{"id":6280,"date":"2009-11-21T00:07:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T05:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2009\/11\/21\/weekly-meanderings-191\/"},"modified":"2009-11-21T00:07:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T05:07:57","slug":"weekly-meanderings-191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2009\/11\/21\/weekly-meanderings-191\/","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>Every now and then I wander over to <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevekmccoy.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steve McCoy\u2019s photographs<\/a><\/b>, and I just love this one:<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0 <span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SiloBlue.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/imgs\/SiloBlue.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"239\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\"><\/span>\n<div>Kris and I are in New Orleans at my annual academic meetings, but we found some links this week before we left \u2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/today.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/34023406\/ns\/today-today_health\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">No more burgers for me!<\/a> (HT: Laura)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmonk.com\/archive\/riffs-111409-patrol-magazine-and-evangelicals-who-wont-get-over-it\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">iMonk<\/a> \u2014 back at it, this time with someone else\u2019s words.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reclaimingthemind.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/orthodoxy-theological-maturity-and-the-development-of-doctrine-from-theological-dna-to-maturaty\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael Patton<\/a> \u2014 maybe the most substantive post in the blog world I\u2019ve seen this year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/thedigitalsanctuary.org\/2009\/11\/14\/5-trends-affecting-your-ministry-in-2010\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cynthia Ware<\/a> on 5 trends now facing the church.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/karenzach.com\/2009\/ugly-up\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Palin and Ugly up-ping<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/gratefultothedead.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/16\/phoebe-who-a-forgotten-woman-leader-at-the-root-of-the-pentecostal-tree\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Phoebe who? asks Chris Armstrong<\/a> \u2014 a blog worth adding to your sidebar.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/daddyroblog.blogs.com\/daddyroblog\/2009\/11\/an-atheist-speaks-an-importanttruth.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God what? ask Father Rob<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rick who?<\/a> don\u2019t ask me!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/life_and_style\/health\/article6872519.ece\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I may live forever<\/a> \u2014 knock on wood. (HT: JC)<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithandleadership.com\/content\/the-holiness-place\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This idea is forever<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/16\/zondervan-illustrated-bible-backgrounds-commentary\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Derek agrees<\/a>, and this second link to Derek is about <a href=\"http:\/\/derek4messiah.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/18\/why-study-theology\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">why we should study theology<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/evotional.com\/2009\/11\/unique-voiceprint.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mark Batterson<\/a> on the unique voiceprint: thoughts?<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/markdroberts.com\/?p=1015\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mark has a suggestion<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frame-poythress.org\/frame_articles\/2009Horton.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Frame vs. Michael Horton<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/11\/13\/online.church.services\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This online church stuff isn\u2019t going away<\/a>: \u201c<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">In doing so, \u00e1 Lava joined growing numbers of Christians worldwide who are migrating from the chapel to the computer. A map on the Church Online site showed users from 22 countries logged into a recent service.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"arial, Helvetica, Utkal, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 19px\"><br><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Meanderings in the News<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JarsofClay.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/imgs\/JarsofClay.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\"><\/span>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1934027_1934003_1933945,00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Top 50 Inventions in 2009<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>2. 10 days later: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/11\/10\/opinion\/10brooks.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Was David Brooks right<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/coffeegeek.com\/opinions\/cafestage\/05-12-2009\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jars of Clay likes coffee<\/a>\u2026 hey, by the way, what songs of theirs are well-known? I\u2019ve heard of them but I\u2019ve never listened to them. (HT: BK)<\/div>\n<div>4. Will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/TECH\/11\/13\/google.phone.service\/index.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google<\/a> be our next major phone company?<\/div>\n<div>5. Will <a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16036\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=sFu8swYe\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google<\/a> be our next major publisher? <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/posttech\/2009\/11\/google_might_have_conceded_on.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Or will it not<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div>6. <a href=\"http:\/\/m.apnews.com\/ap\/db_16032\/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=93RDDiQe\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This guy<\/a> gets distracted by a pelican, drops his cell phone, and off the road he goes \u2026 but his car is \u2026 well, way too valuable.<\/div>\n<div>7. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/14\/AR2009111401147.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Very sad<\/a> but we hope for change.<\/div>\n<div>8. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pottstownmercury.com\/articles\/2009\/11\/08\/news\/srv0000006751542.txt\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Defying the odds<\/a> \u2026 quite the story. (HT: CAS)<\/div>\n<div>9. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2235773\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New York<\/a>, the possible trials, and unease. <a href=\"http:\/\/article.nationalreview.com\/?q=ZmVjNmU5YmU3ZjYxYjNmNGRjN2E4MGExZmRlZTg2Nzc=\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thomas Sowell<\/a>, never one to soften the sound of his steps, lands hard on the trial in NYC.<\/div>\n<div>10. Did you see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/11\/16\/AR2009111602822.html?hpid=topnews\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">change in medical advice<\/a> about mammograms?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">Sports<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">Who has some advice for Bears fans? We are in need of some winter wonder. We can\u2019t cheer for the Packers because \u2026 well, they\u2019re the Packers. And we can\u2019t cheer for the Vikings because they\u2019ve got a Packer QB. No one cheers for the Lions. Tough sledding. C\u2019mon Spring Training. Hurry.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">How in the world did New England lose that football game to the Colts?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">Speaking of QBs, I want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/football\/bears\/chi-17-mitchell-nov17,0,1193797.column\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">thank Dan Grossman<\/a> for speaking up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then I wander over to Steve McCoy\u2019s photographs, and I just love this one: \u00a0 Kris and I are in New Orleans at my annual academic meetings, but we found some links this week before we left \u2026 No more burgers for me! 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