{"id":5847,"date":"2009-09-26T06:09:36","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T06:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/09\/weekly-meanderings-162.html"},"modified":"2009-09-26T06:09:36","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T06:09:36","slug":"weekly-meanderings-162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/09\/weekly-meanderings-162.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"
As Chicago’s summer ends, a man plays the sax to express his thoughts.<\/div>\n
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Ed Dobson<\/a> blogs! (HT: TG)<\/div>\n
Stephen Holmes<\/a>, a professor of theology, on Mark Driscoll.<\/div>\n
Tullian Tchividjian<\/a> survives (69-31%) a vote to oust him from Coral Ridge — a sad story, in my view.<\/div>\n
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Compassion in all directions<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Re-Creation in all directions<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Gifts in all directions<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Light in all directions<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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My favorite, influential authors<\/a>. (Video below.)<\/div>\n

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iMonk’s weekly wisdom<\/a>.<\/div>\n
LaVonne’s weekly wisdom<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Brett’s weekly wisdom<\/a>. (When I worry about the church not living up to its own standards, I’m reminded of Bonhoeffer’s point: it’s about forgiven sinners, not about saints.)<\/div>\n
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Neo-fundamentalism<\/a> at work among the Nazarenes.<\/div>\n
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Where to live, or not to live, if you commute<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Maybe the biggest news of the “war world”<\/a> I have heard in a long time.<\/div>\n
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An articulate review of Deep Church<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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1. Concerns about education<\/a> in South Africa.<\/div>\n

2. Women, choice, happiness<\/a> … and a downtrend.<\/div>\n
3. Obama and Afghanistan<\/a>: “One observer, characterizing the president’s dilemma at its most extreme, said: “He can send more troops and it will be a disaster and he will destroy the Democratic Party. Or he can send no more troops and it will be a disaster and the Republicans will say he lost the war.”<\/span><\/div>\n
4. Obama and Afghanistan<\/a>: right wing speaks.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
5. I hope this is good news<\/a>.<\/div>\n
6. Eric Cantor<\/a> on the health care public debate: “Stop the revival stuff and let’s talk.”<\/span><\/div>\n
7. David Brooks<\/a> on Kristol: “Kristol was easily the most influential contemporary writer in my life, and while going over my worn collections, I’ve wondered where this attitude of detached attachment came from. My first guess is ethnic. Kristol grew up in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn and seems to have absorbed the elemental Jewish commandment: Don’t be a schmuck. Don’t fall for fantastical notions that have nothing to do with the way people really are.”<\/span><\/div>\n
8. Alcohol justice<\/a>?<\/div>\n
9. A good reason to subscribe to CT<\/a>.<\/div>\n
10. Another good reason to subscribe to CT<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Amanpour<\/a> needs to work on her speech making and interviewing. <\/div>\n
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Sports<\/div>\n
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Yes!<\/div>\n
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President Obama<\/a> supports Chicago’s bid for the Olympics.<\/div>\n
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The sad but true revelation<\/a> of the character of Michael Jordan.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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