{"id":6409,"date":"2009-12-19T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2009-12-19T05:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/19\/weekly-meanderings-195\/"},"modified":"2009-12-19T00:01:54","modified_gmt":"2009-12-19T05:01:54","slug":"weekly-meanderings-195","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2009\/12\/19\/weekly-meanderings-195\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Meanderings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Merry Christmas from Chicago!<\/div>\n
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Best story I read this week<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cHi, I\u2019m sorry to bother you,\u201d she wrote to Chris, \u201cbut if you are the Chris Astle I was looking for then I just want to thank you. You and Ms. Yanich found me on someone\u2019s doorstep when I was an infant. I don\u2019t really know what else to say, but thank you. If I\u2019ve gotten the wrong person then I apologize! -Mia\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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Christmas with Tom Davis<\/a> (and Chuck Smith Jr).<\/div>\n
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The two sides of health care reform<\/a> with David Brooks.<\/div>\n
JR Woodward on the two sides of development.<\/a><\/div>\n
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The big two sides on student loans<\/a> \u2014 this one clarified by Arne Duncan (Warning: read slowly as Mr. Duncan\u2019s no English teacher.)<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m looking forward to participating in \u201cEvangelicals and the Early Church\u201d conference at Wheaton.<\/a><\/div>\n
I wish Kris and I could attend SynergyChicago on January 23<\/a>.<\/div>\n
The angle of this story about Tim Keller\u2019s multi-site campuses<\/a> does not expose the theology at work in Keller\u2019s ministry, and therefore I think it misrepresents what\u2019s going on.<\/div>\n
Jesus and leadership<\/a> by Ken Carter.<\/div>\n
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\"Hauerwas.jpg\"<\/span>A must-read on John Howard Yoder<\/a> by Andy Rowell.<\/div>\n
A must-read on the prosperity gospel<\/a>\u00a0from CT.<\/div>\n
A must-read on global warming<\/a> by Bob Robinson.<\/div>\n
A must-read on Messianic Judaism<\/a>\u00a0by Derek Leman.<\/div>\n
A must-read by Hauerwas on Obama\u2019s speech<\/a>. Obama\u2019s speech, a robust defense of just war on pragmatic grounds, surprised me; Hauerwas\u2019 response did not. I\u2019m with Hauerwas (pictured).<\/div>\n
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Our blog friend T<\/a> posts about healing.<\/div>\n
Christine Sine\u2019s homecoming liturgy<\/a>.<\/div>\n
I like Dean Ohlman<\/a>\u2018s method.<\/div>\n
Jim Martin<\/a> on Christmas stress.<\/div>\n
Missio lux<\/a> expands.<\/div>\n
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Top 50 songs of 2009<\/a> \u2014 I wasn\u2019t sure there were that many!<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m committed to e-mailing friends when I see they\u2019ve been hacked<\/a>; I hope you do too. (HT: RS)<\/div>\n
What are we losing<\/a>?<\/div>\n
Dan Reid<\/a>, once lost now found.<\/div>\n
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Ever been to a Shake Shack<\/a>?\n
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Meanderings in the News<\/div>\n
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\"DomesticWoman.jpg\"<\/span>1. My kind of (tough, very tough) cat<\/a>.<\/div>\n
2. Fr. Rob\u2019s kind of dorm room project<\/a>.<\/div>\n
3. Surrogacy gone bad<\/a>.<\/div>\n
4. A very late form of honesty<\/a>.<\/div>\n
5. David Brooks<\/a> draws out the Hanukkah story.<\/div>\n
6. A young woman with a bright future<\/a>.<\/div>\n
7. Pre-announcement reporting about global ecologically-sensitive technologies<\/a>.<\/div>\n
8. George Weigel\u2019s insightful essay about what just-war theory is<\/a>. He\u2019s right about just war, but there\u2019s another approach to war which is not mentioned, the nonviolent pacifist approach of Jesus, and that approach is beginning to influence even the just war theory.<\/div>\n
9. Do Republicans genuinely want to improve the health-care plan<\/a>?<\/div>\n
10. The domesticated Woman<\/a><\/i><\/b>.<\/div>\n
11. This is a very sad story and a massive injustice<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Meanderings in Sports<\/div>\n
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I like Greg Taylor\u2019s idea that Tiger has now fallen into<\/i><\/b> grace<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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