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Post of the week <\/a>\u2014 no question.
\nMaybe this is the post of the week too: Br. Maynard<\/a>.
\nNope, this might be the post of the week: T. Freeman<\/a>.
\n Brevard Childs<\/a> has died. As a young professor I reviewed a book of his, sent him the review, he sent me a very kind note, and then the magazine (TSF Bulletin) published his letter. I will never forget his generosity in response to my review. When we began the Zarley Lectures, Childs was earmarked early as a lecturer so we wrote him; he declined for health reasons. The next SBL he looked me up and apologized. This was the kind of man Childs was. RIP.
\n John Frye\u2019s post<\/a> and question about The Old Man and the Sea<\/em>. I think Hemingway romanticizes suffering and uses the Christ-image for it.
\nEvery now and then I link to some of my steady reads, and sometimes I repeat myself because the turnover of readers here is so high \u2014 but Brad Boydston\u2019s daily post<\/a> is a collection of news and fun. And of course Jim Martin is up to his usual wise stuff here<\/a>. Now steady readers of Jesus Creed know that these are two of my favorites, but these two steady bloggers drip wisdom.
\n Barna\u2019s new report <\/a>on how Christians perceive and respond to the poverty issues in the USA.
\nGood for John Kass and Quinn McCloskey<\/a>. The leader of baseball should call Bonds\u2019 run to the record to a halt before it happens.
\nCool site of the week: I don\u2019t think I noticed the look of Brian Moore\u2019s blog<\/a> until now. How cool is it! And he links on that page to Theopedia<\/a>, which might make for a good link for many of us. I\u2019ve added it to my (already way too long and in need of pruning) blogroll.
\n1. Obamafaith<\/a>.
\n2. Anyone have an Apple iPhone<\/a> yet? Some of you know that I\u2019m a Neanderthal when it comes to cell phones. Other than Kris\u2019 daily call during her commute home, I get about 2 calls a week \u2014 but last week, when playing golf, I got two calls (Kris to say the brakes were going and Laura to say the Cubs traded Barrett). Here\u2019s a more complete iPhone article<\/a>. Looks really cool. Now they say there is an iFrenzy<\/a>.
\n4. Weaning a city from the bottle<\/a>.
\n5. Matt Lindahl,<\/a> a former student and fantastic golfer who pushed me all over the course this week \u2014 and it was huge fun watching his drives disappear into the horizon, has a new business: caddiestogo<\/a>. I hope some of youi can find a way to support him.
\n6. If we can make laws that permit us to keep telemarketers from calling us, can we not also make laws that keep spammers from loading up our e-mailboxes? Anyone know of anything being done? I\u2019d like to support the cause. I get about 1200 spams a week caught by my blog spam-detector and about 1000 e-mails a week trapped by North Park\u2019s spam-detector.
\n7. Amen, brother Steve Johnson<\/a>!
\n8. Hit it straight<\/a>; keep it in the fairway.
\n9. Ah, what I like<\/a>: some suggestions for my dinner preparations.
\n10. Conversations<\/a>. What I like here is that JR is a pastor.
\n11. On reading widely<\/a> \u2026 nice thoughts.
\nSports:
\nCubs surrender six runs in the top\u2019o\u2019da\u20199th, go down one run, and then make a crazy comeback. Wrigley goes wild<\/a>. I sat there and laughed as the Wrigley went delirious. But this <\/a>doesn\u2019t happen in LA because all the fans leave early.
\nPathetic and not even lovable: the Phillies<\/a>.
\n\u201cEighty percent of the marriages in the NFL fail, and 90 percent if you\u2019re an All Pro,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re in the public eye, there are so many elements added to it.\u201d \u2014 Dave Duerson<\/a>. It ain\u2019t worth it.
\n Santeria <\/a>among baseball players.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"