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	<itunes:summary>Conversations between Christian friends.  Brought to you by The Burnside Writer's Collective.  Jordan Green serves as senior editor of the Burnside Writers Collective. 
Aaron Donley serves as humor editor for the Burnside Writers Collective

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		<title>Being There</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is simply "being there" enough?]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Disobedience</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/15/cultural-disobedience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danielle Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is our supreme act of cultural disobedience.]]></description>
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		<title>A Story for Bella</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William DeWitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Why don’t we just play with them?” I asked Gram. “Play with them,” she said, “what good will that do?”]]></description>
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		<title>Contentment</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/14/contentment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luiza Vasiliu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sheryl Crow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Being at ease in one's situation? What could that possibly look like? God, I think I'm starting to know.]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Annoy God By Using the Bible To Solve All Our Problems?</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/13/do-we-annoy-god-by-using-the-bible-to-solve-all-our-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 11:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Shallenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it okay for a pastor to wonder if the way we handle the Bible doesn't make God grind his teeth a bit?]]></description>
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		<title>The Raw Honesty of Louis C.K.</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/11/the-raw-honesty-of-louis-c-k/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Levi Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This contrast, between crude comedian and a generous, aware soul, gives Louie’s comedy something other comedians don’t have, personal exploration.]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to the Blue Notes</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/11/ode-to-the-blue-notes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Colón DeLay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are we to do with all that jazz?]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Celebrate Cinco de Mayo</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/10/why-we-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Fulmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While that probably has more to do with tequila and beer corporations marketing the holiday, there is a good reason for (North) Americans to remember Cinco de Mayo.]]></description>
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		<title>But a dream</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/10/but-a-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Courtney Keen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[singing in public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[three-year-olds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that three-year-olds are rarely quiet, unless they are sleeping or maybe eating. This boy was doing neither.]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtue of Open-Mindedness</title>
		<link>http://burnsidewriters.com/2012/05/09/the-virtue-of-open-mindedness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaleb Nyquist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The art of understanding has been lost. In the information age, we find it more important to “be right” than to “be corrected.”
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