{"id":3109,"date":"2007-08-11T00:10:53","date_gmt":"2007-08-11T05:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2007\/08\/11\/weekly-meanderings-66\/"},"modified":"2007-08-11T00:10:53","modified_gmt":"2007-08-11T05:10:53","slug":"weekly-meanderings-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2007\/08\/11\/weekly-meanderings-66\/","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>The dog days of Santa Barbara:<br>\n<a class=\"imagelink decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dog-surf.jpg\" title=\"dog-surf.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/dog-surf.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"dog-surf.jpg\"><\/a> <!--more|inline--><br>\nSBC in the news again. Understatement of the year: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/sns-ap-religion-today,1,6826567.story?ctrack=2&amp;cset=true\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">We are moving against the tide<\/a>.\u201d<br>\nRCC in the news again. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/chi-marriage_lataug06,1,5572123.story?ctrack=3&amp;cset=true\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Revitalize marriage<\/a>.<br>\nWho is the king of jungle after all? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/tech\/2007\/08\/08\/sotvo.youtube.safari.smackdown.cnn\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Cape Buffalo<\/a>!<br>\nWhen <a href=\"http:\/\/spearszacharias.bravejournal.com\/entry\/23834\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Karen <\/a>gets south of the Mason-Dixie line her humor comes to life. Sit down for a laugh with this one, and then click on to her home page and read a few more for laughs. One day I was at the local establishment bookstore browsing through biographies and memoirs, I happened upon <em>Hero Mama<\/em> (now called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abunga.com\/details\/?ean=9780060721497&amp;affkey=826D777A-128C-465B-8B07-B193508149DB\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">After the Flag is Folded<\/a><\/em>) and I found a writer who has become a friend. She\u2019s got a book  coming out with Zondervan called \u201c<em>Where\u2019s Your Jesus Now?<\/em>\u201d<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sempervita.typepad.com\/tamara\/2007\/08\/mrs-curtis-firs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tamara lives the Jesus Creed<\/a>.<br>\nJohn Frye has a nice post on <a href=\"http:\/\/jesustheradicalpastor.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/pathetic-prophet-jonah-4.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jonah<\/a>.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2007\/08\/bitten-in-beliz.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fr Rob the Iguana Hunter<\/a>.<br>\nThe best vocation ever by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedreligion.com\/?p=162\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brad Bergfalk<\/a>.<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.offthemap.com\/live\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br>\n<img><br>\n<\/a><br>\nJust added: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markgalli.com\/galliblog\/?p=87\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here\u2019s a very good conversation<\/a>.<br>\n1. I\u2019m thinking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/LIVING\/personal\/08\/03\/17.kids.ap\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">passing this on<\/a> to my colleague and his wife, Joel and Karla Willitts, to see if they could possibly imagine 15 more! And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toddhiestand.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">congrats to the Hiestands<\/a>!<br>\n2. Parenting and the challenges of the Christian faith: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barna.org\/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&amp;BarnaUpdateID=276\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barna\u2019s newest report<\/a>.<br>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aefcenter.org\/DavidNeff.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">David Neff <\/a>is the new Director of the Robert E. Webber Center for an Ancient Evangelical Future. We are giving a presentation at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aefcenter.org\/attend.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the conference this fall<\/a>.<br>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/euangelizomai.blogspot.com\/2007\/08\/willitts-mia.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Babies <\/a>and more babies.<br>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/LIVING\/wayoflife\/07\/27\/livingwell.endoflife.reut\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">End of life issues<\/a>.<br>\n6. A new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/mac\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">iMac<\/a>.<br>\n7. No matter your politics, <a href=\"http:\/\/sempervita.typepad.com\/tamara\/2007\/07\/chelsea-clinton.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this one is funny<\/a>.<br>\n8. I\u2019ve had a change of mind: <a href=\"http:\/\/christineascheller.wordpress.com\/2007\/08\/09\/new-yorkfloridatexas\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I now love NY<\/a>.<br>\n9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/religion\/chi-labibleaug5-story,1,1597464.story?ctrack=1&amp;cset=true\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bible in schools<\/a>?<br>\n10. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/health\/article\/0,8599,1650602,00.html?cnn=yes\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Printer Lung Disease<\/a>?<br>\n11. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyherald.com\/story.asp?id=338816\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Climbing the Summit in translation<\/a>. (HT: My 2 Cents)<br>\nSports:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2007\/baseball\/mlb\/07\/13\/bonds.survey\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">B*rry B*onds<\/a>: What do you think?<br>\nThe Cubs are trying to fall back but the Brewers just won\u2019t let them.<br>\nHow\u2019d you like to look back to the hole behind you and see this fella coming at you?<br>\n<a class=\"imagelink decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/aug10_tigerwoods_372x400.jpg\" title=\"aug10_tigerwoods_372x400.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/aug10_tigerwoods_372x400.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"aug10_tigerwoods_372x400.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dog days of Santa Barbara:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1735],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meanderings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weekly Meanderings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The dog days of Santa Barbara: SBC in the news again. 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