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		<title>Suffering&#8230; when you are not in control and you know it!</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/04/13/suffering-when-you-are-not-in-control-and-you-know-it/</link>
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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>Setting Priorities, fun for the 9&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2011/03/22/setting-priorities-fun-for-the-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enneagram]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[dedicating myself to has been in working with the Enneagram (one of our western civilization's oldest tools for spiritual growth). It has been one of the most enlightening (and "gut wrenching") things I have ever been exposed to. After a bit of confusion and brutal honesty, I realized that 9 is my central number... and that I have been working on 9 issues probably my whole life. <a href="http://natebettger.com/2011/03/22/setting-priorities-fun-for-the-9/">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=1229&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>Tweetformation?</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/02/27/tweetformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I am blogging, writing for online magazines, twittering (natebettger), facebooking, texting, cell phoning, emailing… while in the meantime reading stuff like the following from Richard Rohr (Adam&#8217;s Return): Lifestyle and relatedness is more important than words, or as Francis &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/02/27/tweetformation/">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=610&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>
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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>“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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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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>Rites of Passage and our blessed patriarchy</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/01/05/rites-of-passage-and-our-blessed-patriarchy/</link>
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		<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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		<title>What I’ve been trying to say…</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2008/05/30/what-ive-been-trying-to-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Richard Rohr – Search for the Holy Grail &#8220;The way to bother with [opposite sides &#124; opinions &#124; polarities], is to stand in between and speak truth on both sides. But when you speak truth on both sides, normally &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2008/05/30/what-ive-been-trying-to-say/">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=241&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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