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posted by Scot McKnight | 12:05am Saturday March 20, 2010

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The best looking little Adidas SuperStar shoes I’ve ever seen! Aksel brings them to you, first thing in the morning, as a not-so-subtle hint that he’s ready to go outside. (And, if you have eyes to see, his shirt says “My Grandpa Rules!”)
New website/blog: women church planters.
Beautiful post; read it carefully and drop CAS a line of support.
Urban youth workers — Do you know ReLoad?
Parents — how many years left? (by Kathy Khang)
Pastors — do you need more? (by Andy Holt)
New posts on evangelism and apologetics at Slant 33.
Lynn Cohick responds to Al Mohler on the Titanic vs. Lusitania facts.
Jason Byassee responds to a new book on checklists.
LaVonne Neff on Anne Lamotte’s newest.
On self-consciousness, especially for a minister, by Jim Martin.
On ridding your library of books, by Dan Reid.
On pondering what an atheist experienced at Vintage Faith church, by Dan Kimball.
A mom, a family, and some perseverance.
John Frye on Jesus.
Don Johnson on mystery.
Karen Spears Zacharias in the Washington Post.
Make sure you read the whole piece by John Stackhouse.
Tamara on movies.
Brett McCracken on why we watch movies: “We all agree movies allow us to escape–and there’s value in that–but it’s more than simple escapism. Movies take us to places we’ve never been and inside the skin of people quite different from ourselves. They offer us a window onto the wider world, broadening our perspective and opening our eyes to new wonders.”
Check this out.

It’s OK, come on out little fella.

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The Jesus Doll experience.
Meanderings in the News
WindTurb.jpg1. An analysis of the economic interests in the Tea Party. And an analysis of Senator Franken.
2. On tickling.
3. Wind turbine debate in the heart of the heartland.
4. iTablet on first day.
5. On helping Haiti and how helping might not be helping.
6. Privacy … and the internet.
7. Healthier food, yes, and I support the proposal that the American public needs to respond to Michelle Obama’s plea for our children: “Parents, teachers and government officials are all responsible, she said, but the food industry has a special role to play.”
8. On trying to convert Muslims by stressing commonalities.
9. David Brooks on sympathy: “As a result of this sympathy and these sentiments, people are usually pretty decent to one another when they relate person to person. The odd thing is that when people relate group to group, none of this applies. When a group or a nation thinks about another group or nation, there doesn’t seem to be much natural sympathy, natural mimicry or a natural desire for attachment. It’s as if an entirely different part of the brain has been activated, utilizing a different mode of thinking.” And: “Political leaders have an incentive to get their followers to use the group mode of cognition, not the person-to-person. People who are thinking in the group mode are loyal, disciplined and vicious against foes. People in the person-to-person mode are soft, unpredictable and hard to organize.”
10. William Saletan: “Maybe this is just a weird story about a sick couple on the other side of the planet. But look in the mirror. Every time you answer your cell phone in traffic, squander your work day on YouTube, text a colleague during dinner, or turn on the TV to escape your kids, you’re leaving this world. You’re neglecting the people around you, sometimes at the risk of killing them.”

Meanderings in Sports
Who will win the NCAA Basketball tournament? (I mean the Men’s tournament since UConn will win the Women’s.)
The SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS ITEM OF THE WEEK about sports? Graduation rates of teams in the NCAA tournament.


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posted March 20, 2010 at 8:51 am


Wow Scot – after a light spring break week last Saturday, this is almost too much.
cas’s post is thought provoking, especially alongside Karen’s. And Kathy’s and Dan’s and …
I’ll restrain myself (perhaps come back to some of the others later) and comment on John Stackhouse’s post – and his follow-up on academic hiring and the comments on both posts. The academic job market is very competitive. We get hundreds of applications for openings, and many of the applicants are well qualified (and many who aren’t think they are well qualified). So the bottom line for some is simple … If a woman succeeds it is because she took a job from a better qualified applicant who would have been given the chance if political correctness wasn’t at play (i.e. she’s not really good enough), if she fail it is because she’s not good enough. That is a tough additional load to deal with all the time … in an already stressful environment.



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Matthew Paul Turner

posted March 20, 2010 at 1:21 pm


Thanks Scot for the blog mention! Much appreciated.
Matthew



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Jennifer (in Seattle)

posted March 20, 2010 at 2:33 pm


Thanks for the link love, Scot!



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Barb

posted March 21, 2010 at 1:08 am


Freezing college grads–that was my idea back in 1973–except I was teaching High School and I wanted the 9th graders frozen.



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John W Frye

posted March 21, 2010 at 1:42 pm


Thanks, Scot, for the shout out for the “Jesus the Radical Pastor” link.



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JoanieD

posted March 21, 2010 at 3:33 pm


My goodness, Scot, how do you find the time to find all these things on the internet? You do find interesting things and I appreciate your sharing them with us. No sense in finding neat stuff and keeping it all to ourselves.
I did LOVE John Frye’s 5 part series on “Jesus at the Margins.” I am now checking back with that blog on a regular basis. (Hello, John!)
And Scot, your grandson, Aksel, is SO CUTE! (I don’t think I have run across that name before…Aksel.)



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