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	<title>a believer's journal &#187; united_church_of_christ</title>
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	<description>looking at the world through the eyes of faith in Jesus</description>
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		<title>obama&#8217;s choice of rick warren</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/12/18/obamas-choice-of-rick-warren/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But Obama, I think, genuinely wants to do something new, something different, not to represent this constituency or that advocacy group, but to work hard at getting people talking with each other, not just at each other.]]></description>
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		<title>ucc radio ad</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/03/11/ucc-radio-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/03/11/ucc-radio-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the new national radio ad being released by the United Church of Christ on Sirius Satellite Radio: Telephone Tree I think it&#8217;s funny &#8230; and inviting! What do you think?]]></description>
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		<title>ucc letter on science and faith</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/01/29/ucc-letter-on-science-and-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2008/01/29/ucc-letter-on-science-and-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[the natural world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ucc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual_seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Thomas, President and General Minister of the United Church of Christ, has this month released a pastoral letter written in consultation with the UCC Science and Technology Network entitled A New Voice Arising: A pastoral letter on faith engaging science and technology. The letter asks: Can we dare to seek, to wonder, and if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ucc petition to end the iraq war</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/06/22/ucc-petition-to-end-the-iraq-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/06/22/ucc-petition-to-end-the-iraq-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[peace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[repentance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united_church_of_christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Along with thousands of United Church of Christ members and supporters, I call for an end to the war in Iraq, an end to our reliance on violence as the first, rather than the last resort, an end to the arrogant unilateralism of preemptive war. I call for the humility and courage to acknowledge failure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>let it shine</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/06/21/let-it-shine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/06/21/let-it-shine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tolerance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[general_synod]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the United Church of Christ gathers in Hartford, Connecticut to convene its 26th General Synod and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the church founded by the merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the General Conference of Congregational Christian Churches on June 25, 1957. As we celebrate our heritage and rededicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ten steps</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/21/ten-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2007/03/21/ten-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[interrogation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worth checking out: Ten Steps to Restore the United States&#8217; Moral Authority: A Common Sense Agenda for the 110th Congress This document posted on the Human Rights Watch website provides a good summary of the ways the conduct of the war on terrorism has undermined the consistent application by the United States of basic principles [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack_obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith-and-politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united_church_of_christ]]></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>ten reasons</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/03/29/ten-reasons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/03/29/ten-reasons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ucc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the April/May 2006 edition of United Church News: Rev. Michael Kinnamon, a Disciples of Christ minister and a leader in the contemporary ecumenical movement, lists his ten reasons why someone might consider joining the United Church of Christ. His reasons echo many of the things I value most about my adopted church! Because, in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>new ucc ad</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/03/27/new-ucc-ad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/03/27/new-ucc-ad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ucc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new UCC television ad is entitled &#8220;Ejector Seat.&#8221; It is scheduled to air nationally for three weeks, beginning April 3. Watch the ad for yourself: http://www.stillspeaking.com/resources/ejector.wmv (Windows Media) http://www.stillspeaking.com/resources/ejector.mov (Quicktime) Let us know here what you think! Add your comment! From what I had heard ahead of time, the ad sounded rather silly. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>whose church is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/03/26/whose-church-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/03/26/whose-church-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 04:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[favorite posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christ is like a single body, which has many parts; it is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts. So, then, the eye cannot say to the hand, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; Nor can the head say to the feet, &#8220;Well, I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; But that is just what [...]]]></description>
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