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		<title>Young ministers want to be mentored</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/young-ministers-want-to-be-mentored-2013-05-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ircel Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting out in any field is not easy, but ministry has its own challenges.  Most congregations expect that their new pastor or staff member will “hit the ground running” and be ready to deal with both the routine and the<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/young-ministers-want-to-be-mentored-2013-05-20/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to love a thermostat God</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/learning-to-love-a-thermostat-god-2013-05-17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/learning-to-love-a-thermostat-god-2013-05-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Bean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Bean &#8220;Is organized religion too inextricably bound to the status quo to save our nation and the world?&#8221; This question was originally scrawled in the margin of an Alabama newspaper by an exasperated Martin Luther King Jr. The<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/learning-to-love-a-thermostat-god-2013-05-17/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Have Christians become opportunistic omnivores?</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/have-christians-become-opportunistic-omnivores-2013-05-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/have-christians-become-opportunistic-omnivores-2013-05-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayne Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faithful Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ministry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bears]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opportunistic omnivores.  What a great phrase!  No, it has nothing to do with ruthless mergers and acquisitions.  It’s how our Walk in the Woods guide, Sam, described the black bears in the Smoky Mountains on our hike up Mt. LeConte<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/have-christians-become-opportunistic-omnivores-2013-05-16/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>The best/worst graduation speech ever</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/the-bestworst-graduation-speech-ever-2013-05-15/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/the-bestworst-graduation-speech-ever-2013-05-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barrett Owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I attended a graduation ceremony at Emory University.  The keynote speaker was the chief of surgery at one of the nation’s leading hospitals.  I didn&#8217;t know him, but apparently he was a huge deal. As you might<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/the-bestworst-graduation-speech-ever-2013-05-15/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Puckett, my father, and the best member of our family!</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/gene-puckett-my-father-and-the-best-member-of-our-family-2013-05-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bullard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1978, Gene Puckett was the major speaker at the retirement dinner for my father, G. W. Bullard, as executive director-treasurer of the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania-South Jersey. He and dad had gotten to know one another in 1966 when<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/gene-puckett-my-father-and-the-best-member-of-our-family-2013-05-14/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Life balance for clergy remixed</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/life-balance-for-clergy-remixed-2013-05-13/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/life-balance-for-clergy-remixed-2013-05-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Tidsworth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Hands]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life balance is important and necessary for sustained ministry over time, but there are some things that life balance is not. “The ordained person can then come to realize that his or her first vocation is to be a human<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/life-balance-for-clergy-remixed-2013-05-13/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>You don&#8217;t bring me flowers anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/you-dont-bring-me-flowers-anymore-2013-05-13/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/you-dont-bring-me-flowers-anymore-2013-05-13/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Howard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faithful Living]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to observing Mother’s Day at church, traditions vary around the country.  Factors influencing a congregation’s contextual practice include geographic location, denominational heritage, liturgical preference, and congregational precedent. In my first pastorate, I inherited that southern tradition I<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/you-dont-bring-me-flowers-anymore-2013-05-13/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Remember infertility on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/remember-infertility-on-mothers-day-2013-05-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/remember-infertility-on-mothers-day-2013-05-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Cooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wholeness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday dads will wake up extra early to make their wives breakfast in bed, or at least a good cup of strong coffee. Children will work diligently during their Sunday school hour cutting out yellow-and-pink paper flowers or finger<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/remember-infertility-on-mothers-day-2013-05-10/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Who decides if you are a Christian?</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/religious-news/who-decides-if-you-are-a-christian-2013-05-08/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/religious-news/who-decides-if-you-are-a-christian-2013-05-08/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was a guest on HuffPost Live with Rev. Paul Raushenbush, HuffPost Senior Religion Editor and two other authors. (You can watch the segment here. I come in around 19:00) We discussed the coming out of NBA player Jason Collins and the conversation turned to<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/religious-news/who-decides-if-you-are-a-christian-2013-05-08/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Running the race on the first saturday of May</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/running-the-race-on-the-first-saturday-of-may-2013-05-07/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/running-the-race-on-the-first-saturday-of-may-2013-05-07/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bullard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reflections from Saturday May 4th I’m pondering the significance of this day&#8211;the first Saturday of May in 2013. Traditionally in my place of residence, Columbia, S.C., it marks the beginning of the transition from spring to summer. Temperatures typically start<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/faithful-living/running-the-race-on-the-first-saturday-of-may-2013-05-07/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus, the original hipster?</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/church-growth-2/jesus-the-original-hipster-2013-05-06/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/church-growth-2/jesus-the-original-hipster-2013-05-06/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church growth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new ad aimed at making Jesus more culturally relevant has a major church working to re-brand the image of Jesus. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn started a campaign that is gaining national attention. The ad has captured the attention of pop culture with picturing Jesus as the<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/church-growth-2/jesus-the-original-hipster-2013-05-06/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>I do not identify with race</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/theology/i-do-not-identify-with-race-2013-05-03/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Starlette McNeill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Racial Reconciliation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As American Christians, we say that we are ambassadors of Christ, yet we are unable to reconcile with others because of race. We allow our racial identity to dictate what part of Christ’s calling we will fulfill. We have more faith<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/theology/i-do-not-identify-with-race-2013-05-03/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>There is no them, only us</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/there-is-no-them-only-us-2013-05-02/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/there-is-no-them-only-us-2013-05-02/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Hudson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a pastor, even in the free-church, priesthood of believers, Baptist tradition, I feel a need to respond and minister in a profound way when tragedy strikes. If I’m being honest, part of that tug comes from my understanding of<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/there-is-no-them-only-us-2013-05-02/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t call your next pastor. Draft your next pastor.</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/dont-call-your-next-pastor-draft-your-next-pastor-2013-05-01/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/dont-call-your-next-pastor-draft-your-next-pastor-2013-05-01/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bullard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pastor search process might be a whole lot more fun (or funny) if it was run like the National Football League draft. Why go through months—even years—of searching for the right pastor when you just need to be ready<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/dont-call-your-next-pastor-draft-your-next-pastor-2013-05-01/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>When the church is at its best</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/when-the-church-is-at-its-best-2-2013-04-30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/when-the-church-is-at-its-best-2-2013-04-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ircel Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hardly a day goes by that I do not read some criticism of the church—whether in its local, national, or global expressions.  I acknowledge that there is much to criticize but there is much to praise as well.  As I worshiped last<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/when-the-church-is-at-its-best-2-2013-04-30/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>Boston is about us</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/boston-is-about-us-2013-04-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Bean</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I recovered from the initial shock and horror of the Boston Marathon bombing, I automatically switched into advocacy mode.  &#8221;Please, God,&#8221; I thought, &#8220;don&#8217;t let the perpetrators turn out to be foreigners or immigrants.&#8221; I am not proud of<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/boston-is-about-us-2013-04-29/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>The Church Draft</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/the-church-draft-2013-04-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As millions of football fans will undoubtedly will be glued to their televisions and social media, they will hunger for the latest information about NFL draft picks. The NFL draft is part pageantry and part celebration for football teams and their<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/leadership/the-church-draft-2013-04-26/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>In the wake of Boston, social media heals</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/technology-church/in-the-wake-of-boston-social-media-heals-2013-04-25/</link>
		<comments>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/technology-church/in-the-wake-of-boston-social-media-heals-2013-04-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was last week American experienced its first terrorist act through the lens of social media. Millions turned to Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networking sites to gain information on the bombings in Boston. During 9/11, many turned to TV and<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/technology-church/in-the-wake-of-boston-social-media-heals-2013-04-25/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>The fence through Friendship Park</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/the-fence-through-friendship-park-2013-04-25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LeDayne McLeese Polaski</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.abpnews.com/blog/?p=3237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A fence runs through Friendship Park at the western end of the U.S. border with Mexico. A 20-foot tall steel structure begun in late 2011 and completed in early 2012, it begins at the very spot where (without barriers) it<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/the-fence-through-friendship-park-2013-04-25/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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		<title>My Boston take-aways</title>
		<link>http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/my-boston-take-aways-2013-04-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nell Green</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These posts are truly difficult to write; partly because if you want to be real then you have to confess some things and partly because events such as occurred last week are not easy to process. I am not sure<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="http://www.abpnews.com/blog/social-issues/my-boston-take-aways-2013-04-24/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
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