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	<description>\&#34;I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library\&#34; {Jorge Luis Borges}</description>
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		<title>Enough Time for Prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Epperly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading Adam Hamilton’s Enough: Discovering Joy through Simplicity and Generosity is a good way to start 2012.  Hamilton challenges the pervasive realities of consumerism, instant gratification, and materialism that despite their lure ultimately enslave us and diminish our quality of life.  He reminds us that “it is a gift to be simple.”  Joy comes from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sensual Nature of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[As part of the blogger roundtable on Christopher West's new book At the Heart of the Gospel: Reclaiming the Body for the New Evangelization, Patheos' Managing Editor Patton Dodd offers this reflection on sexuality and religion.  Visit the Patheos Book Club for more conversation here.] A few years ago, a dear Catholic friend of mine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Space for Love this Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Valters Paintner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a big fan of Paula Huston’s work.  Her book The Holy Way: Practices for a Simple Life is one of my favorites and I attended a writing workshop with her a few years ago through the Image Journal in Santa Fe.  She is a generous teacher and writer and when I received her newest book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring God Theories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month in the Patheos Book Club, we&#8217;re featuring God Theories, by Ken Ungerecht.  We invited Ken to respond to a few questions about his inspiration for tackling such a daunting subject and what he hopes readers gain from engaging the conversation. What motivated you to write God Theories, and what conversations do you hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Balancing Simplicity and Complexity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Epperly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Editor's Note:  This post is part of a blogger roundtable on the new book Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit by Paula Huston, now featured at the Patheos Book Club.] I have been a professional multi-tasker for many years.  Throughout most of my career, I have balanced pastoral ministry, teaching, writing, administrative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Talking Theology Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Epperly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not we are aware of it, all of us think theologically whenever we try to discern the meaning of our lives, fathom the reality of suffering and tragedy, and discover our place in the universe.  Despite the universality of theological reflection, the technical language and conceptuality employed by most theologians is often perplexing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Church is Flat: A Q&amp;A with Tony Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular emergent church leader, blogger and theologian Tony Jones visited eight emerging churches to discover the most significant practices of these congregations. He shares his findings in his latest book The Church Is Flat: The Relational Ecclesiology of the Emerging Church Movement (read an excerpt here).  We caught up with Tony for a quick Q&#38;A about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Must I Be Happy All The Time? Between Heaven &amp; Mirth Book Excerpt #8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues today with a new excerpt, below. Join the conversation by reading the excerpt and tweeting a response, or a question for author Father Jim Martin – and don’t forget to include the#patheosmirth hashtag!  You can follow the whole Twitter conversation here: https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23patheosmirth Between Heaven and Mirth, by James [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laughing in Church: Between Heaven and Mirth Excerpt #7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues today with our next excerpt, below. Join the conversation by reading the excerpt and tweeting a response, or a question for author Father Jim Martin – and don’t forget to include the#patheosmirth hashtag!  You can follow the whole Twitter conversation here: https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23patheosmirth Between Heaven and Mirth, by James [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is God Playful? Between Heaven and Mirth Book Excerpt #6</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Between Heaven and Mirth Twitter Book Club continues this week with our next excerpt, below. Join the conversation by reading the excerpt and tweeting a response or a question for author Father Jim Martin – and don’t forget to include the#patheosmirth hashtag!  You can follow the whole Twitter conversation here: https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23patheosmirth Between Heaven and Mirth, by [...]]]></description>
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