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		<title>City Church and things changing in Bend</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/03/03/citychurchandthingschanginginbend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[**Edit:I have made some changes to the following post and comments as I realize it is terribly bad form to begin naming churches in negative ways. I never want to slam churches and what they are trying to do. Please &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/03/03/citychurchandthingschanginginbend/">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=614&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">City Church &#124; Bend OR</media:title>
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		<title>Why I do  what I do and why I like trees</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/04/why-i-do-what-i-do-and-why-i-like-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/04/why-i-do-what-i-do-and-why-i-like-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quote from Gurus, Ashrams and Christians &#8211; Vanyana &#8220;Individual Christians in Iran [or Bend] should not think of themselves as television antennae or sets, tuned to receive and to reproduce exactly what comes to them from the sending station abroad. &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/01/04/why-i-do-what-i-do-and-why-i-like-trees/">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=505&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Celtic Martyrs</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/08/23/the-celtic-martyrs/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/08/23/the-celtic-martyrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[emerging church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[celtic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thomas cahill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In similar thought with my last post about martyrdom and whether emergents can be called martyrs, I have found the Celtic Christians&#8217; (some of the first emerging Christians) perspective on martyrdom to be one of great interest and perhaps offering &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/08/23/the-celtic-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=353&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>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/08/23/emerging-martyrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[emerging church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conversation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martyr]]></category>
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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>Mark Scandrette on priorities of Jesus followers</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/07/31/mark-scandrette-on-priorities-of-jesus-followers/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/07/31/mark-scandrette-on-priorities-of-jesus-followers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Soul Graffiti We often spend so much time reacting to religious traditions or a religious culture that we have little energy left to cultivate a proactive spiritual path. Even among &#8220;believing&#8221; people, there is often more critique and conversation &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/07/31/mark-scandrette-on-priorities-of-jesus-followers/">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=296&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Bonsai</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/07/31/i-bonsai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal stuff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[…And at this point it&#8217;s not all that pretty. I think mainly I just want to keep them alive. I have had a few trees for the last couple months now and they are all doing pretty well. Not much &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/07/31/i-bonsai/">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=283&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging as just another color of the rainbow</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/07/30/emerging-as-just-another-color-of-the-rainbow/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/07/30/emerging-as-just-another-color-of-the-rainbow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a conversation with someone yesterday who said that Emergents are just another color of the rainbow. In other words, you have Presbyterians, Baptists, Lutherans, emergents, etc… and they are all just trying to figure out how to faithfully &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/07/30/emerging-as-just-another-color-of-the-rainbow/">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=278&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to differ and disagree well</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/07/01/learn-to-differ-and-disagree-well/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/07/01/learn-to-differ-and-disagree-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brian McLaren]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I greatly appreciate this recent post from Brian McLaren&#8217;s blog: I just received this today &#8230; ++++ Pastor Brian, I want to apologize to you about some reviews that I put on www.amazon.com. After reading The Truth War by John &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/07/01/learn-to-differ-and-disagree-well/">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=261&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Detailed review of the Church Basement Roadshow</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/06/30/detailed-review-of-the-church-basement-roadshow/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/06/30/detailed-review-of-the-church-basement-roadshow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[emerging church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[doug pagitt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben&#8217;s not a fan, but he has some interesting points&#8230; many I disagree with, though His blog entry can be found HERE. My own statement of emergent is here&#8230; can we talk about these things in person, please? I can&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/06/30/detailed-review-of-the-church-basement-roadshow/">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=260&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts from the roadshow guys themselves</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/06/19/thoughts-from-the-roadshow-guys-themselves/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/06/19/thoughts-from-the-roadshow-guys-themselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the roadshow is a lot of laughs, a lot of character personas, and some singing as well it really comes down to this&#8230; as Tony says: the point is deadly serious. We think that the church &#8212; even Christianity &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/06/19/thoughts-from-the-roadshow-guys-themselves/">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=258&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Nate B</media:title>
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