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	<title>Keeping Faith Real ...a blog by David Wheeler</title>
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		<title>For All the Saints&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We bless your holy name, O God, for all your servants who, having finished their course, now rest from their labors. Give us grace to follow the example of their steadfastness and faithfulness, to your honor and glory; through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. (UM Book of Worship, 415) &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- &#160; For all the saints, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=418&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is All Violence Somehow Connected?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Never stop making the connections between sexism, racism, militarism, nationalism and all forms of violence.&#8221;  -- Marge Tuite, Dominican Sister The above quote by Dominican sister, Marge Tuite really caused me to do some thinking.  Are all forms of violence connected somehow?  And, why does this quote seem particularly relevant to me as we approach [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=380&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gospel of Christ knows of no religion but social; no holiness but social holiness. - John Wesley, from the preface to Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=377&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama at Notre Dame Symbolic of Other Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s speech at Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony this past Sunday was very symbolic of at least a couple of major challenges facing the U.S., its culture, and its churches.  It seems to me in the plethora of critiques and comments that have followed this huge event, that most have missed the most amazing thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=357&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Would Jesus Torture?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The words of the above title just don’t seem to flow off the tongue very well, do they?  And yet, recent surveys and headlines surrounding the United States’ torture of prospective terrorists have indicated that the more often a person attends church, the more likely they are to consider torture an acceptable means of extracting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=347&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Boyling&#8221; Point</title>
		<link>http://davidwheeler.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/the-boyling-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stereotypes.   Like them or not, it’s what people do.  We stereotype each other.  Sometimes we lump people into a particular category based upon where they are from, what their job is, who their friends are, or even, in religious circles—what denomination they are a part of.  Recently, there was a very public example of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=323&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rush Limbaugh to Speak at Conference on Ending Poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, in case you needed a belated April fools&#8217; joke&#8230;watch this video!  I&#8217;m just not a Rush fan, so I swallowed this April fools&#8217; joke hook, line, and sinker when I first saw it and wasn&#8217;t watching closely!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=257&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Am I My Brother/Sister&#8217;s Keeper?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, someone tells a familiar story in a timely moment&#8211;and it transforms the ways I&#8217;ve always heard the story.  It&#8217;s no secret that economic times are tough.  It&#8217;s no secret that people are divided politically on how we should respond and what the leaders of our nation and world should do (if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=254&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;H&#8221; Word is Back in Style</title>
		<link>http://davidwheeler.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/the-h-word-is-back-in-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who said Baptists can&#8217;t have fun?  Now, before I go and offend all of my Baptist friends here in internet land&#8211;it is only coincidental that this argument and debate appears on a Baptist owned and operated website. First, De La Torre writes a provocative article exegeting Matthew 15:21-28&#8211;the conversation between Jesus and a Canaanite woman [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=246&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What the U.S. Needs More than $ Bailouts and Stimulus Packages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize that my area of expertise is somewhat limited.  3 degrees in Theology does not make one a political scientist by any stretch of the imagination.  With that said, I do have an observation to make about our country&#8217;s recent political attempts (or should I say a lack thereof) in the area of diplomacy. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=davidwheeler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5026978&amp;post=242&amp;subd=davidwheeler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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