{"id":977,"date":"2013-12-04T00:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/06\/day-3-of-the-tin-cup-rattle-2\/"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:15:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T03:15:58","slug":"day-3-of-the-tin-cup-rattle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/12\/day-3-of-the-tin-cup-rattle-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Day 3 of the Tin Cup Rattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Recently, you got to learn about natural revelation, discuss the God King, find out how the continents make a fire-breathing tyrannosaurus, meditate on \u201cunto us a child is born\u201d, meet new bloggers, and gab about hell. And, of course, there\u2019s the convivial atmosphere of the comboxes where you can meet dudes and babes conversant in Latin and argue about the theology of the body in perhaps the most unusual Meet Cute in the world!<\/p>\n<p>I ask you: Where else can you get quite what you get here? So if you want more of it, click on the PayPal button to the right and help CAEI stay on the air and our family stay clothed, housed, life insured, taxed, transportated and fed (yes, I know \u201ctransportated\u201d is not a real word, but it amuses me). You can either make a straight donation by clicking on the donate button on the left rail or, if you like to get something for your money, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mark-shea.com\/books.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">buy my books and tapes <\/a>(autographed even!). And if you\u2019d rather not do the PayPal thang, feel free to <a href=\"mailto:chez.ami@verizon.net\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">email me <\/a>and ask for my snailmail address. I\u2019ll happily take a check instead.<\/p>\n<p>Oh! And don\u2019t forget! I am ready, willing and able to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mark-shea.com\/speak.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">come speak <\/a>for your parish, conference or group (as I am doing tomorrow night, December 5 at St. Francis parish in Burien, WA (we\u2019ll be talking about \u201cSalvation: Participation in the Divine Nature\u201d), as well as several times next month around Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>I try to keep these Tin Cup Rattles to a minimum. But at present, things are tight and your support for the work I do here would be deeply appreciated. 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