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Too much snow this winter in the Land of Lincoln:\u2019
\n $\"abe-snow.jpg\"$ <\/a>
\nChicago will miss Wally Phillips<\/a>, fondly called \u201cWally What\u2019s His Name\u201d by Bob Collins:
\n $\"wally-whats-his-name.jpg\"$ <\/a>
\n Earth Hour<\/a> tonight at 8pm.
\n Really good story by Karen<\/a>.
\nDay in and day out, Eugene Cho is one good blogger \u2026 and this little post<\/a> about my pastor being a janitor is a(nother) good one.
\n Thoroughly modern do-gooders<\/a>.
\nMy son-in-law, Mark Barringer, is working on this Willow Project: Hunger 08<\/a>.
\nFor those of you who have Holy Saturday services, Fr. Rob Merola<\/a> has a great meditation you can print out and adopt and adapt next year for yourself.
\n Ed Gilbreath<\/a> collects some links about race and rage and prophets.
\nA postmodern remix<\/a> of C. Michael Patton\u2019s famous map \u2026 I hadn\u2019t seen this map but it is funny.
\nChris Ridgeway has put Mark Driscoll\u2019s talk about emerging<\/a> into a full script on pdf.
\n JR Woodward<\/a> begins a new series on conversion \u2014 is it a 4-letter word?
\nMy review of AC Thiselton, Hermeneutics of Doctrine<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em>, at Christianity Today online<\/a>.
\nA piece I wrote for Rick Warren\u2019s Ministry Toolbox<\/a>.
\n David Fitch begins a two-part review of Brian McLaren\u2019s Deep Shift project<\/a>. Along this line, check out TSK\u2019s interview of Brian McLaren<\/a> about criticisms of EMC.
\n Steroidemergent<\/a>.
\nAn excellent article on L\u2019Abri <\/a>(in Switzerland), and Greg Laughery, who often weighs in on this blog, is quoted a few times.
\n1. City-wide internet plans<\/a> are taking big hits.
\n2. Bob Robinson <\/a>on Obama and Jeremiah Wright and the RR\u2019s rhetoric.
\n3. Growing length of life disparities<\/a> between rich and poor.
\n4. 4000<\/a>.
\n $\"military-funeral.jpg\"$ <\/a>
\n5. Homeless in Heathrow<\/a>.
\n6. Two of my favorite pastors on funerals: Fr. Rob<\/a> and Jim Martin<\/a>.
\n7. John Frye\u2019s giving the Westminster Confession some grief<\/a>.
\n8. Ted\u2019s got a good new post on listening<\/a>.
\n9. If you\u2019ve read this far, Mark Van Steenwyk\u2019s piece on racism and the mountain of bones<\/a> is a serious piece, but well worthy of serious pondering. Michael Cline\u2019s follow-up<\/a> is a concrete, Franciscan-Anabaptist perspective that I like.
\n10. At the bottom of my list this week is this sadness<\/a>.
\nJust in case you are interested in self-employed and insurance struggles<\/a>.
\nSports:
\nMy new driver. This is my official warning to Mark Galli. Make way for Sumo 2<\/a>.
\nTiger had a bad Saturday but he put up a good run Sunday afternoon. Good for Geoff Ogilvie.
\nWhat in the world happened to David Duvall? And I feel bad that Davis Love II hasn\u2019t been able to stay closer to the top in the last two years \u2026 one of the fine gentlemen of golf.
\nBaseball \u2026 it\u2019s in the air.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"