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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>Did I really write that?</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2012/02/05/did-i-really-write-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It makes sense to me, I suppose. The first half of life is about self. The second half, giveaway. But, I wonder where those words came from, back in 2006, 2007… at the beginning of the shadowland. It was the &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2012/02/05/did-i-really-write-that/">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=1324&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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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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>My heart and calling to spiritual direction</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/13/my-heart-and-calling-to-spiritual-direction/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/09/13/my-heart-and-calling-to-spiritual-direction/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<title>When we suck again</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/06/01/when-we-suck-again/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/06/01/when-we-suck-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[personal stuff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I may be the master of self-deception and not even know it. See, we can be wise, we can value all the right things, we can study and pray and serve and meditate... And then all of a sudden we realize we are just a big Shit. There is always something... <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/06/01/when-we-suck-again/">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=1260&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why isn&#8217;t spirituality taught in Christian churches?!?</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/05/22/why-isnt-spirituality-tought-in-christian-churches/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/05/22/why-isnt-spirituality-tought-in-christian-churches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 17:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until about 20 years ago, spirituality as a term and specific form of study was not used at all outside of Catholicism... including other religions, but especially within Protestantism. Part of my own (and many that I know who are not in the church) frustration with the churches I have been a part of is that there is no real teaching on processing and/or growing in direct spiritual experience of God. <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/05/22/why-isnt-spirituality-tought-in-christian-churches/">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=1249&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discipline, Action, Suffering, Death</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/05/15/discipline-action-suffering-death/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/05/15/discipline-action-suffering-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 16:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stations on the Road to Freedom Dietrich Bonhoeffer; July 21, 1944 Written the day after his failed attempt to assassinate Hitler Discipline If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all discipline of soul and senses, so that &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/05/15/discipline-action-suffering-death/">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=1245&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding my voice</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/05/11/finding-my-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know very clearly that my life in it's entirety is devoted to the spiritual path. My study, my offerings to the community, my study of self, my prayer life... all of it is for an increased awareness and relation with Spirit, for myself, the community, and the planet. The question is how to remain true to my heritage, ancestors, foundation, and local community? <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/05/11/finding-my-voice/">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=1238&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rohr &#8211; Christians have a phd in &#8220;either/or&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/23/rohr-christians-have-a-phd-in-eitheror/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/23/rohr-christians-have-a-phd-in-eitheror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your words, once again, Richard. Here, he talks about the all-too-common dualism in Christianity (about the 7:00 mark). From the Evolutionary Christianity website. Richard Rohr on Evolutionary Christianity Other highlights&#8230; how did we go from the inclusive &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/01/23/rohr-christians-have-a-phd-in-eitheror/">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=1198&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Religiocentrism&#8230; a must go for the next 500 years</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/09/28/religiocentrism-a-must-go-for-the-next-500-years/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/09/28/religiocentrism-a-must-go-for-the-next-500-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been thinking a lot about Phyllis Tickle&#8217;s work with The Great Emergence, as we talked a lot in church yesterday about the 500 year transitions that Christianity has gone through and the shift in authority that has taken place in &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/09/28/religiocentrism-a-must-go-for-the-next-500-years/">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=788&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Islam will overwhelm Christendom&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/05/04/islam-will-overwhelm-christendom/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/05/04/islam-will-overwhelm-christendom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 04:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summary that the person who posted this video writes: Islam will overwhelm Christendom unless Christians recognize the demographic realities, begin reproducing again, and share the gospel with Muslims. WHAT!?!? Since when are we supposed to perpetuate Christendom?!? The fear &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/05/04/islam-will-overwhelm-christendom/">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=668&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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