{"id":5616,"date":"2009-08-22T00:21:10","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T00:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/08\/weekly-meanderings-157.html"},"modified":"2009-08-22T00:21:10","modified_gmt":"2009-08-22T00:21:10","slug":"weekly-meanderings-157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/08\/weekly-meanderings-157.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\">Kris and I have never intentionally gone to the City <br \/>to see the Air and Water Show, <br \/>but we&#8217;ve been there four times when it was happening. <br \/>Cool stuff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ChicAirWat.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/ChicAirWat.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"232\" width=\"495\" \/><\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/renovatechurch.blogspot.com\/\">Dave Diller<\/a>, at Renovate, is doing a series on Philemon (<a href=\"http:\/\/renovatechurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/context-philemon-response-of-hope-pt1.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/renovatechurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/giving-dignity-philemon-response-of.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/renovatechurch.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/when-we-are-wronged-philemon-response.html\">3<\/a>). <a href=\"http:\/\/seedlingsinstone.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/turning-down-christianity-today.html\">LL Barkat<\/a> sticks to her principles. <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.journalnow.com\/content\/2009\/aug\/02\/one-important-question-can-lead-to-important-actio\/opinion-columnists-nalston\/\">This is a good illustration (and a good story) of &#8220;desultory&#8221; reading<\/a> &#8212; the kind of reading that lets what you read shape what you read next. <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=2918\">13 ways<\/a> to help your marriage. <a href=\"http:\/\/livelydust.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/review-end-of-overeating.html\">LaVonne<\/a> on overeating &#8230; good reading, her touch of tarragon being wit.<\/p>\n<p>On that John Piper tornado swirl, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/with-all-due-respect\">iMonk<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregboyd.org\/blog\/did-god-send-a-tornado-to-warn-the-elca\/\">Greg Boyd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI\">Incoming first year students love this guy<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/addenda-errata.ivpress.com\/2009\/08\/i_read_it.php\">They might not like this guy<\/a>, who would probably insist they read the whole book because he&#8217;s a &#8220;completist.&#8221; Wonderful essay, but Barth at 5 pages per hour is a sign that Barth&#8217;s not a good writer. <a href=\"http:\/\/stillsearching.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/19\/a-brief-thought-about-home\/\">Brett<\/a> on &#8220;home.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/missiolux.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/alignment-part-1.html\">The red bucket<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>How about water with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighcalling.org\/Library\/ViewLibrary.asp?LibraryID=5128\">Luci Shaw<\/a>? How can we bring back a genuine messianic hope? <a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/18\/bringing-back-messianism\/\">Derek Leman <\/a>points the way. <a href=\"http:\/\/renewcommunity.org\/exciting-changes-coming-to-renew\/08\/\">We follow Renew<\/a>, and I hope you do too. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakeoftruth.com\/2009\/08\/civil-submission-in-1-peter\/\">Josh Mann<\/a> has good insights on what it means today to speak of &#8220;civil submission.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edge.org\/3rd_culture\/brand09\/brand09_index.html\">Is this the creation mandate of Genesis 1 in new form<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com\/tallskinnykiwi\/2009\/08\/the-1-clergical-elite-and-the-10-cultural-creative-leadership.html\">Is this the next leadership<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wineskins.alsw.com\/filter.asp?co_key=1964\">Are these your questions<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/markdroberts.com\/?p=930\">Are these your ideas of the Christian life<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><b>Technology: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/08\/15\/AR2009081500040.html?nav=hcmodule\">Facebook<\/a> on the march? I agree: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2225283\/\">Twitter World needs some changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulgardeners.com\/2009\/08\/friendships-what-is-it.html\">what are the social media doing to &#8220;friendship&#8221;<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PakistaniCamp.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/PakistaniCamp.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"207\" width=\"289\" \/><\/span>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2225287\/\">What are you not giving up during our recession<\/a>?<br \/>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/08\/14\/pakistan.christians\/index.html\">Christian persecution in Pakistan<\/a> observed at CNN.com but I&#8217;m not hearing this from anyone else.<br \/>3. Whoa, this piece on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/08\/15\/AR2009081502957.html?hpid=artslot&amp;sub=AR&amp;sid=ST2009081503017\">squeaking by on 300 grand<\/a>&#8221; is worth your effort.<br \/>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=MTA3MTVjOWM4MWVkNTk3NDQ0Mjg3MDVkMGY4M2EwMWY=\">Krauthammer<\/a> on the Preventive Care Myth: &#8220;Reform proponents repeat this like a mantra. Because it seems so<br \/>\nintuitive, it has become conventional wisdom. But like most<br \/>\nconventional wisdom, it is wrong. Overall, preventive care<em> increases <\/em>medical costs.&#8221;<br \/>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=MWRmMjAxNmNhZDRhMjllYmFjYTZjYmRlYTZmYWNjYTA=\">This piece by Victor Davis Hanson<\/a>, who is far right, might be the agenda for the Republicans for the next four years.<br \/>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/08\/15\/AR2009081502696.html?nav=hcmodule\">Opposition gone viral<\/a>.<br \/>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/16\/education-degrees-and-teachers-pay\/?em\">Quite the conversation in the <i>NYTimes<\/i> <\/a>about the value of teacher training courses and how compensation works. The &#8220;Teach for America&#8221; program has more than its share of critics. <br \/>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2225506\/\">Timothy Noah<\/a>&#8216;s argument for the public option and, without it, he argues the insurance companies will become even more powerful.<br \/>9. There&#8217;s been some on the left side of the government claiming Obama has shifted on the public option, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1916813,00.html\">Karen Tumulty&#8217;s reporting<\/a> might indicate otherwise.<br \/>10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/CRIME\/08\/18\/new.york.model.blog.lawsuit\/index.html\">Cyberdefamation<\/a> &#8212; this is a serious issue and I suspect we will see more lawsuits against people who use the internet, blogs, websites, twitter, Facebook, etc for wrong and hurtful and defaming comments. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/08\/21\/outing.anonymous.bloggers\/index.html\">Cyber-coming-out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sports:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yang.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/Yang.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"307\" width=\"278\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>YE Yang stared and stared at the Tiger and the Tiger had no roar left. Very impressive mental performance by Yang.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/SPORT\/08\/16\/athletics.usain.bolt.tyson.gay\/index.html\">9.58<\/a> &#8212; just sayin&#8217;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kris and I have never intentionally gone to the City to see the Air and Water Show, but we&#8217;ve been there four times when it was happening. Cool stuff. Dave Diller, at Renovate, is doing a series on Philemon (1, 2, 3). LL Barkat sticks to her principles. 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