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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>Not much organizing for the organizers</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/06/07/not-much-organizing-for-the-organizers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is very rarely anyone to organize for the organizers. If you are one who facilitates community or feels called to it, you may already know this to be true. I&#8217;ve had a few conversations with some wonderful men over &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/06/07/not-much-organizing-for-the-organizers/">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=1262&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life is SIMPLE even in the changes</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2010/11/30/life-is-simple-even-in-the-changes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Men's issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve moved into a new place&#8230; a new place, a new place. Many, many things changing and a new, fresh perspective on self. Not thinking so much, feeling more, listening more. Heart space holding, care for the community&#8230; less directing, &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2010/11/30/life-is-simple-even-in-the-changes/">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=1123&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/18/why-we-can%e2%80%99t-make-changes-from-the-top-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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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>a request on the behalf of the &#8220;becoming-men&#8221; of bend</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/13/a-request-on-the-behalf-of-the-becoming-men-of-bend/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/13/a-request-on-the-behalf-of-the-becoming-men-of-bend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Out and About in Bend]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In lieu of my over-exposure to my computer in the recent weeks as I work on publications, emails, scheduling etc… I am now in the business of posting quotes from others and things I wrote elsewhere. So this is an &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/02/13/a-request-on-the-behalf-of-the-becoming-men-of-bend/">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=584&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Answering the questions of patriarchy, masculinity, and femininity</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/07/answering-the-questions-of-patriarchy-masculinity-and-femininity/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/07/answering-the-questions-of-patriarchy-masculinity-and-femininity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few questions were posed in regards to my last post on patriarchy and rites of passage. I think they deserve a post of their own. Why is it so important to have rites of passage other than that is &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/01/07/answering-the-questions-of-patriarchy-masculinity-and-femininity/">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=516&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rites of Passage and our blessed patriarchy</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/05/rites-of-passage-and-our-blessed-patriarchy/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/05/rites-of-passage-and-our-blessed-patriarchy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been having a conversation with a friend lately in regards to men&#8217;s rites of passage and patriarchy and what I am doing through bridgeWORKS. The conversation goes as follows… Question: Help me understand more about the male rites of passage &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/01/05/rites-of-passage-and-our-blessed-patriarchy/">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=508&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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