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		<title>The Appearance of Hope (An #Advent Poem)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Appearance of Hope (An Advent Poem) Not long after John appeared in the wilderness with sweet locusts on his breath Not long after the expectant crowds churned muddy waves of confession into the Jordan Not long after he baptized Jesus in the cold river on a day overcast with love and thunder Not long [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Practicing Advent: A Guide for Parents and Families</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reclaim the Gifts of Advent. Cultivate Empathy and Kindness as forms of Hope and Patience. Fight Back Against Current Traditions of Fear and Consumerism. Advent Calendars, traditional and digital Traditional Advent calendars, featuring small chocolates or treats like tiny Lego constructions for each day, have long been favorites for this season. There are all sorts [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Sacrament of the Church Rummage Sale (A Homily)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2016 16:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deut. 30:15-20 + Luke 14:25-33 + Year C + Proper 18 In today’s gospel, Jesus tells us that we must give up all our possessions in order to follow him, and in doing so, our Lord institutes the little-known eighth sacrament of the Church – the Sacrament of the Church Rummage Sale. While technically an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Liberation Keeps the Sabbath Holy (A Homily)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a former high school and collegiate track athlete, I have been joyously immersed in the Olympics this week, watching and re-watching historic performances from sprinters like Usain Bolt in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and like Wayde van Niekerek who shattered the world record in the 400-meter dash. But as I watched these races [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lost Pietà</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  She had lost him three times now. Sitting in the cramped upper room that smelled of stale fish and spilled wine, she looked at his friends, his friends who knew him better than her, his own mother. Who loved him better than her, too. His death sharpened her memories of him into something more [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Good News of Division</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jeremiah 23:23-29 + Hebrews 11:29-12:2 + Luke 12:49-56 As the father of two young sons, I can’t say that I’m thrilled with today’s gospel text, much less to have to preach on it and reflect on it all week long. Quite frankly, in ways both large and small, there’s enough division in the world right [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Foolish Silos: The Parable of the Alienated Rich Man (Homily for 13C)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Year C + Proper 13 + Luke 12:13-21 When I was about nine years old, I started amassing an extensive collection of comic book action figures for a kid my age. For several years, I devoted every dime of my weekly allowance to buying these figures, and eventually I collected them all — from Capt. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mary, Martha, and the Only Meal Jesus Cooked (Lectionary Meditation)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 20:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lectionary 10C — Luke 10:38-42 Jesus spent his entire life talking about meals, presiding over meals, and distributing them. He ate enough to be accused of being a glutton and received enormous hospitality from a variety of homes. In fact, he made receiving hospitality a central tenet of his disciples’ sending and an icon for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Welcoming Wonder and Curiosity: Lessons from a Comic Shop for the Church</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have loved comics for as long as I can remember being able to read. What started with a mail subscription to G.I. Joe ballooned into an infatuation with The Mighty Thor (and the panoply of Norse Gods) and a growing collection of unopened Toy Biz X-Men figurines from the early 1990s. My room as an elementary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keep Christianity Weird: The Trinity, Mermaids, UFOs, and Holy Strangeness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 14:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Keep it weird. From Portland and Boulder to Austin and Asheville, “Keep It Weird” has become a rallying cry for local culture in an increasingly mass-produced landscape, a full-throated embrace funky individualism that ironically forges strong community. Of course, to really find the misfit and funky expressions of humanity, you have to move beyond the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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