A beautiful pastoral response by Brian McLaren<\/strong><\/a>. Speaking of pastoring, Jason Poling<\/strong><\/a> has a series in the Baltimore newspaper about things clergy would like you to know. And a Top Ten<\/strong><\/a> list from a pastor. (HT: :mic)<\/p>\n The Church of the Transfiguration<\/strong><\/a>, on Cape Cod, is the community behind Paraclete Press.<\/p>\n From David Opderbeck: Seton Hall Law School Faith, Law and Culture Speaker Series \u2014 Miroslav Volf \u2014 October 27, 2010 This is an invitation to all the Jesus Creed community to join us at Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey, for a lecture by Miroslav Volf on Wednesday, October 27, at 4:30 p.m. <\/strong> The lecture is free.\u00a0 You can register here:\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/law.shu.edu\/About\/News_Events\/faithlawculture\/registration.cfm<\/a><\/p>\n Our friend JR Woodward is hosting UNconference<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Faith<\/strong><\/a> pondering joy, or is it joy facing Faith? Chaplain Mike <\/strong><\/a>pondering Adam, but Adam\u2019s not pondering Chaplain Mike.<\/p>\n For teachers: The Widget Effect<\/strong><\/a>. (HT: LEMB)<\/p>\n For readers: LaVonne Effect<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Ted Olsen<\/strong><\/a> has a thoughtful, careful discussion of a new book about Wilberforce that points out a glaring inconsistency (in Wilberforce himself).<\/p>\n Rob<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s getting this about right: \u201cIt may be that fifty is what fifty always was: fifty.\u00a0 And it may be that no matter how much I want to believe otherwise, fifty is very different than thirty. \u00a0 And perhaps most radical of all, it may just be that that is OK.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr Bill<\/strong><\/a> gives seven core practices. Patrick<\/strong><\/a> has a nice brief sketch on post-Christendom Ireland\u2019s future.<\/p>\n Speaking of inconsistencies, did you see this<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n Eric Metaxas taken to pieces by Clifford Green<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanderings in the News<\/p>\n 1. Roland Martin<\/a><\/strong>, on bullying: \u201cBullying has always been around in schools, so that is nothing new. What is different today is that kids are committing suicide because of the constant taunting. We can have all of the town hall meetings about bullying, but what is going to change all of this is to have teachers, administrators and other parents get in the face of parents and guardians and make it clear to them that they must discipline their own children and teach them not to be bullies.\u201d<\/p>\n 2. Seriously, protest because retirement is raised to 62<\/a><\/strong>? \u201cFrance entered a fifth day of nationwide strikes Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, rallying against a government proposal to raise the national retirement age to 62.\u201d [It is now at 60.]<\/p>\n 4. Speaking of Hollywood stars, did you see this about Patricia Heaton<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n 5. Hilary Stout<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cThe iPhone has revolutionized telecommunications. It has also become the most effective tool in human history to mollify a fussy toddler, much to the delight of parents reveling in their newfound freedom to have a conversation in a restaurant or roam the supermarket aisles in peace. But just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the Toy of Choice \u2014 akin to a treasured stuffed animal \u2014 for many 1-, 2- and 3-year-olds. It\u2019s a phenomenon that is attracting the attention and concern of some childhood development specialists.\u201d<\/p>\n 6. Condoleeza Rice<\/a><\/strong>: \u201c\u201dI am not going to chirp at the people inside,\u201d Rice said Wednesday\u00a0on Jon Stewart\u2019s \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d<\/a>on Comedy Central. \u201cI know that it\u2019s a lot easier out here than it is in there, and these are patriotic people who are trying to do their best every day.\u201d<\/p>\n 7. Sarah Lyall<\/a><\/strong>, on UK cuts at universities: \u201cIt\u2019s a savage cut, and it\u2019s unprecedented, and it\u2019s the government moving out of the funding of higher education,\u201d Professor Smith, vice chancellor of the\u00a0University of Exeter<\/a>, said in an interview. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a big comfort blanket called state funding, and now we\u2019re being thrown out of the nest.\u201d<\/p>\n 8. I got confused and wondered if Victor Davis Hanson<\/a><\/strong> was working for Jon Stewart: \u201cIf this ten-step program were to be followed, we might just getunemployment\u00a0up to near 10 percent, consumer confidence down to historical lows, food-stamp use to record highs, the dollar to a new low, and annual budget deficits at levels previously unimaginable. That way we will never waste a crisis, since all sorts of new possibilities open up once we turn a normal recession into a genuine old-fashioned depression.\u201d<\/p>\n 9. Kathleen Hennessey<\/a><\/strong>, on \u201cman up\u201d: \u201cMale candidates have traditionally been assumed by would-be voters to be tough and competent. Women have traditionally been assumed to be caring and have to establish their competence,\u201d said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a professor of communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center. \u201d \u2018Man up\u2019 frames the attacker as tougher than the person attacked and suggests the male candidate is not taking responsibility or being accountable for his failures.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/40\/2010\/10\/Screen-shot-2010-10-19-at-9.02.46-AM.jpg\" "\\"Screen")
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\nThis is the way to write a blog post<\/strong><\/a>. Good on you, Justin: \u201cGetting back to the issue at hand then, what are the limits of science?\u00a0 Frankly, I don\u2019t think that there are any.\u00a0 I firmly believe that science can provide answers to any question we deem fit to pose.\u00a0 Does that mean that I think science can provide insight into issues, areas, and questions, normally reserved to religion like belief in God, morality, and love?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u201d Incisive, full of robustness, and ready for a discussion.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/40\/2010\/10\/Screen-shot-2010-10-18-at-5.17.07-PM-165x300.jpg\" "\\"Screen")
<\/a>Worth the read: Roger Olson<\/a><\/strong> discusses the rise of Calvinism (and the deconstruction of evangelicalism<\/strong><\/a>). And :mic<\/strong><\/a> sketches Hasker\u2019s stuff; this is valuable for those who are interested in our Creation Untamed posts (sketching Fretheim\u2019s book).<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/40\/2010\/10\/Screen-shot-2010-10-16-at-7.49.46-PM-237x300.jpg\" "\\"Screen")
<\/a>3. Barbara Billingsley <\/a><\/strong>has died, at 94, and if you don\u2019t know her, I just feel sorry for you. (Mrs. Cleaver is shown to the right.)<\/p>\n
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