{"id":589,"date":"2005-12-30T03:23:50","date_gmt":"2005-12-30T03:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/12\/at-the-top-of-my.html"},"modified":"2005-12-30T03:23:50","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T03:23:50","slug":"at-the-top-of-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/12\/at-the-top-of-my.html","title":{"rendered":"At the top of my"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the top of my list is <a href=\"http:\/\/arbevere.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/significance-of-little-things.html\">Allan Bevere&#8217;s wonderful post about Harold<\/a>, who passed away recently, but who is missed. Hark the Harold! His post on the top ten stories is worth weighing in on.<br \/>\nNext to Allan&#8217;s blog is the new blog by Tom Ward called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purplepastor.com\/\">PurplePastor<\/a>.  This should be some exciting reading. I like this quotation: &#8220;Being purple is not a political statement. It\u2019s a pastoral one. It has more to do with the Sermon on the Mount than the State of the Union.&#8221;<!--more|inline--><br \/>\n&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/multimedia\/photo_gallery\/2005\/12\/22\/gallery.siyear\/content.10.html\">I went to a fight<\/a>, and a hockey game broke out!&#8221;<br \/>\n1. Christian Cryder has posted <a href=\"http:\/\/wayfaring-pilgrim.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/exploring-emerging-movement-pdf.html\">a .pdf of his paper on the emerging movement<\/a>. Sensitive, generous, candid, and unafraid to dialogue. I like this piece.<br \/>\n2. One of my &#8220;blog friends&#8221; is Ted Gossard, and he now is posting at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityofjesus.blogspot.com\/\">Community of Jesus<\/a>. He&#8217;s done a few posts interacting with my <em>Jesus Creed<\/em>, so I&#8217;m keeping a close eye on his site these days. Ted belongs at the top here, too.<br \/>\n3. Jamie Arpin-Ricci &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/emergentvoyageurs.blog.com\/467208\/#cmts\">with a nice touch<\/a> on the Christmas Sunday issue.<br \/>\n4. Barna&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barna.org\/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&amp;BarnaUpdateID=205\">eight trends<\/a> in the Church in 2005.<br \/>\n5. Pray for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedreligion.com\/?p=147#comments\">Brad Bergfalk,<\/a> or his wife and kids.<br \/>\n6. Guilt about spiritual disciplines has <a href=\"http:\/\/churchbrew.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/redefining-discipline.html\">a nice reminder from Sara Atkinson<\/a>.<br \/>\nWhat we all need to read and reflect on is <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmartin.typepad.com\/place\/2005\/12\/what_a_good_wee.html#comments\">Jim Martin&#8217;s nice piece<\/a>. It&#8217;s that time of the year.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s also time to see a real debate live: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2132974\/?nav=navoa\">Hurtado, Kloppenborg, and Segal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the top of my list is Allan Bevere&#8217;s wonderful post about Harold, who passed away recently, but who is missed. Hark the Harold! His post on the top ten stories is worth weighing in on. Next to Allan&#8217;s blog is the new blog by Tom Ward called PurplePastor. 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