Eclectic Echoes--November 27th--Thanksgiving Edition

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Hope you have had time to rest, to visit, to play as well as to reflect on all the blessings in your life!

THOUGHTS ON FAITH AND LIFE
A Frog of a Different Color -- this simply makes me sad.
Harvard Professor Donates Engagement -- this simply makes me happy
Practice Advent as a Season of Preparation!
Everything Changes Christmas, Christmas Changes Everything
Renita Weems on "There's A Place In the Sun"
Shane Claiborne--"What if Jesus Meant All That Stuff?"
Word of the Year--Unfriend

REFLECTIONS ON CHURCH
The Mission Has a Church and not the other way around!
How to Estimate Church Attendance
One in Christ or Coffee?
Methodists Doing Ministry

OTHER INTERESTING STUFF
The ABI is Watching!
Joe Auburn is One Thankful Tiger

LAUGH OF THE WEEK
I already posted this on Facebook--but enjoy!

Eclectic Echoes -- November 19th

Okay--so this is officially a punt! Between the visioning process, stewardship campaign, Emmaus Walk, Senior year activities including pictures and campus visits, and normal everyday life, I have not had time to do anything but occasionally read a blog or two. So below are some of the highlights of the last month. And who knows maybe next month, I'll be able to write some on the increasing number of subjects that have been buzzing around my head lately.

THOUGHTS ON FAITH AND LIFE
The Moral Challenge of Our Century
The War on Advent
A Month Without Makeup

REFLECTIONS ON CHURCH
Avoiding the Numbers Trap
What Does Business Literature Have to Do with Theology
Women Get to Talk Now Too
The Neverending Story
Pastors Who Forget to Tell You to Sit Back Down (I confess, I've done it!)

FROM NORTH ALABAMA
No, That's Not Funny, It's Sinister
Newsflash: What the Bible is not and what it is

JUST FOR FUN
It Will Be Disappointing if the World Ends in 2012

LAUGH OF THE WEEK
or at least a smile