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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>Keeping the garden of community</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/06/08/keepingthegardenofcommunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something about building community and organizations that gets very challenging for us radical and imaginative visionaries… that being tendency to dream more than grow. We plant and plant and plant… a seed here, a row there. Then we get &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/06/08/keepingthegardenofcommunity/">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=701&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Show up and &#8220;show home&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest lessons I have learned about community is showing up. Real. Ready. Raw. Authentic. Present and accounted for. It’s so hard sometimes… and I recognize the difficulty many have with showing up. It most often comes back &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/06/01/show-up-and-show-home/">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=689&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Material is Just Another Tool</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/05/22/the-material-is-just-another-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve really lost my appreciation for curriculum… or maybe I never really was a big fan anyway. I think there was something always that didn’t quite fit when I heard that word or when I was told about the latest &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/05/22/the-material-is-just-another-tool/">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=685&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The gift of silence in community</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/05/21/the-gift-of-silence-in-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the silence that makes our words (sounds) mean something. When the words we offer come out of the deep silence of our listening, it is here that we can be assured that we are offering something and not &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/05/21/the-gift-of-silence-in-community/">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=683&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Trustworthy Facilitator</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/05/20/the-trustworthy-facilitator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to grow and maintain communities where individuals are invited to trust each other and themselves it is essential for the person facilitating to set the standard for trustworthiness. I say facilitator and not leader for a very distinct &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/05/20/the-trustworthy-facilitator/">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=681&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Growing the trust factor</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/05/19/growing-the-trust-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I began my recent writing on small groups and transformational community with the  foundational element of the Trust Factor. Much of what I am learning currently is emerging through weekly facilitating Spiritual Integration Classes at myc yoga, here in &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/05/19/growing-the-trust-factor/">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=674&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Trust Factor</title>
		<link>http://natebettger.com/2009/05/18/the-trust-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 18:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first of many writings on small group life, growth, and spirituality must foundationally be about trust. I hear so often people reflecting on the challenges that come from people committing or not committing, sharing or not sharing, being open &#8230; <a href="http://natebettger.com/2009/05/18/the-trust-factor/">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=672&amp;subd=natebettger&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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