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		<title>Why we can’t make changes from the top down</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/18/why-we-can%e2%80%99t-make-changes-from-the-top-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I post this quote, in part as a response to Greg&#8217;s questions HERE, and also as another effort in processing the importance of &#8220;elder wisdom.&#8221; Richard Rohr, in his article, &#8220;The Catch 22 of Male Initiation&#8221; (LINK), writes, It has &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/02/18/why-we-can%e2%80%99t-make-changes-from-the-top-down/">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=596&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our adults are adolescents</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/15/our-adults-are-adolescents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My hope in the next few weeks is to begin to develop a greater focus in what I am writing here. Namely, I will be emphasizing many of my thoughts and perceptions regarding the general perpetuating cycle of generational segregation &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/02/15/our-adults-are-adolescents/">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=588&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual leadership in our culture today</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/06/19/spiritual-leadership-in-our-culture-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted anything that is my own. This is primarily due, I think, to the vast amount of processing I&#8217;ve been doing myself. Personal journaling and lots of thinking. One thing that has been on &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/06/19/spiritual-leadership-in-our-culture-today/">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=259&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>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/05/23/next-steps-in-community%e2%80%a6-no-more-playing-the-middle-man/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/05/23/next-steps-in-community%e2%80%a6-no-more-playing-the-middle-man/#comments</comments>
		<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>My problem with hands-off leadership&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2007/11/14/my-problem-with-hands-off-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2007/11/14/my-problem-with-hands-off-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a conversation with our spiritual formation team at church, I am left with some very strong thoughts regarding leadership in the way of Jesus and in the context of religious history. I feel that in some of the churches &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2007/11/14/my-problem-with-hands-off-leadership/">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=97&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality of &#8220;Hanging out&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2007/10/31/spirituality-of-hanging-out/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2007/10/31/spirituality-of-hanging-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a leader of a community following God in the way of Jesus, this concept of &#8220;hanging out&#8221; comes with so many mixed feelings. For me personally, it is a wonderfully exciting thing and filled with meaning, but I better &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2007/10/31/spirituality-of-hanging-out/">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=70&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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