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		<title>Worship is who we are</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/worship-is-who-we-are/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently arrived at a new parish.  There were some difficulties in the recent past in the life of this congregation, but the people are hopeful that God will renew and reinvigorate the fellowship.  Hearing about the past, and the hopes for the future, led me to think about much of the training I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=54&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading List Suggestion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 19:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently finished reading Mountain of Silence by Kyricaos Markides.  It is Markides&#8217; account of several conversations with an Eastern Orthodox monk on the island of Cyprus.
This is an extremely interesting read, as Markides is very well read and articulate, and Father Maximos (with whom Markrides has his conversations) is also very well read [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=50&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ashes to ashes&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/ashes-to-ashes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During our Ash Wednesday service last week, my youngest daughter (3 years old) came forward with my wife to have ashes put on her head. She looked up at me with big eyes and asked, &#8220;Does it hurt, daddy?&#8221;
Of course I said, &#8220;No, honey,&#8221; but that got me thinking.
Ash Wednesday, and all of Lent for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=48&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freezing&#8230;and Freezing&#8230;and Freezing</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/freezingand-freezingand-freezing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never experienced a cold like I have for the past few days.  It was only in the 20&#8217;s and 30&#8217;s out, but it was a cold that had no relief.  I&#8217;ve been in negative 30 before, but there was always an opportunity to warm up.
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		<title>Thoughts upon death</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our community has recently experienced a tragedy.  Three high school seniors, foot ball players and very popular boys, died when their boat capsized in frigid waters.  One of the boys&#8217; bodies has been recovered and the other two are still missing almost two weeks later.  This even has rocked this town and found everyone asking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=43&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama the Apostate?</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/obama-the-apostate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been much internet chatter about whether or not Barak Obama is a Muslim.  With a middle name like Hussein, it is easy to see how some people can come to that conclusion, especially since he was registered as a Muslim when he lived in Indonesia and attended a Muslim school there (of course [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=41&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Convergence Worship in the Extreme</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/convergence-worship-in-the-extreme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughters all attend the local Catholic elementary school.  As a part of their week, they attend Mass (Catholic worship service).  This past week my wife and I decided to stay for the service after we dropped off our kids for school.  Our oldest daughter, who is seven, was reading a portion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=38&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Church and Race</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/church-and-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I ran across an article on CNN&#8217;s web page Why Many Americans Prefer Their Sundays Segregated and I found it quite interesting.  There is a wonderful quote:
&#8220;But interracial church advocates say the church was never meant to be segregated. They point to the New Testament description of the first Christian church as an ethnic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=35&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confusing theology with self-esteem</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/confusing-theology-with-self-esteem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids have a video from Max Lucado&#8217;s Hermie series about a stink-bug named Stanley.  Stanley is upset because God made him stinky, and no one wants to be around him.  God tells Stanley that He made him that way for a reason and he does not make mistakes.  At the end of the show, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=30&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Radical Idea</title>
		<link>http://stevendbruns.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/a-radical-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something worth considering (maybe):
Perhaps John McCain and Barak Obama ought to reinvest their campaign contributions to jump-start the struggling economy or provide necessities to families on the brink.  I mean, come on!  When you can raise tens of millions of dollars in one month, and do it month after month, why not share the wealth.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stevendbruns.wordpress.com&blog=3730589&post=28&subd=stevendbruns&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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