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		<title>Amazing Things! &#8211; Gospels in 90</title>
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		<title>Joseph the Dreamer &#8211; Gospels in 90</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the wise men left, a messenger of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. Messenger of the Lord (to Joseph): Get up, take the child and His mother, and head to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you it is safe to leave. For Herod understands that Jesus threatens him and all he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1654&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospels in 90 Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As readers of this space know I am a believer in systematic reading of scripture. I have used different reading plans throughout the years from the fast and furious bible in 90 to the two year daily office lectionary. For me is about having a method to my engagement with the narrative of faith. Last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1649&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,400 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1604&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making Home Again . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The house embodied for him the general blessedness of his life, which was manifest, really indisputable. And which he never failed to acknowledge, especially when it stood over against particular sorrow. Marilynne Robinson in Home It is truly amazing how quickly time goes, and how different life can be in the blink of an eye. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1590&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the Fourth Day of Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This season I&#8217;ve been doing some serious reflection on what it might look like to recover the season of Christmas in my life and in the life of my family. What if Christmas Day was truly the beginning? What if our feasting and merry making built up to Epiphany? As a family we are actually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1579&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Incarnation: God&#8217;s Work of Interpretation &#8211; A Christmas Day Homily</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interview on National Public Radio a few years ago Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director of the movie Babel, spoke of the difficulty with language. He said: &#8220;the points of view of life, what means something for you; there is no translation for that.&#8221; Language is complex. We speak every day, sending all sorts of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1572&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Are A Thought in God: A Christmas Eve Reflection</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Christian’s joy: I know that I am a thought in God, no matter how insignificant I may be – the most abandoned of beings, one no one thinks of. Today, when we think of Christmas gifts, how many outcasts no one thinks of! Think to yourselves, you that are outcasts, you that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1562&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advent: No End to His Kingdom</title>
		<link>http://spiritstirrer.org/2011/12/15/advent-no-end-to-his-kingdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been waiting, we’ve been preparing, and we’ve been counting the days. Now we are drawing near, salvation around the corner, I wonder if we are ready. I don’t mean to be a cynic but I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. I guess to be more specific I struggle with our cultural celebration [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1553&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advent: We Are Not the Light</title>
		<link>http://spiritstirrer.org/2011/12/06/advent-we-are-not-the-light/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man named John was sent from God. He came as a witness to testify concerning the light, so that through him everyone would believe in the light.  He himself wasn’t the light, but his mission was to testify concerning the light. John 1:6-8 (CEB) As a pastor I often remind myself that I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritstirrer.org&amp;blog=10587374&amp;post=1548&amp;subd=spiritstirrer&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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