{"id":3957,"date":"2008-03-08T00:10:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T05:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/08\/weekly-meanderings-98\/"},"modified":"2008-03-08T00:10:09","modified_gmt":"2008-03-08T05:10:09","slug":"weekly-meanderings-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2008\/03\/08\/weekly-meanderings-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Hello from Aruba \u2026 you can find us under a tiki hut reading. I\u2019ve got a bundle of things to read for a piece on \u201chappiness.\u201d And how appropriate; we\u2019re at a place called \u201cThe Happy Island.\u201d Our housesitters are looking after Webster.
\n\"SmileyCentral.com\"<\/a>\"hello-from-aruba.jpg\"<\/a>
\n(Say the Jesus Creed<\/a> morning and evening during Lent.)
\nAnother good pastor\u2019s blog: LeaderFOCUS<\/a>.
\nChicago\u2019s Catholics<\/a>
\nA little anxious about something? Read Jim<\/a>.
\nDo you know about Wedding Pastors<\/a>? A friend of ours, Bill Yaccino, started this ministry and I hope you take a look at it.
\nEast vs. West<\/a>.
\nGeorge Barna\u2019s new configuration for determining church attendance<\/a>.
\nDo you need a secular sabbath<\/a>?
\nDave Dunbar\u2019s newest piece for Missional Journal <\/a>(2.2).
\nFitch is after the Bridge illustration again; read it<\/a>.
\nA piece of mine in CT<\/em> on the robust gospel<\/a>.
\nYours truly on sports<\/a>.
\n1. Gendered education trends<\/a>. Anyone know some serious research on this?
\n2. Erika\u2019s post on Billy\u2019s Bucket<\/a> \u2026 and it turns into parable.
\n3. It got some of my money<\/a>\u2026 anyone know much about these things?
\n4. Is Barack a libertarian<\/a>?
\n5. Looking for the sun<\/a> in northern Norway.
\n6. Running out of space up above, but this one deserves to be there. Thanks to JR Briggs<\/a>.
\n7. Both Julie Clawson<\/a>, a former BGC member, and John Frye have responded to the (at least) awkward views of John Piper: Pesky pastors<\/a>. I will be responding to Piper\u2019s counsel someday.
\n8. If Jesus walked our streets<\/a>. (HT: MDG)
\n9. More missionally-minded leaders need to do more of this<\/a>. Here\u2019s Art\u2019s summary of the resurrection<\/a>.
\n10. I\u2019ve run out of space up above, but Michael Kruse\u2019s two-part piece on improving health care, based in Robert Fogel, is a good read. Part one <\/a>and two<\/a>.
\n11. Lacey\u2019s loving coffee<\/a>.
\nAnyone know anything about Church Shift<\/a>\"\" and Sunday Adelaja?<\/strong>.
\nSports:
\nThe technical term for this is frustration<\/a>.
\nTiger for President, Lorena Ochoa for VP. Here is Annika Sorenstam looking like she\u2019s passing on the glory to Lorena who is golf\u2019s newest star.
\n\"ochoa.jpg\"<\/a>
\nBrett Favre retires; in my lifetime, I think my top three QBs are Bart Starr, Joe Montana and Brett Favre. Favre says he\u2019s \u2026<\/p>\n

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