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	<description>looking at the world through the eyes of faith in Jesus</description>
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		<title>going to new orleans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even three years after hurricane Katrina, there is much rebuilding work yet to do in New Orleans as this video from the Center for American Progress indicates &#8230;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9sfpRk78I

Tomorrow I leave with a mission team of twelve adults from our congregation for a week&#8217;s work in New Orleans. We will be one team among many taking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/05/15/going-to-new-orleans/</link>
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		<title>nrdc update: 37 wolves killed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An update from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on what has happened since protections for wolves were lifted in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana &#8230;
The government-sanctioned massacre of wolves is now under way. 
A mere 30 days after the Bush Administration stripped Yellowstone&#8217;s wolves of their Endangered Species protection, the Northern Rockies have been turned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/05/02/nrdc-update-37-wolves-killed/</link>
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		<title>i applaud jimmy carter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I applaud Jimmy Carter for his courage, for engaging the leadership of Hamas in dialogue, for searching out any avenues for moving the peace process forward.
He has been criticized for meeting at all with Khalid Meshaal, by both the Bush administration and the Democratic presidential candidates. Dialogue should be absolutely contingent, they argue, on Hamas&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/22/i-applaud-jimmy-carter/</link>
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		<title>here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This poem by David Wagoner, entitled &#8220;Lost&#8221; was posted on April 18th at the inward/outward website &#8230;
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/19/here/</link>
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		<title>justice stevens disavows the death penalty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an opinion released on Wednesday, United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote:
I have relied on my own experience in reaching the conclusion that the imposition of the death penalty represents &#8220;the pointless and needless extinction of life with only marginal contributions to any discernible social or public purposes. A penalty with such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/17/justice-stevens-disavows-the-death-penalty/</link>
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		<title>disconnected faith?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a couple of weeks, our congregation will be hosting a &#8220;Cool Congregations&#8221; workshop, intended to promote an informed and committed response by people of faith to the serious environmental threat posed by global warming. We sent out a mailing describing the event to churches of every  denomination in the metropolitan area and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/11/disconnected-faith/</link>
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		<title>more on jeremiah wright</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of my reflections on the widespread condemnation of Rev. Jeremiah Wright based on video clips of a few of his sermons. I will share this with our church this Sunday as a part of my sermon based on Jesus&#8217; parable of the two sons (Matthew 21:28-32) &#8230;
Actions speak louder than words. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/11/more-on-jeremiah-wright/</link>
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		<title>on earth as it is in heaven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[N. T. Wright is right! The separation of religion from &#8220;real life,&#8221; the separation of faith from politics, from the push and pull of the everyday decisions that impact the lives of persons and communities of persons, is artificial and contrary to the &#8220;way&#8221; to which Jesus calls his followers. Faith is not just about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/09/on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven/</link>
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		<title>ucc runs an ad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The national office of the United Church of Christ is raising $120,000 ($82,600 raised as of March 31, 12:00 noon) to run a full-page ad in Wednesday&#8217;s edition of the New York Times. The ad is a response to the furor generated by the widely-broadcast video clips of sermons preached at Trinity United Church of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/03/31/ucc-runs-an-ad/</link>
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		<title>putting the wolf in danger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The gray wolf has just been de-listed from the Endangered Species list in three states: Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. All three states are already making plans to authorize wolf kills.
It&#8217;s a bad idea, turning back the clock on the successful recovery of wolf populations and the restoration of better-balanced ecosystems. Wolves are, at worst, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/03/29/putting-the-wolf-in-danger/</link>
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