJkNzBkOTVkZjJjYmYxYTIxNDU=\">Rich Lowry<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/entertainment\/chi-091204-second-city-anniversary-gallery,0,652281.storygallery\">Second City<\/a>: 50 years old.<\/div>\n<div>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/panelists\/john_mark_reynolds\/2009\/12\/something_that_really_should_worry_europe.html\">John Mark Reynolds<\/a> says the Swiss minarets issue is small potatoes compared to the real issues &#8212; and he&#8217;s right. (But the minaret issue isn&#8217;t the tip of an iceberg on growing concern with Muslims.)<\/div>\n<div>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2237378\/\">Do you button up<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=NjVhMmZmMmRjNjJiZmQ1ZTJkNmIwMzFkZTg5MDUxNTU=\">Political language<\/a> discussion: e.g., what does &#8220;progressive&#8221; mean?<\/div>\n<div>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/campbellbrown.blogs.cnn.com\/2009\/12\/05\/the-era-of-blame-bush-for-obama-is-over\/\">Roland Martin&#8217;s rant<\/a>. Personally, I agree that Obama&#8217;s Admin has to take responsibility, but that is not to say that a previous Admin&#8217;s legacy doesn&#8217;t last for a long, long time.<\/div>\n<div>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/06\/magazine\/06marriage-t.html?em\">A bit long, but worth your read: on improving marriage<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/07\/opinion\/07mon2.html?em\">Shocking brief editorial<\/a>. Talk about shocking: <a href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/07\/sarah-palin-is-coming-to-town\/\">Stanley Fish<\/a> has a positive take on Sarah Palin&#8217;s autobiography.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Meandering in Sports<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Wow, <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2009\/writers\/ian_thomsen\/12\/04\/countdown\/index.html?cnn=yes\">this is a big story<\/a> waiting to happen. I&#8217;m all for it!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Can you believe those surfers in Hawaii?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Surf.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/Surf.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"292\" width=\"379\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas from Chicago! 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A new kind of Purim: Messianic&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-4980","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\/12\/weekly-meanderings-173.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=\"Merry Christmas from Chicago! 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