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<\/a><\/p>\nLife lessons from Winston<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Life lessons from Rick<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ted\u2019s good reminder<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n That\u2019s what you call a good book review<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Major public spectacles often have a story not told, but Wendy<\/a><\/strong> told this one.<\/p>\n Very interesting post by Brandon O\u2019Brien<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cEither way, I\u2019m curious to hear what y\u2019all think about celebrity conversions. Any thoughts? Let\u2019s hear them.\u201d<\/p>\n Brett<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cIn the end, very little knowledge in this world is ironclad. Very little is absolutely proved or exhaustively understood. Vast mystery inheres in every moment of our lives, in all the minutia. But that doesn\u2019t debilitate us; we have faith in the functioning of the world. Faith is inescapable, even if we don\u2019t often recognize it as such.\u201d<\/p>\n Wade Hodges<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cThe problem with our old church is that we weren\u2019t being exercised. We\u2019re looking for a church where we can work, serve, and maybe even suffer. We want to pay a price for something other than adding a new education wing to our building. We want to put it all on the line and do something crazy for God. We\u2019re tired of being fed. We\u2019ve been fed so much, for so long, that we\u2019ve gotten fat. We\u2019re spiritually obese and we can\u2019t take it anymore. We want to be exercised!\u201d<\/p>\n Now there\u2019s an Eastern protest of the Pope:<\/p>\n Meanderings in the News<\/p>\n 1. The Pope\u2019s ten central ideas in biblical theology<\/a><\/strong> (and interpretation). [HT: TW]<\/p>\n 2. Adam McHugh at WaPo<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 a very good piece.<\/p>\n 3. Beware<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cThe rituals of college \u2014 making new friends, studying until dawn, excessive partying \u2014 can stress out any young adult. But students with bipolar disorder, or those at risk for the condition, are even more vulnerable in a college environment.\u00a0Academic pressures, social concerns, and sleep disruptions can lead to bouts of depression as well as mania, the euphoric, revved-up state characteristic of bipolar disorder.\u00a0Without the right treatment and support, bipolar college students face higher dropout rates, drug and alcohol abuse, and even suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n 4. Where the sea opened<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 the horse and his rider.<\/p>\n 5. Children of divorce<\/a><\/strong>\u2026\u201dThe effect of divorce on children can be very different, says Bradford Wilcox, director of The National Marriage Project, a research group that examines marriages. Some adult children of divorced parents avoid long-term relationships and marriages, while others become determined to make their own marriage last.\u201d<\/p>\n 6. Ed Rollins is right<\/a><\/strong>: \u201d\u00a0The oldest rule in politics is to control your story.\u00a0What that means is that, if there are five weeks to go in an election, and your party \u2014 meaning the Democrats \u2014 is in big trouble, the narrative you want to tell voters is: \u201cWhy you should re-elect Democratic majorities.\u201d\u00a0I have been amazed over the past several weeks by how the White House has lost control of the story.<\/p>\n 7. From M Kruse<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cDoes culture affect long-run growth? This column argues that countries with a more individualist culture have enjoyed higher long-run growth than countries with a more collectivist culture. Individualist culture attaches social status rewards to personal achievements and thus provides not only monetary incentives for innovation but also social status rewards. \u2026\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n 8. Thomas Friedman<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cStudying China\u2019s ability to invest for the future doesn\u2019t make me feel we have the\u00a0wrong<\/em> system. It makes me feel that we are abusing our\u00a0right<\/em> system. There is absolutely no reason our democracy should not be able to generate the kind of focus, legitimacy, unity and stick-to-it-iveness to do big things \u2014 democratically \u2014 that China does autocratically. We\u2019ve done it before. But we\u2019re not doing it now because too many of our poll-driven, toxically partisan, cable-TV-addicted, money-corrupted political class are more interested in what keeps them in power than what would again make America powerful, more interested in defeating each other than saving the country.\u201d<\/p>\n 9. Elizabeth Scalia<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0on why she remains a Catholic \u2014 with a heavy dose of Augustinian realism in her anthropology.<\/p>\n 10. The Republican Pledge<\/a><\/strong>. \u2026 which begins with this: [link<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n America is more than a country.<\/em><\/p>\n America is an idea \u2013 an idea that free people can govern themselves, that government\u2019s powers are derived from\u00a0the consent of the governed, that each of us is endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights to life,\u00a0liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America is the belief that any man or woman can \u2013 given economic,\u00a0political, and religious liberty \u2013 advance themselves, their families, and the common good.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Meanderings in Sports<\/p>\n It\u2019s not a good time to be a Cubs fan; it is a good time to be a Bears fan (for another two days at least).<\/p>\n Here\u2019s my prediction for the World Series: The Yankees in 5 games. (Not that I want them to win; in fact, I don\u2019t want them to win \u2014 or even to be.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Life lessons from Winston.\u00a0Life lessons from Rick. Jamie plumbs how a movie shines its light on Christians. Chaplain Mike plumbs spiritual disciplines \u2014 very, very good ideas. J.R. Briggs plumbs lessons for young pastors. Ted\u2019s good reminder. That\u2019s what you call a good book review. Major public spectacles often have a story not told, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1735],"tags":[17094],"class_list":["post-8334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meanderings","tag-weekly-meanderings"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>Jamie<\/a><\/strong> plumbs how a movie shines its light on Christians. Chaplain Mike<\/a><\/strong> plumbs spiritual disciplines \u2014 very, very good ideas. J.R. Briggs<\/a><\/strong> plumbs lessons for young pastors.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n