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		<title>Shared Sacrifice, Shared Reward</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.&#8221; (Jesus, Sermon on the Mount, Luke 12: 48) That&#8217;s how it is in the kingdom of heaven, that realm of living imagination that inspires us to create it on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shared Sacrifice, Shared Reward</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(I&#8217;ll be preaching on this topic this coming Sunday, Oct 3, 10:30 am, Mt Hollywood UCC, Los Angeles.) Here&#8217;s how I&#8217;m voting in November: &#8220;Seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.&#8221;&#160; (Isaiah 1: 17) One might suggest it is too simple a rubric to follow in making choices at the ballot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signs of Hope: A Moment with the PC(USA) Moderator</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Cynthia Bolbach, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) One question I’m asked almost more than any other is, “So, where do you see hope in the PC(USA)?” A comprehensive answer would take up more than the word limits of this column. But two things stand out. First, all across the denomination persons are realizing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dorothy Day: A National Hero?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Claiborne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, at the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama named Dorothy Day as a “great reformer in American history.” Who woulda thunk it? I think President Hoover called her a threat to national security. Here’s the exact quote from the President’s speech: We can’t leave our values at the door.  If we leave our values [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listening to our Inner Jobs: Lectionary Reflections on Isaiah 40:21-31</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John C. Holbert Lectionary Reflections for  Epiphany 5  -  Isaiah 40:21-31 We Christians have just concluded our yearly celebration of the birth of Jesus and, as always, have used the opening verses of Is 40 to inaugurate the feast. “Comfort, comfort, my people,” cries the unnamed prophet of the exile to a people lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shared Sacrifice, Shared Reward</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.&#8221; (Jesus, Sermon on the Mount, Luke 12: 48) That&#8217;s how it is in the kingdom of heaven, that realm of living imagination that inspires us to create it on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epiphany 4: Lectionary Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John C. Holbert Lectionary Reflections on Deuteronomy 18: 15-20 Epiphany 4: Sunday, January 29, 2012 Many Bible passages are quite fascinating in multiple ways, but today’s Hebrew Bible pericope is especially interesting for several reasons, reasons that I hope will become apparent in this article. And it is peculiar at first blush just what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Mark Driscoll Needs an Elephant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Wolsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So there&#8217;s this fundamentalist, ultra-Calvinist , hyper-macho leader of a mega-church in Seattle named Mark Driscoll. He’s known for reaching out to young males by appealing to their latent misygony and homophobia; i.e., to build them up by putting others down. Disturbing as that is, that&#8217;s not why I’m writing today. I write because I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secrets We Keep: Reflections on Mark 1:29-39</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alyce McKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we are living faithful lives, seeking to serve others and love them as Christ loved us, it’s no secret to anyone.]]></description>
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		<title>Making Meaning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(This &#8220;musing&#8221; appears in The Interfaith Observer online magazine this month.) My wife and I drive out of the city.  On the way, we share stories with each other. We laugh about how complicated and intertwined the tales of our lives have become with each other, and with and among the people we know. We [...]]]></description>
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