Here's the week in review in the Methodist blogosphere:
Steven Manskar wrote about Christ the King Sunday and the popular misunderstanding of church as merely a place to go.
Andy Bryan doesn't understand fiscal conservatives, got mentioned in the news, and fondly remembered toys of yesteryear.
At Bandits No More, Richard Heyduck wrote about how his Conference is addressing accountability and about doctrinal dissent in the UMC.
Ben Thomas wrote about how a rare illness illustrates the postmodern paradigm (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!).
Ben Witherington blogged about Anne Rice's new novel about Jesus and about a young Israeli soldier who heard the voice of God (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!).
Beth Quick wrote about losing track of old friends.
Betty Newman blogged about the everyday phenomenon of getting mad without good reason.
James Swanson wrote about worldly distractions that prevent the UMC from functioning as a house of God.
William Willimon blogged about the ever-changing shape of pastoral leadership.
Brian Russell argued that preachers should be able to read the Biblical languages (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!) and that Scripture should be read missiologically.
Bruce Alderman blogged about whether the God who seeks relationship with everyone (evangelism) is a god of pluralism.
Cole Wakefield wrote about the charismatic movement.
Church Medic questioned whether or not churches should preside over weddings.
At Connexions, Richard Hall asked if Christians, Muslims, and Jews worship the same god.
Dare We Be Christians pondered how seminary is leading her closer to God.
Dave Warnock is pleased with Ubuntu.
Derek Tang was thrown out of a soccer game.
Donald Sensing reviewed the new Harry Potter movie and wrote about the argument that Bush cooked WMD intelligence.
Gavin Richardson has been blogging the National Youth Workers' Convention.
Gerry Charlotte Phelps blogged about the resurgence of debate in the authenticity of the New Testament.
Greg Crofford gave the President advice about what he needs to do to win the war on the homefront.
Greg Hazelrig wrote about Christian hate, what the Apostle John meant when he said that God is light, and the meaning of church membership.
Greg Lee preached about keeping God present in our lives, our churches, and our denomination.
Guy Williams wrote about a special meeting of the Texas Annual Conference (which the Heyducks and Padre Complex also wrote about).
Jay Voorhees wrote that the emerging church must address diversity.
Jonathon Norman recommends a prayer method of St. Ignatius Loyola.
Josh Tinley wrote about the rubber wristbands that everybody's wearing these days.
Ken Carter blogged about the death of Moses.
Larry Hollon wrote about taking steps to end the major diseases of the world.
Lissa Tolle blogged about choosing a Bible translation and summarized The Purpose Driven Church.
Maobi wrote about gay marriage in Malaysia.
Michael Daniel blogged about torture, the WMD intelligence debate, and double jeopardy in the Robert Blake trial.
Mike Lamson wrote about being emergent and Methodist.
Rick Mang blogged about seeking advice from others in the struggle for holiness.
Padre Complex wrote about effective administration in his Conference.
Pjeffy blogged about radically different liturgies and church-planting in a karaoke club.
Joe Tiedemann wrote about learning how to drive.
Wes Magruder told the story of an ordinary Cameroonian civil servant who you have never heard of before whose dreams were crushed by the institution of corruption.
Randy Graves has experienced glossolalia (Best of the Methodist blogosphere!).
Dan Gates wrote that the laity can regain control of the UMC by taking control of its money.
Lorna Koskela blogged about spiritual laziness, her pastor who just died, and reading Your God is Too Safe.
Stephen Fife wrote about the range of dissent in the UMC.
Brett Royal blogged about predestination.
Parbar West wrote about how decision 1032 will impact church politics.
Movable Theoblogical blogged about addictions that separate us from God.
Thoughts From a Clay Pot wrote about the conversation on homosexuality in the UMC.
Tony Mitchell considered the US Federal Budget from a Biblical perspective.
Jim McKay wrote about Congressman Murtha's proposal to withdraw from Iraq.
Shane Raynor blogged about gender inclusivity in Bible translations.
Willie Deuel wrote about patriotic dissent during wartime.
Corrections? Additions? Do you know of a blog that should be added to the MBWR? Leave a note in the comments or e-mail locustsandhoney2005 at yahoo dot com!
UPDATE: Guy William's blog added to this week's content. Guy, the Heyduck brothers, and Padre Complex all wrote about a special session of the Texas Annual Conference, so you can read about the same event from multiple points of view.
Monday, November 21, 2005
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4 comments:
John,
I appreciate the summary. Saves time looking at things that don't really interest me.
I'd invite you to check out my blog if you haven't yet. It's in your blog list.
Grace and Peace,
John Battern
I noticed it, John. I haven't added it because -- as far as I can tell -- you don't have permalinks. If I am mistaken, please tell me how I can pull up perms for your posts.
What's a "permalink" and do I have them?
Also, I have added a second blog titled "Between a (Theological) Rock and a Hard Place" www.methodistmusings.blogspot.com
Prayerlogue is mostly prayers, devotionals, and meditations. Rock and a Hard Place is for just that - things I struggle with and think about.
Thanks for including summaries of my stuff!
Betty
Betty, a 'permalink' is a permanent link to a particular blog post. And yes, you do have them.
Let me give you an example: at the top of my blog is a post called "Art blogging: Jean Leone Gerome". At the bottom of the post on the right side is the time-stamp 1:40 PM. Click on it, and you pull up the individual post. Notice that the URL in your address bar has now changed to look like this:
http://locustsandhoney.blogspot.com/2005/11/art-blogging-jean-leon-gerome.html
That is the permanent URL to this blog post -- the 'permalink'. It will remain the URL for that post as long as this blog exists. In a few days, it will scroll off the bottom of my blog, but the post is not lost because the permalink function has stamped it with a perpetual URL.
Does that make sense?
Permalinks are symbolized in different ways. On your blog, like mine, it is expressed with the time-stamp. On Instapundit, it is expressed with an infinity symbol (an 8 lying on its side). Click on the infinity symbol, and an individual post pulls up on your screen.
On Wesleyblog, permalinks are expressed with the word "Permalink" listed at the bottom of every post that Shane writes. Can you find it?
Now, onto your second blog. I did notice it. But...well, I'm disinclined to include personal blogging and such. I found your second blog's content for the week to be borderline on that criterion, and since the MBWR is now taking five hours to write, I decided to leave it out. I don't mean to offend, Betty. It's good stuff. But I can't spend all day on Monday on the MBWR, so some stuff has to be left out.
If you do stuff like political/economic/theological/fashion/whatever commentary, original reporting, or other heavy-duty stuff like that, it's guaranteed to get in.
Some exceptions: if I can't understand a post without additional research, I won't link to it. For example, Dave Warnock writes a lot about computers and Maobi blogs a lot on Malaysian politics. But their stuff is often so in-depth that I don't have time to do the necessary background research into the content to be even able to annotate their work competently. Which is fine -- ya, know -- they blog about whatever they want. I just don't have the time to figure out the subject matter.
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