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	<title>a believer's journal &#187; faith</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/05/15/going-to-new-orleans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<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; [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9sfpRk78I&#38;feature=related[/youtube] 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>more on jeremiah wright</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/11/more-on-jeremiah-wright/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/11/more-on-jeremiah-wright/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>on earth as it is in heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/09/on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/04/09/on-earth-as-it-is-in-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lord]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lord's prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[n t wright]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>obama on his pastor</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/03/18/obama-on-his-pastor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/03/18/obama-on-his-pastor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[declaration-of-independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[union]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about how best to respond to folks who ask about the flap over Barack Obama and his former pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. But Obama himself has provided the best response in a speech delivered today in Philadelphia. It is a remarkable speech, putting our nation&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>on the subject of the war in iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/16/on-the-subject-of-the-war-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/16/on-the-subject-of-the-war-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I reprint for you here an excerpt of the remarks Jim Wallis will make at a Christian peace rally to be held this evening in Washingon, D.C. His words are powerful and passionate and perceptive and faithful to the gospel of Jesus. As Christians, we must discern and root out the fear in our own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the great moral issues of our time</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/13/the-great-moral-issues-of-our-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/13/the-great-moral-issues-of-our-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate_change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national_association_of_evangelicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanctity_of_life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I quote below a portion of Jim Wallis&#8217; response to James Dobson&#8217;s characterization of the &#8220;great moral issues of our time.&#8221; Dobson coauthored a letter to the National Association of Evangelicals objecting to their inclusion of climate change among the issues they have chosen to address as leaders of the evangelical Christian movement. Dobson named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>jesus&#8217; bones?</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/10/jesus-bones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/10/jesus-bones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afterlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resurrection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shalom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read a well-spoken response by a Christian historian to the &#8220;sensational discovery&#8221; by James Cameron (of &#8220;Titanic&#8221; fame) of Jesus&#8217; bones: A Boring Box of Bones. Here&#8217;s an excerpt &#8230; We are being asked to believe that a Christian movement â€“ shaped from beginning to end by the claim of both resurrection and ascension (no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>obama: the role of faith in political conversation</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/12/20/obama-the-role-of-faith-in-political-conversation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/12/20/obama-the-role-of-faith-in-political-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tolerance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tolerance and passionate faith are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I believe the opposite is true. Passionate believers, genuine believers, are more tolerant people, because they understand how tolerant God has been with them! It is refreshing to hear Sen. Barack Obama, a Christian and a member of the United Church of Christ, speak about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>living witnesses &#8230; witnesses to life</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/10/05/living-witnesses-witnesses-to-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/10/05/living-witnesses-witnesses-to-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From today&#8217;s news outlets &#8230; By Michael Rubinkam: In Amish village, forgiveness lives Just about anywhere, a deadly school shooting would have brought demands for tighter gun laws and better security, and the victims&#8217; loved ones would have lashed out at the gunman&#8217;s family or threatened to sue. But after the slayings of five children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>something worth waiting for</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/04/12/something-worth-waiting-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/04/12/something-worth-waiting-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are impatient people. We are used to solving problems, not living with them. If we canâ€™t solve the problem, we move on to something else. If we canâ€™t â€œfixâ€ the relationship, we move on to someone else. But sometimes, things take time. Things like raising children, building character, growing faith, building trust. Sometimes, you [...]]]></description>
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