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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>This week: bridgeWORKS &#124; myc &#124; poetHouse connections</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/02/this-week-bridgeworks-myc-poethouse-connections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to update what&#8217;s going on this week with bridgeWORKS &#124; poetHouse meetings. Tonight is Shepherd and the Knucklehead. Come join us as we mix it up a bit at the poetHouse art studio. This year will be &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/02/02/this-week-bridgeworks-myc-poethouse-connections/">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=565&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>gaining our footing @ Shepherd and the Knucklehead&#8230; all new for 2009</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/02/shepknuck-poethous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new year&#8230; well upon us&#8230; leaves many of us trying to gain footing as we try to move forward. Many of us don&#8217;t have the footing we wish for&#8230; like we are trying to run on ice. Pushing forward &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/02/02/shepknuck-poethous/">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=570&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging Martyrs?</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/08/23/emerging-martyrs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really appreciate Ken Wytsma&#8217;s latest blog on martyrdom and how it fits into the world of following Jesus today. He writes of martyrs who suffer because they are doing what God wants them to do and those who suffer &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/08/23/emerging-martyrs/">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=351&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next steps in Community… no more playing the middle-man</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 15:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So don&#8217;t get me wrong, I love getting the information. I love being in the know. I love sitting down and having the one on one conversations at the tea store or the coffee shop with those in my community &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/05/23/next-steps-in-community%e2%80%a6-no-more-playing-the-middle-man/">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=236&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And this is why I love conversation, especially with those we disagree with</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/05/19/and-this-is-why-i-love-conversation-especially-with-those-we-disagree-with/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/05/19/and-this-is-why-i-love-conversation-especially-with-those-we-disagree-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 15:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And especially around the emerging church, denominations, other religions, etc&#8230; Thanks, Tony, for putting together this amazing video. Episode 5 of Tony Jones and Trucker Frank. Anyone want to meet up for a conversation?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=natebettger.com&amp;blog=1059991&amp;post=234&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shepherds and Knuckleheads Gather once again</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/05/12/shepherds-and-knuckleheads-gather-once-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7:00pm Bend Brewing Company Tonight Gathering once again we wonder together over the questions&#8230; the juicy ones&#8230; the questions that we don&#8217;t get the permission to ask, but perhaps we ponder more often than we care to admit. Questions that &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/05/12/shepherds-and-knuckleheads-gather-once-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=228&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shepherd and the Knucklehead, Bend&#8230; take 1</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/02/12/shepherd-and-the-knucklehead-bend-take-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it&#8217;s fresh&#8230; new&#8230; I&#8217;ll write about how our kick-off of The Shepherd and the Knucklehead went. This may sound a bit obscure, mysterious, and rather disjointed. Maybe because it is difficult to describe something that is so rich and &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/02/12/shepherd-and-the-knucklehead-bend-take-1/">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=162&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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