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	<title>Nate Bettger &#124; Bend &#124; OR &#187; God</title>
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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>Shame and the liberated self</title>
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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>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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		<title>Sharing in the divine life of the Creator</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/04/19/sharing-in-the-divine-life-of-the-creator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to an old European mystery tradition that goes back to Plato, all created things share in the divine life of the Creator. In fact it was the Creator&#8217;s desire to share and expand that divene life that resulted in &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/04/19/sharing-in-the-divine-life-of-the-creator/">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=1235&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suffering&#8230; when you are not in control and you know it!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How difficult it is to be a man and know that I am not in control. I want to fix so badly. In these days when Kat and I are really trying to learn about self-care and staying healthy for the baby, and struggling in our attempts, this lesson of control is so real. It is such an effort for me to call on that place of love and acceptance, of calm, patience, and breath. Presence remains... personal, loving, healing. And my prayers go there, and go there, and go there, and go there. Breathe, breathe, breathe... remember. <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/04/13/suffering-when-you-are-not-in-control-and-you-know-it/">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=1231&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>
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		<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>A simple story for 2011</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/02/a-simple-story-for-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tale from Attar of Nishapur:

The lover knocked at the door of his beloved. "Who knocks?" said the beloved from within. "It is I," said the lover. "Go away. This house will not hold you and me."

The rejected lover went away into the desert. There he meditated for months on end, pondering the words of the beloved. Finally he returned and knocked at the door again.

"Who knocks?"
"It is you."

The door was immediately opened.

"100 percent and 100 percent," I said. "They cannot be separated." <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/01/02/a-simple-story-for-2011/">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=1134&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To be a Friend of the Divine!</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2010/11/30/to-be-a-friend-of-the-dvine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Such a beautiful story from Fr Anthony de Mello&#8230; Malik, son of Dinar, was upset about the profligate behavior of a youth who lived next door. For a long time he did nothing, hoping someone else would intervene. But when &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2010/11/30/to-be-a-friend-of-the-dvine/">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=1127&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To tell or not to tell&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2010/10/20/to-tell-or-not-to-tell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mystic returned to his community after months of being in the desert in contemplation.

"Tell us about your encounters with the Divine," they said. "Tell us what God is like." <a href="http://natebettger.com/2010/10/20/to-tell-or-not-to-tell/">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=1115&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The marks of a progressing civilization</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2010/10/07/the-marks-of-a-progressing-civilization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I desire the happiness in our children, and mark our progress as humanity by that, I am not referring to children as never crying. I am not ruling out other marks of a progressive society, but merely desiring a shift in priority. What does our society claim as proof of our progression? Happiness is something more than self-satisfied, self-interested, and self-serving. It something greater than an innocent or unaware naivety.  <a href="http://natebettger.com/2010/10/07/the-marks-of-a-progressing-civilization/">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=1111&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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