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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</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>One year ago&#8230; Unanswered prayer… a response and a theology</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/06/16/one-year-ago-unanswered-prayer%e2%80%a6-a-response-and-a%c2%a0theology/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/06/16/one-year-ago-unanswered-prayer%e2%80%a6-a-response-and-a%c2%a0theology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[walter wangerin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the one of the most difficult reasons for maintaining a sustainable prayer practice and perhaps one of the most painful parts of being in relationship with a God who is so much greater than any of us. How do I respond to someone who prays for healing of a loved one and does not receive it? <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/06/16/one-year-ago-unanswered-prayer%e2%80%a6-a-response-and-a%c2%a0theology/">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=1268&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When life makes us raw&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/25/when-life-makes-us-raw/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/25/when-life-makes-us-raw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[t's so easy to ask the questions of why good things come to those who do evil or why bad things happen when I work so hard to do what is right. We want answers, don't we? "God, can't I get a break once in while? Why is this so hard? Dammit... I thought we were past this..." <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/01/25/when-life-makes-us-raw/">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=1203&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>&#8220;Serious&#8221; Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/21/serious-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/21/serious-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two young seekers reflect together on the paradox and dynamic of being young men dedicated to the spiritual path. One says, &#8220;I have found that if I am going to surround myself with people dedicated to serious spirituality, I am &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/01/21/serious-spirituality/">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=1184&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Zen Master and the Christian</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/04/the-zen-master-and-the-christian/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2011/01/04/the-zen-master-and-the-christian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Christian once visited a Zen master and said, &#8220;Allow me to read you some sentences from the Sermon on the Mount.&#8221; &#8220;I shall listen to them with pleasure,&#8221; said the master. The Christian read a few sentences and looked &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/01/04/the-zen-master-and-the-christian/">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=1152&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Born again” is all messed up…</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/04/%e2%80%9cborn-again%e2%80%9d-is-all-messed-up%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/04/%e2%80%9cborn-again%e2%80%9d-is-all-messed-up%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Rohr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never really have liked that language… and in fact you probably won&#8217;t ever hear me use it in conversation or speaking. Here is from Richard Rohr (Adam&#8217;s Return) It seems that most of humanity intuited the need for two &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/02/04/%e2%80%9cborn-again%e2%80%9d-is-all-messed-up%e2%80%a6/">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=581&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The death before the life</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/30/the-death-before-the-life/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/30/the-death-before-the-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about the initiation processes within men and women and where.when we experience this… or how. It seems to me that the very deep.wise, the very spiritual men and women, whether they be Christian or &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/01/30/the-death-before-the-life/">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=563&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post elections conversations about the kingdom, Jesus, and politics</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/11/06/post-elections-conversations-about-the-kingdom-jesus-and-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/11/06/post-elections-conversations-about-the-kingdom-jesus-and-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now that things are settled, I hope that questions and conflict regarding my perspectives on Non-voting can be minimized to a more constructive conversation on how we view our relation with the national government (side note&#8230; great post by &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/11/06/post-elections-conversations-about-the-kingdom-jesus-and-politics/">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=438&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It’s not that I want people to live in fear</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/09/29/it%e2%80%99s-not-that-i-want-people-to-live-in-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/09/29/it%e2%80%99s-not-that-i-want-people-to-live-in-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[… I just don&#8217;t see anything negating fear other than that which looks like the kingdom of God and the way of love. We read Hebrews 2 last night at our Sunday night gathering. The author writes that Jesus in &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/09/29/it%e2%80%99s-not-that-i-want-people-to-live-in-fear/">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=408&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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