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Chicago Spring means spotting Baltimore Orioles and the morning dance of birds:
\n $\"orioles.jpg\"$ <\/a> $\"dance-of-birds.jpg\"$ <\/a>
\n Evangelical renaissance<\/a>?
\n Only God<\/a>.
\nA lower case friend of mine points us to this<\/a>: and it is cool.
\n Angry young men<\/a>.
\n Good confession and a prayer for healing from us<\/a>.
\nBeen fishing?
\n $\"fishing.jpg\"$ <\/a>
\nSpeaking of fishing \u2026 one of our pastor\u2019s wisdom writers who loves to fish, Rob Merola, continued his post on his own blog<\/a>. So did David Fitch<\/a>.
\nI\u2019m sure some pastors can find a great analogy or illustration in this story<\/a>. Any come to mind immediately?
\nHere\u2019s a book deal on Jason Boyett\u2019s Pocket Guide<\/a><\/em>. Only 6.99 per book.
\nMichael Kruse has a potent little chart<\/a> posted about the growth of religious adherence in the USA.
\nVery thoughtful piece by Ed Gilbreath<\/a>.
\n Karen <\/a>doing good for the victims of war.
\nYour youth minister needs to see this listing by Marko<\/a>.
\nSome of our students biking for justice<\/a>.
\n A truth-teller<\/a>.
\n Xenophobia <\/a>in South Africa.
\n One in our blog community<\/a> has just finished blogging about another in our blog community \u2014 about his book.
\n1. A question for pastors<\/a>.
\n2. Summer jobs<\/a> \u2026 many youngsters are struggling to find one.
\n3. Gotta love this one<\/a>.
\n4. Elite teens struggling to find time for lunch<\/a>.
\n5. Thabo Mbekei<\/a> speaks about xenophobia unrest.
\n6. Wow, maybe the longest political rant I\u2019ve ever listened to: Keith Olberman<\/a> on Hillary Clinton.
\n7. Tribune links don\u2019t always last, but I hope this one does<\/a>: some Midwest States are working on legislation to protect the water in the Great Lakes.
\n8. Has anyone read this book<\/a>? Any thoughts?
\n9. This deserves to be higher<\/a> and I\u2019ve run out of space, and Eugene will forgive me (I hope), but his paragraph of misspellings is priceless.
\n10. Tamara Buchan<\/a>, at Missio Lux, has some great missional work going on.
\nSports:
\nThe Cubs, in the simplest of terms, are the best. B-E-S-T
\n Big concern<\/a>.
\nOne of the good things about the arrival of summer is that it seems soccer seasons (finally and relievingly) end all over the world. How grown adults can play for 90 minutes, have a score of 0-0, and end it all by goal kicks is beyond me. It\u2019s like a baseball game ending with two pitchers on the mound seeing who can throw the most strikes in a row or a tie golf match ending with a putting contest. End the game playing the real game.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"