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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>30,000 troops and my proactive complaint</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/12/03/30000-troops-and-my-proactive-complaint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard yesterday that President Obama ordered another 30,000 troops into Afghanistan. Frankly, I am not surprised. I have probably written too much on my blog already about politics (&#8220;Creating our Own Kingdoms&#8220;) and &#8220;Why I don&#8217;t vote&#8221; and other &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/12/03/30000-troops-and-my-proactive-complaint/">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=855&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>
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		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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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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		<title>What if Jesus ran for president?</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/09/18/what-if-jesus-ran-for-president/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/09/18/what-if-jesus-ran-for-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would anyone vote for him? What if someone ran for president and their whole platform was the message of Jesus? Love your enemies&#8230; serve each other&#8230; balance of power and wealth&#8230; year of Jubilee (cancelation of debts)&#8230; forgiveness of our &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/09/18/what-if-jesus-ran-for-president/">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=396&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I don&#8217;t vote&#8230; can I say that here?</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/02/21/why-i-dont-vote-can-i-say-that-here/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2008/02/21/why-i-dont-vote-can-i-say-that-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[emerging church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to preface this by saying that I am finding myself increasingly not alone. Some of my most admireds are saying some of the same things. Greg Boyd, Mark Van Steenwyk, &#8230;parker and others&#8230; although my thoughts are my &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/02/21/why-i-dont-vote-can-i-say-that-here/">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=170&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating our Own Kingdoms&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2007/10/11/creating-our-kingdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always interested in how people talk about their church. I am fascinated with how we talk about the kind of community that we say we have&#8230; It gets me thinking about the concept of Kingdom (which is what &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2007/10/11/creating-our-kingdom/">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=31&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red Politics, Blue Politics&#8230; what about purple?</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2007/10/11/red-politics-blue-politics-what-about-purple/</link>
		<comments>http://natebettger.com/2007/10/11/red-politics-blue-politics-what-about-purple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Jim Wallis comments on a new publication endorsed by a number of religious leaders called, “Come Let us Reason Together.” I haven’t read the article, and make no claims of agreeing with everything in it. While I am not &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2007/10/11/red-politics-blue-politics-what-about-purple/">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=29&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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