{"id":6193,"date":"2009-11-21T00:07:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T00:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/11\/weekly-meanderings-170.html"},"modified":"2009-11-21T00:07:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T00:07:57","slug":"weekly-meanderings-170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/11\/weekly-meanderings-170.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then I wander over to <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevekmccoy.com\/\">Steve McCoy&#8217;s photographs<\/a><\/b>, and I just love this one:<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"9397\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SiloBlue.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/SiloBlue.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"239\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/form>\n<div>Kris and I are in New Orleans at my annual academic meetings, but we found some links this week before we left &#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/today.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/34023406\/ns\/today-today_health\/\">No more burgers for me!<\/a> (HT: Laura)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/riffs-111409-patrol-magazine-and-evangelicals-who-wont-get-over-it\">iMonk<\/a> &#8212; back at it, this time with someone else&#8217;s words.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemind.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/orthodoxy-theological-maturity-and-the-development-of-doctrine-from-theological-dna-to-maturaty\/\">Michael Patton<\/a> &#8212; maybe the most substantive post in the blog world I&#8217;ve seen this year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/thedigitalsanctuary.org\/2009\/11\/14\/5-trends-affecting-your-ministry-in-2010\/\">Cynthia Ware<\/a> on 5 trends now facing the church.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/karenzach.com\/2009\/ugly-up\/\">Palin and Ugly up-ping<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/gratefultothedead.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/16\/phoebe-who-a-forgotten-woman-leader-at-the-root-of-the-pentecostal-tree\/\">Phoebe who? asks Chris Armstrong<\/a> &#8212; a blog worth adding to your sidebar.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2009\/11\/an-atheist-speaks-an-importanttruth.html\">God what? ask Father Rob<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0\">Rick who?<\/a> don&#8217;t ask me!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/life_and_style\/health\/article6872519.ece\">I may live forever<\/a> &#8212; knock on wood. (HT: JC)<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandleadership.com\/content\/the-holiness-place\">This idea is forever<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/16\/zondervan-illustrated-bible-backgrounds-commentary\/\">Derek agrees<\/a>, and this second link to Derek is about <a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/18\/why-study-theology\/\">why we should study theology<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/evotional.com\/2009\/11\/unique-voiceprint.html\">Mark Batterson<\/a> on the unique voiceprint: thoughts?<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/markdroberts.com\/?p=1015\">Mark has a suggestion<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frame-poythress.org\/frame_articles\/2009Horton.htm\">John Frame vs. Michael Horton<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ysKAVyXi0J4&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ysKAVyXi0J4&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/11\/13\/online.church.services\/index.html\">This online church stuff isn&#8217;t going away<\/a>: &#8220;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; \">In doing so, \u00c3\u00a1 Lava joined growing numbers of Christians worldwide who are migrating from the chapel to the computer. A map on the Church Online site showed users from 22 countries logged into a recent service.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Meanderings in the News<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"9424\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JarsofClay.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/JarsofClay.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\" \/><\/form>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933945,00.html\">Top 50 Inventions in 2009<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>2. 10 days later: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/11\/10\/opinion\/10brooks.html\">Was David Brooks right<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeegeek.com\/opinions\/cafestage\/05-12-2009\">Jars of Clay likes coffee<\/a>&#8230; hey, by the way, what songs of theirs are well-known? I&#8217;ve heard of them but I&#8217;ve never listened to them. (HT: BK)<\/div>\n<div>4. Will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/11\/13\/google.phone.service\/index.html\">Google<\/a> be our next major phone company?<\/div>\n<div>5. Will <a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16036\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=sFu8swYe\">Google<\/a> be our next major publisher? <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/posttech\/2009\/11\/google_might_have_conceded_on.html\">Or will it not<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16032\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=93RDDiQe\">This guy<\/a> gets distracted by a pelican, drops his cell phone, and off the road he goes &#8230; but his car is &#8230; well, way too valuable.<\/div>\n<div>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/14\/AR2009111401147.html\">Very sad<\/a> but we hope for change.<\/div>\n<div>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottstownmercury.com\/articles\/2009\/11\/08\/news\/srv0000006751542.txt\">Defying the odds<\/a> &#8230; quite the story. (HT: CAS)<\/div>\n<div>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2235773\/\">New York<\/a>, the possible trials, and unease. <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=ZmVjNmU5YmU3ZjYxYjNmNGRjN2E4MGExZmRlZTg2Nzc=\">Thomas Sowell<\/a>, never one to soften the sound of his steps, lands hard on the trial in NYC.<\/div>\n<div>10. Did you see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/16\/AR2009111602822.html?hpid=topnews\">change in medical advice<\/a> about mammograms?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Sports<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Who has some advice for Bears fans? We are in need of some winter wonder. We can&#8217;t cheer for the Packers because &#8230; well, they&#8217;re the Packers. And we can&#8217;t cheer for the Vikings because they&#8217;ve got a Packer QB. No one cheers for the Lions. Tough sledding. C&#8217;mon Spring Training. Hurry.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">How in the world did New England lose that football game to the Colts?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Speaking of QBs, I want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/football\/bears\/chi-17-mitchell-nov17,0,1193797.column\">thank Dan Grossman<\/a> for speaking up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then I wander over to Steve McCoy&#8217;s photographs, and I just love this one: &nbsp; Kris and I are in New Orleans at my annual academic meetings, but we found some links this week before we left &#8230; No more burgers for me! 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