{"id":2633,"date":"2007-06-16T01:10:39","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T06:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2007\/06\/16\/weekly-meanderings-58\/"},"modified":"2007-06-16T01:10:39","modified_gmt":"2007-06-16T06:10:39","slug":"weekly-meanderings-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2007\/06\/16\/weekly-meanderings-58\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Ah, I have to give pride of place this week to <a href=\"http:\/\/jibstay.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/mid-life-blessings-adult.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Don Johnson\u2019s rumination on parenting<\/a>.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/trevinwax.wordpress.com\/trevins-prayer-room\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pray with Trevin<\/a>. While there, say a prayer for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/sns-ap-billy-graham-burial,1,3783177.story?coll=chi-religion-topheadlines\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grahams<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/sns-ap-obit-ruth-graham,1,3294503.story?coll=chi-religion-topheadlines\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tribune <\/a>story of her death.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fccmanchesternh.com\/NB\/nb_sermon_detail.php?id=90\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cynthia Lambert<\/a> writes a nice piece on \u201cit\u2019s OK to go back and fix things.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fccmanchesternh.com\/NB\/nb_sermon_detail.php?id=92\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">And her little essay<\/a> on the \u201chandprint\u201d is a just what the Doctor ordered. And how about that ending? I like it. And a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fccmanchesternh.com\/NB\/nb_sermon_detail.php?id=94\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">third <\/a>on \u201ccan you smell it?\u201d \u2014 daily prompts at her church site that are not easy to write. <!--more|inline--><br>\nInternational item: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/POLITICS\/06\/09\/bush.europe\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bush\u2019s response to Benedict XVI<\/a>.<br>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/vanguardchurch.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/theology-of-collaboration.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">theology of collaboration<\/a> with Bob Robinson.<br>\nNew blog, with full website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carmenbutcher.com\/carmenbutcher\/main.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Carmen Acevedo Butcher<\/a>. Spend awhile at her site and you\u2019ll discover why she was Teacher of the Year.<br>\nChicago has 17 crews of workers whose task it is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/chi-070612daleyjun12,1,2173002.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">to cover up graffiti<\/a>. 17 crews.<br>\n1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/chi-ziondrown_09jun09,1,7618477.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Josh Simpson<\/a> and his friends were swimming in Lake Michigan.<br>\n2. Anyone know much about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/chi-060710label-story,1,6159286.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">COOL<\/a>?<br>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/dn\/latestnews\/stories\/DN-wilkerson_10met.ART0.North.Edition1.445d58e.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Pope\u2019s new Texan scepter<\/a>. (HT: Ben Breard)<br>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/US\/06\/10\/wisc.shooting.ap\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">5\/30,000 in Delavan WI<\/a>: 30,000 Americans per year die as a result of gunshots. 30,000. Defenders go to the US Constitution clause about the \u201cright to bear arms.\u201d If those with rights can\u2019t use guns responsibly, take the rights (or at least guns) away.<br>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barna.org\/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrowPreview&amp;BarnaUpdateID=272\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barna report <\/a>on atheist and agnostic aggressiveness.<br>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,280753,00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Virtual Rome<\/a>.<br>\n7. \u201cA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/politics\/chi-obama_senate_recordjun12,1,48733.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">postpolitical <\/a>leader\u201d?<br>\n8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/sns-ap-retiring-boomers,1,5204148.story?coll=chi-news-hed\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boomers and Retirement<\/a>.<br>\n9. Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/edwardg.wordpress.com\/2007\/06\/07\/blackface-in-a-white-church\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ed Gilbreath<\/a> for making this issue more public.<br>\n10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/chi-ex-gay_hamilljun11,1,2972522.story?coll=chi-religion-topheadlines\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Newspaper article<\/a>, with pro and con, on therapy to help reorient sexuality.<br>\nSports:<br>\nMy Nerd Score:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdtests.com\/nq_ref.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nerdtests.com\/images\/badge\/8e4d9d564a47cd83.gif\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, I have to give pride of place this week to Don Johnson\u2019s rumination on parenting. Pray with Trevin. While there, say a prayer for the Grahams. 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