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		<title>Love Does That</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year while in Israel I was told that in Jewish tradition a donkey is used, at times, to reflect the work of a teacher.  They carry the burden of their students, and they do so often with very little &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/love-does-that/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1619&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whispering in the Dark</title>
		<link>http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/whispering-in-the-dark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Bell shares some great reflections in Relevant Magazine about the meaning behind the season of Advent.  In it, he notes it&#8217;s importance by highlighting it&#8217;s relation to time, sound, and Spirit.  Although the whole article is worth the read &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/whispering-in-the-dark/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1580&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Culture That Crawls</title>
		<link>http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/the-culture-that-crawls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year a group from our church went down to Guatemala.  While there, I met a man named Dick Rutgers.  (You can read about my encounter with Dick, and his work by clicking here.)  A friend recently sent me links &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/the-culture-that-crawls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1527&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Empire of Dirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, during our weekly read through gathering, a friend noted how Johnny Cash&#8216;s song &#8220;Hurt,&#8221; written by Trent Reznor, seems to reflect a similar tone, wisdom, and posture about life that is found in the book &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/empire-of-dirt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1504&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Good Ideas Come From</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steven Johnson has some great thoughts on creating spaces, environments if you will, that lead to high rates of innovation and creativity. It turns out that historically most important ideas develop over time in what Johnson refers to as the &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/where-good-ideas-come-from/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1476&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Redeeming Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After taking the summer off, the Center for Transforming Missions (CTM) has restarted sending their weekly e-mails by and for grassroots leaders called Words From Below. In the latest e-mail, Kris Rocke, the executive director of CTM, explains the reason &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/redeeming-words/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1451&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Vision for Students</title>
		<link>http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/a-vision-for-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across this video entitled, &#8220;A Vision of Students Today,&#8221; that was created by Michael Wesch, the associate professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, and the students of his Introduction to Cultural Anthropology class in 2007.  &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/a-vision-for-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1412&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Creativity Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a couple noteworthy articles about creativity in this weeks Newsweek magazine. The first article, entitled &#8220;The Creativity Crisis,&#8221; articulates the importance of creativity, denoting the fact that studies show it is in decline in America, and makes &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/the-creativity-crisis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1375&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Doubt Vaccination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past couple of years our congregation has been taking what we call vision/mission trips to Guatemala.  As should be done when traveling to any foreign country, all the participants are given the necessary vaccinations and inoculations required to &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/vaccination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1174&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Lie</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently participated in a class at Bakke Graduate University, in which Brad Smith, the school&#8217;s president, shared a way of understanding the bible that I found incredibly helpful.  He believes the bible is God&#8217;s love letter, attempting to expose &#8230; <a href="http://shofing9.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/the-great-lie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shofing9.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3998308&amp;post=1342&amp;subd=shofing9&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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