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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>The earth shall teach us</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2012/01/07/the-earth-shall-teach-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The earth herself and the created order most purely reveal the truth of the divine. It is as things were created to be that we find the absence of the influence of human will, which so often leads to disorder, &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2012/01/07/the-earth-shall-teach-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1314&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supported by the universe&#8230; Immensely!</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2012/01/06/supported-by-the-universe-immensely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny. I had this post in mind, that was entirely focused on little Brendan&#8217;s peaceful slumber in my arms. Of course, at my intended time of writing, what did the little guy decide to express to me but quite &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2012/01/06/supported-by-the-universe-immensely/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1307&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A aching for our ancestors</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/12/21/a-aching-for-our-ancestors/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/12/21/a-aching-for-our-ancestors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ancestors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is amazing that so much of the personal spiritual journey gets played out in the community and the cultural stage as well. There has for a number of years been such a struggle with many people to find a &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/12/21/a-aching-for-our-ancestors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1305&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dig your well deep</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/12/19/dig-your-well-deep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is not naive or small-minded to settle on one spiritual path or rest with one tradition or religion. There is a time in life for being skeptical, for questioning everything, but it is only good for a time. It &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/12/19/dig-your-well-deep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1302&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manifesto:  The Mad Farmer Liberation Front</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/11/21/manifesto-the-mad-farmer-liberation-front/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/11/21/manifesto-the-mad-farmer-liberation-front/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Wendell Berry Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/11/21/manifesto-the-mad-farmer-liberation-front/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1296&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blame, job loss, and the paradoxical way of love</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/23/blame-job-loss-and-the-paradoxical-way-of-love/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/23/blame-job-loss-and-the-paradoxical-way-of-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a lot of chances to reflect on blame and shame these last couple weeks as I have been laid off along with all the other staff at Common Table, a nonprofit cafe that we all worked at. They &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/09/23/blame-job-loss-and-the-paradoxical-way-of-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1293&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet darkness</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/16/sweet-darkness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/09/16/sweet-darkness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1292&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shame and the liberated self</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/15/shame-and-the-liberated-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read an article by James Bowler, S.J., entitled Shame: A Primary Root of Resistance to Movement in Direction. There were a few things that I really appreciated, one being his description of laying on layers of internal messages to &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/09/15/shame-and-the-liberated-self/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1289&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The art of asking questions</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/14/the-art-of-asking-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/14/the-art-of-asking-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in my post yesterday, that there really is an art of asking the right questions. This is something that I have been conscious of and developing for many years now. There are times where I feel very attentive, &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/09/14/the-art-of-asking-questions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1286&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My heart and calling to spiritual direction</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/13/my-heart-and-calling-to-spiritual-direction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual direction has a bit of a negative connotation in our independent and &#8220;don&#8217;t-step-on-my-toes-or-tell-me-what-to-do&#8221; culture. It has, however, been an accepted and necessary component to the spiritual journey within every historical faith and spiritual tradition for thousands of years. How is it that now, &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/09/13/my-heart-and-calling-to-spiritual-direction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=1284&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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