{"id":5736,"date":"2009-09-12T00:07:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T00:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/09\/weekly-meanderings-160.html"},"modified":"2009-09-12T00:07:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T00:07:22","slug":"weekly-meanderings-160","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/09\/weekly-meanderings-160.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">A star cluster photo released from NASA<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"StarCluster.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/StarCluster.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"249\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/span>Please pray for Dianne and Bob, and pray that the God who made that vast starry sky will attend to Bob at this time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of my favorite journalists, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.christianitytoday.com\/women\/2009\/09\/the_case_for_male_circumcision.html\">Christine Scheller<\/a>, creates some controversy with some cutting remarks.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>One of my favorite backyard photographers, <a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2009\/09\/putting-off-the-old-self.html\">Rob Merola<\/a>, offers us a reminder.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Jim&#8217;s got a great story to tell: part <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=3011\">one<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/?p=3021\">two<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/livelydust.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/big-food-elephant-in-living-room.html\">LaVonne Neff<\/a> connects health care reform to the big food problem.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I love it when <a href=\"http:\/\/stackblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/05\/what-good-are-theologians\/\">John Stackhouse<\/a> writes like this.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/erika.haub.net\/consequences\/09\/\">Erica<\/a> on the tie between crib and cross.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I pay attention to <a href=\"http:\/\/stillsearching.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/09\/obamas-conservative-speech\/\">Brett&#8217;s commentary on culture<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soulgardeners.com\/2009\/09\/listening-to-the-echoes-of-small-souls.html\">A father and a child<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehighcalling.org\/Library\/ViewLibrary.asp?LibraryID=5202\">Parents and children<\/a> &#8212; when laid off.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/wineskins.alsw.com\/filter.asp?co_key=2057\">A mother and Hannah<\/a>. (A must-read.)<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/originsproject.org\/?p=661\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Origins.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/Origins.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"116\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>Origins update from Dan Kimball.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/originsproject.org\/?p=661\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/grasshoppersdreaming.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/definitions.html\"><b>:mic<\/b><\/a> with a profound reflection.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/karenzach.com\/2009\/all-over-but-the-shouting\/\">All over but the shouting<\/a> by Karen. <a href=\"http:\/\/eugenecho.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/10\/the-dire-and-hilarious-consequences-of-obamas-speech-to-the-youth-of-america\/\">Eugene<\/a>, ever up to some mischief. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/jesus-yes-church-no-maybe\">iMonk<\/a>, ever up to some nose rubbing.<\/p>\n<p>A young man, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dollarforadrink.org\/video.html\">Joshua Guthrie<\/a>, with a passion and a vision &#8212; it only takes one dollar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>1. Speaking of economics, here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/06\/magazine\/06Economic-t.html?em\">Krugman<\/a>-esque piece. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/11\/opinion\/11brooks.html?_r=1\">And here&#8217;s one<\/a> that is decidedly not.<\/div>\n<div>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/US\/09\/04\/greene.summer\/index.html\">Thanks Bob<\/a>, we totally agree.<\/div>\n<div>3. The end of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2009\/0904\/p09s01-coop.html\">summer book reading<\/a>. I hope the end for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/11\/science\/earth\/11quake.html?em\">geothermal stuff<\/a> is near, too.<\/div>\n<div>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/05\/opinion\/05collins.html?_r=1\">Gail Collins<\/a>, ever up to a cynical edge, offers us a summer quiz.<\/div>\n<div>5. As if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/US\/09\/06\/california.bridge.closed\/index.html\">San Fran&#8217;s traffic <\/a>isn&#8217;t bad enough.<\/div>\n<div>6. New policy on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/Protecting-Our-Children-from-the-Dangers-of-Smoking\/\">smoking and health<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/POLITICS\/09\/10\/feehery.heckle.obama\/index.html\">Exactly what I was thinking<\/a> when Senator Wilson said what he did.<\/div>\n<div>8. The story regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/SPORT\/09\/11\/athletics.semenya.gender.iaaf\/index.html\">Caster Semenya<\/a> takes a new turn, and requires that readers and commenters become vigilantly sensitive.<\/div>\n<div>9. Ah, yes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/LIVING\/09\/11\/homeless.blogger\/index.html\">blogging matters<\/a>!<\/div>\n<div>10. A sketch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/HEALTH\/09\/11\/religious.diets.kosher.halal.healthy\/index.html\">religions and fasting<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Sports: Need I say more?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BearsHelmet.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/imgs\/BearsHelmet.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"356\" width=\"358\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A star cluster photo released from NASA &nbsp; Please pray for Dianne and Bob, and pray that the God who made that vast starry sky will attend to Bob at this time. 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