{"id":88,"date":"2008-12-08T16:17:12","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T16:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/textmessages\/2008\/12\/best-of-beliefnet.html"},"modified":"2008-12-08T16:17:12","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T16:17:12","slug":"best-of-beliefnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/textmessages\/2008\/12\/best-of-beliefnet.html","title":{"rendered":"Best of Beliefnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite stuff from the last week:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/12\/the-third-way.html#more\">Scot McKnight on how a Third Way approach<\/a> rankles liberals and irritates conservatives.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/crunchycon\/2008\/12\/stillness-and-media-ecology.html\">Rod Dreher on learning to be still<\/a> in the face of constant media.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/are-you-an-mie-multiissue-evan.html\">Tony Jones on Multi-Issue Evangelicals<\/a> (ie, the non-single-issue voter).\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/Movies\/2008\/09\/Best-Holiday-Movies-of-All-Time.aspx\">The Best Holiday Movies of All Time<\/a>.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Love-Family\/2008\/12\/Christmas-Without-Cash.aspx\">Practical tips for celebrating Christmas without cash<\/a>.\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite stuff from the last week: Scot McKnight on how a Third Way approach rankles liberals and irritates conservatives.\u00a0 Rod Dreher on learning to be still in the face of constant media. 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