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		<title>How to Read the Bible: A Progressive Christian Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I offer a set of assumptions and suggestions for reading, understanding, and making creative spiritual use of the Bible. 1) The Christian Bible includes the Jewish Torah and prophetic and other scriptures, along with a selection of Christian texts, assembled in roughly its present form in the 4th century AD by the emerging Catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wild Goose Honks for You! (A Q&amp;A with Gareth Higgins, and a special 15% Discount)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the second annual Wild Goose Festival &#8211; a 4-day gathering of thousands of progressive Christians and others in the woods of North Carolina celebrating justice, spirituality, music and art &#8211; just a month away, we checked in with festival executive director Gareth Higgins to find out what&#8217;s new this year, what he&#8217;s most excited about, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SFTS Preachers Retreat Renews both Mind and Spirit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 18:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, before I moved to Denver and began working at Patheos, I had the great privilege of serving as the Program Manager for the Programs In Christian Spirituality at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in Northern California. Among the many life-giving (and life-changing) programs we hosted was a continuing ed event called Before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Song on the Mount</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Song on the Mount Every hair on your head is counted Every bird on the wing Is fed by the hand of the One who loves us And gives us voice to sing Grass in the field Lilies will yield Birds needn&#8217;t store any seed Trust in the One whose Word moves mountains And answers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Macrotheism of Chip Murray</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a review by Jim Burklo of “Twice Tested by Fire: A Memoir of Faith and Service” by Rev. Cecil “Chip” Murray (Figueroa Press – 2012) It’s no accident that Chip Murray’s autobiography comes into print at the 20th anniversary of the 1992 LA riots. At that time, he was the pastor of First African Methodist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Prayers for Graduates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dmwelch02</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Swartz Graduation, the goal, the dream…in some cases, the miracle. When I speak on campuses, I can’t help but notice  that some people have been there for a long time. “When do you plan to make your escape (graduate)? They just grin. To brutalize Ecclesiastes a little, “There is a time to grin…” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Say You Want a Christian in the White House…</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 18:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Fulmer I should confess right off that I voted for George W. Bush in 2000 because, in part, he was a man of faith.  He called himself a “compassionate conservative,” which was how I liked to think of myself.  After a couple of years, I realized the man I had voted for wasn’t very compassionate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Church: It&#8217;s Not You, It&#8217;s Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While churches have a great deal of liability in matters of “clergy killing,” I think it is important that pastors say out loud to our congregations: you are not entirely the problem. We are.]]></description>
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		<title>How to live as a Christian without having to believe the unbelievable</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Burklo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christianity asks you to do very hard things that are supremely worth the effort. Loving your enemies – that often seems impossible.  Willingly giving up your power and money and time and influence in order to serve the poor and the sick and the oppressed – that can be downright scary.  Having a heart full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Pastoral Letter to the United Methodist Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Wolsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pastoral letter to the United Methodist Church: My people are meeting with their people and all of those people are God’s people. The United Methodist Church’s General Conference is being held this week in Tampa, FL and lay and clergy delegates of many stripes and persuasions are engaging in “holy conferencing”– and unfortunately of [...]]]></description>
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