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		<title>Christ and the Law of Scarcity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonah Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In everyday life, to give means to have less for ourselves. If someone gives you some money or some food, immediately they notice that they have less money or less food. Or, if one gives more time to his work, he has less &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/christ-and-the-law-of-scarcity/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Job Opening</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/news-events/job-opening-legacy-giving-coordinator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCNA</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/?p=2079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Legacy Giving Coordinator Position Summary: The person filling this new position of Legacy Giving Coordinator is accountable to the Regional Board of North America and provides guidance and support to the individual congregations as they work to create and build &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/news-events/job-opening-legacy-giving-coordinator/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Easter and the Tragedy in Boston</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/easter-and-the-tragedy-in-boston/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>contributor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/?p=2227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The events which have taken place around the Boston marathon have shaken our national consciousness and again raise uncomfortable questions about the world in which we are living. Struggling to come to terms with senseless destruction is necessary and understandable &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/easter-and-the-tragedy-in-boston/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>International Newsletter, spring 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/international-newsletter-spring-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/international-newsletter-spring-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCNA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The password to access this &#8220;Report from the Regions&#8221; is easter. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>How the Gospel Speaks in my Life: Easter</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/how-the-gospel-speaks-in-my-life-easter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/how-the-gospel-speaks-in-my-life-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCNA</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/?p=2189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” But when they looked up, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/how-the-gospel-speaks-in-my-life-easter/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Book by Seminary Director Bastiaan Baan</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/new-book-by-seminary-director-bastiaan-baan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/new-book-by-seminary-director-bastiaan-baan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCNA</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/?p=2128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord of the Elements Interweaving Christianity and Nature The four classical elements of earth, water, air and fire are present in Genesis and the New Testament. But while traditional Christianity moved away from seeing the spiritual in nature, other streams &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/new-book-by-seminary-director-bastiaan-baan/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Story of Redemption: By Fyodor Dostoevsky</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/a-story-of-redemption-by-fyodor-dostoevsky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCNA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a profound excerpt taken from Dostoevsky&#8217;s The Brothers Karamazov in which Father Zossima reflects on his life from his deathbed: Beloved fathers and teachers, I was born in a distant province in the north, in the town of V. My &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/a-story-of-redemption-by-fyodor-dostoevsky/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Mission of Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCNA</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/?p=2095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Failure seems like such a negation. I did not…. It points to the fact that we are imperfect, incomplete; that our reach exceeds our grasp. Yet hidden in that very fact is a positive. I did try. I learned something. &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/the-mission-of-failure/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christianity as Growing Wakefulness</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/christianity-as-growing-wakefulness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/christianity-as-growing-wakefulness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CCNA</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/?p=2063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lo! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake, keeping his garments that he may not go naked and be seen exposed. -Revelation 16:15 Christ&#8217;s coming again, which makes itself felt more and more as a &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/christianity-as-growing-wakefulness/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gravity, Warmth and Light: Three Gifts of the Trinity</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/gravity-warmth-and-light-three-gifts-of-the-trinity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/gravity-warmth-and-light-three-gifts-of-the-trinity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Hindes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Earth has sometimes been compared to a spaceship, a machine hurling through the black void of outer space. In this scientific vision space is stunningly cold and inimical to all life. But this simplified picture is wrong; it leaves &#8230; <a href="http://www.thechristiancommunity.org/blog/gravity-warmth-and-light-three-gifts-of-the-trinity/" class="readmore"><span>&#8250;</span> Read More</a>]]></description>
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