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	<itunes:summary>An Inclusive Family of Faith</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Countryside Community Church</itunes:author>
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		<title>Quotes and other wisdom on faith and doubt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Affirmation 10 - Sacredness of Mind and Heart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have asked for copies of various poems, prayers and other pieces of wisdom on faith and doubt that were featured in last Sunday&#8217;s worship service on Affirmation 10 (which affirms that doubt can be a productive part of faith).  All of these are reproduced below, along with a few extras that we couldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lydia Ruffin&#039;s music</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Eric Elnes, PhD.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affirmation 4 - God's Worship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lydia Ruffin&#8217;s &#8220;Art and Soul Cafe&#8221; is highlighted in Ch. 10 of Asphalt Jesus, dealing with Affirmation 4 and reclaiming the arts in worship.  Lydia is an excellent guitarist/vocalist, incidentally.  If you&#8217;d like to hear some of her music or order her latest CD, you can find her at http://profile.myspace.com/lydiaruffin.]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. Elnes appears on The God Complex radio show</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Eric Elnes, PhD.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asphalt Jesus Chapters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoenix Affirmations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I had the privilege of speaking with two Christian leaders I value highly, Bruce Reyes-Chow and Carol Howard Merritt, who host The God Complex radio show.  The God Complex is an internet radio show engineered by another leader I respect highly, Landon Wittsitt. I thought the interview was going to be recorded for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bass, with Ripples</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Eric Elnes, PhD.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affirmation 4 - God's Worship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asphalt Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ch10 - Art and Soul]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Affirmation 4 of the Phoenix Affirmations affirms that worship needs to be as vibrant, sincere, and artful as it is scriptural.   What gave rise originally to this Affirmation &#8211; as well as several aspects of Countryside&#8217;s worship that you may consider to be &#8220;new and different&#8221; since I&#8217;ve been on the scene &#8211; was an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Marriage and the Separation of Church and State</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ch5 - The Trickster Shows Up - Again!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ch7 - Faith in Podunk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to be back from vacation, friends!  My family and I had a great time in Bandon, OR.  Sorry for not posting during that time, but I&#8217;ve gotten a lot better about making vacation a true vacation over the years &#8230; Since the last subject I preached a (full) sermon on was homosexuality and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Myths About Inclusive Churches</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Affirmation 5 - ALL My Neighbors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ch8 - Silence of the (Christian) Lambs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When churches declare themselves to be inclusive of all people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) people, a number of things commonly happen that people don&#8217;t necessarily expect.  Let me deconstruct three myths.  For simplicity&#8217;s sake, I&#8217;ll use the term &#8220;open and affirming&#8221; (O&#38;A) to describe any church that has made a public declaration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Guest Blogger, Margaret McGrath, on &quot;Engaging people authentically &#8230;&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Affirmation 5 - ALL My Neighbors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ch8 - Silence of the (Christian) Lambs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve invited novelist and recent Countryside member, Margaret McGrath, to share a reflection from time to time on one of the twelve Phoenix Affirmations. She graciously took me up on the offer.  Here&#8217;s her reflection on Affirmation 5, which claims that &#8220;Christian love of neighbor includes engaging people authentically, as Jesus did, treating all as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Evening Come</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Eric Elnes, PhD.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affirmation 11 - Rest, Recreation & Body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ch7 - Faith in Podunk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In response to last Sunday&#8217;s service, in which the implications of the Hebrew notion of day beginning with night were explored, a Countrysider sent me the following poem, which fits the theme well. &#8220;Let Evening Come&#8221; by Jane Kenyon (from Otherwise: New and Selected Poems) Let the light of late afternoon shine through chinks in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Jesus for me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the groups studying Asphalt Jesus asked the following question: &#8220;Would love your response to the first discussion question for chapter 7, “Who is Jesus for you?” We’re curious about the part of the question that asks us to think about whether we respond to the Jesus of history or the Christ of present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth of July and Affirmation 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Eric Elnes, PhD.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ch7 - Faith in Podunk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mercer Island Presbyterian Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omaha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow in church one of my reflections on Affirmation 11 of the Phoenix Affirmations will be based on this blog post.  I&#8217;m also going to show this video to illustrate another reflection.  So if you&#8217;re reading this before Sunday, be forewarned! A Fourth of July Remembrance I grew up on Mercer Island, near Seattle, in [...]]]></description>
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