{"id":5030,"date":"2009-12-19T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/weekly-meanderings-174.html"},"modified":"2009-12-19T00:01:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T00:01:54","slug":"weekly-meanderings-174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/weekly-meanderings-174.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">Merry Christmas from Chicago!<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ChicChristTree.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/ChicChristTree.jpg\" width=\"370\" height=\"497\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/16\/AR2009121604240.html?hpid=artslot&amp;sid=ST2009121604383\">Best story I read this week<\/a>.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m sorry to bother you,&#8221; she wrote to Chris, &#8220;but if you are the Chris Astle I was looking for then I just want to thank you. You and Ms. Yanich found me on someone&#8217;s doorstep when I was an infant. I don&#8217;t really know what else to say, but thank you. If I&#8217;ve gotten the wrong person then I apologize! -Mia&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Times New Roman', times, serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/tom_daviss_blog\/2009\/12\/the-best-christmas-reflection-ive-read-in-2009.html\">Christmas with Tom Davis<\/a> (and Chuck Smith Jr).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/18\/opinion\/18brooks.html?_r=1&amp;hp=&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;adxnnlx=1261141870-toUInX5WAnHgbCB3DKMiDQ\">two sides of health care reform<\/a> with David Brooks.<\/div>\n<div>JR Woodward on the <a href=\"http:\/\/jrwoodward.net\/2009\/12\/shalom-makers-development-in-the-way-of-christ-a-more-humane-way-part-i\/\">two sides of development.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703514404574588751838773352.html\">The big two sides on student loans<\/a> &#8212; this one clarified by Arne Duncan (Warning: read slowly as Mr. Duncan&#8217;s no English teacher.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m looking forward to participating in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheaton.edu\/Theology\/WCECS\/Gatherings.html\">Evangelicals and the Early Church&#8221; conference at Wheaton.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.synergytoday.org\/Chicago\/Step1.aspx\">I wish Kris and I could attend SynergyChicago on January 23<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>The angle of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2009-12-17-1Amultichurches17_CV_N.htm\">this story about Tim Keller&#8217;s multi-site campuses<\/a> does not expose the theology at work in Keller&#8217;s ministry, and therefore I think it misrepresents what&#8217;s going on.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandleadership.com\/sermons\/jesus-and-leadership\">Jesus and leadership<\/a> by Ken Carter.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hauerwas.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/Hauerwas.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"296\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>A must-read on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andyrowell.net\/andy_rowell\/2009\/12\/new-john-howard-yoder-books.html\">John Howard Yoder<\/a> by Andy Rowell.<\/div>\n<div>A must-read on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/article_print.html?id=86009\">the prosperity gospel<\/a>&nbsp;from CT.<\/div>\n<div>A must-read on <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/imago-dei-is-more-than-dominion.html\">global warming<\/a> by Bob Robinson.<\/div>\n<div>A must-read on <a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/14\/mj-history-in-messiah-journal-102\/\">Messianic Judaism<\/a>&nbsp;by Derek Leman.<\/div>\n<div>A must-read by Hauerwas <a href=\"http:\/\/hopeofalltheworld.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/how-do-you-know-war-is-war.html\">on Obama&#8217;s speech<\/a>. Obama&#8217;s speech, a robust defense of just war on pragmatic grounds, surprised me; Hauerwas&#8217; response did not. I&#8217;m with Hauerwas (pictured).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/gettingfree.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/14\/i-believe-help-my-unbelief\/\">Our blog friend T<\/a> posts about healing.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/godspace.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/12\/waiting-for-the-homecoming-of-god\/\">Christine Sine&#8217;s homecoming liturgy<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>I like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wonderofcreation.org\/2009\/06\/10\/thinking-about-global-warming\/\">Dean Ohlman<\/a>&#8216;s method.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=3278\">Jim Martin<\/a> on Christmas stress.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/missiolux.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/celebrating-birth-of-new-missio.html\">Missio lux<\/a> expands.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/stillsearching.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/15\/50-best-songs-of-2009\/\">Top 50 songs of 2009<\/a> &#8212; I wasn&#8217;t sure there were that many!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m committed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/14\/technology\/internet\/14virus.html?emc=eta1\">e-mailing friends when I see they&#8217;ve been hacked<\/a>; I hope you do too. (HT: RS)<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/14\/AR2009121403347.html?hpid=topnews\">What are we losing<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/addenda-errata.ivpress.com\/2009\/12\/i_once_was_not_lost_but_was_fo.php\">Dan Reid<\/a>, once lost now found.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/16\/dining\/16Shake.html?em\">Ever been to a Shake Shack<\/a>?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Meanderings in the News<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DomesticWoman.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/DomesticWoman.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"322\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16032\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=LlWXlUNn\">My kind of (tough, very tough) cat<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">2. <a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16032\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=cIWHPOSL\">Fr. Rob&#8217;s kind of dorm room project<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/13\/us\/13surrogacy.html?_r=1&amp;em\">Surrogacy gone bad<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">4. <a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16032\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=bHxhU2yS\">A very late form of honesty<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/11\/opinion\/11brooks.html?em\">David Brooks<\/a> draws out the Hanukkah story.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">6. <a href=\"http:\/\/m.dailyherald.com\/dailyherald\/db_32314\/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=CC069BFFC30E3B044B20D1B2BA733783?contentguid=aACV5tCY&amp;src=cat&amp;full=true#display\">A young woman with a bright future<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">7. Pre-announcement reporting about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/14\/AR2009121400043.html?nav=hcmodule\">global ecologically-sensitive technologies<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">8. <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=MTcyOTljYjM1NmRkZWI0ZGFmZDkzOGU1M2VlZDk2MWQ=\">George Weigel&#8217;s insightful essay about what just-war theory is<\/a>. He&#8217;s right about just war, but there&#8217;s another approach to war which is not mentioned, the nonviolent pacifist approach of Jesus, and that approach is beginning to influence even the just war theory.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2238098\/\">Do Republicans genuinely want to improve the health-care plan<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">10. <b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news\/woman_domesticated\">The domesticated Woman<\/a><\/i><\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">11. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/CRIME\/12\/16\/florida.dna.exoneration\/index.html\">This is a very sad story and a massive injustice<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Meanderings in Sports<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">I like Greg Taylor&#8217;s idea that <a href=\"http:\/\/gregtaylor.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/14\/is-tiger-woods-the-biggest-athlete-to-fall-into-grace\/\">Tiger has now fallen <b><i>into<\/i><\/b> grace<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas from Chicago! &nbsp; Best story I read this week.&nbsp;&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m sorry to bother you,&#8221; she wrote to Chris, &#8220;but if you are the Chris Astle I was looking for then I just want to thank you. 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