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		<title>Immigration raid in Postville:  Justice denied</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most of those three hours, this man was just weeping, and he was weeping for his family, worried about his children. He had children back in Guatemala, his mother, his wife and his sister all depending on him. He was the sole earner for the entire family.
So describes Erik Camayd, a professor of modern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa District Nazarene Ministerial Credentials Report - 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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Ministerial Credentials Board
Partial Report No. 1
We, your Board of Ministerial Credentials, submit the following:
We recommend that the following ministers be received by transfer:
Elders-Arlan Hoskins from Dakota, J. Brian Shubert from South Arkansas, Ralph William Tucker from Missouri, Donald Rae Thurman from Southern California, William Sutton from South Texas, Judy M. Wigren from Michigan, Timothy D. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;To live now as we think humans should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://masbury.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/to-live-now-as-we-think-humans-should-live-in-defiance-of-all-that-is-bad-around-us-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: I found some good encouragement in the comments of friends at Clipmarks today, and was reminded of this post from nearly two years ago.  Here&#8217;s a re-post—&#8217;cause we all need hope.


Sometimes I think of the enormity of darkness which our world contains, and find the tragedies involved simply too crushing.
   How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Declaration of Independence and human rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To commemorate the 4th of July, here&#8217;s Declaration of Independence, as published by The Pennsylvania Packet, one of the great Philadelphia newspapers of the day.
According to EarlyAmerica.com:
Congress had appointed a Committee of Five to draft a statement to the world presenting the colonies&#8217; case for independence. The committee consisted of John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pagan Abraham, father of three religions (part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Abram's world, 4,000 years ago, was almost incomprehensibly different from ours. I wonder what God was really saying to Abram. I wonder how Abram understood it. And now, after 40 centuries, I wonder how it could possibly speak to me?]]></description>
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		<title>How would drilling offshore affect oil supplies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Clamor is on the rise from the right about how drilling for oil along the US coasts would increase supplies and lower gas prices.  But what would we really get?

Juan Cole posted this outstanding graphic to make it clear. Look for the dark blue (you may need to look closely!) to see it.  A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US General:  Bush Administration committed war crimes, must be held accountable</title>
		<link>http://masbury.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/us-general-bush-administration-committed-war-crimes-must-be-held-accountable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember Major General Antonia Taguba, USA (Retired); he headed up the Abu Ghraib abuse investigation, carefully and openly laying out the details before Congress in 2004.  The Pentagon was not pleased;  Taguba appears to have been coerced into retirement as a result.
Yesterday, Physicians for Human Rights released a new report, &#8220;outlining the medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If they call me &#8216;Dungface&#8217;&#8230; [readings for Sunday, June 22, 2008]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["If they call me Dungface ... "  Lectionary readings for Proper 7 A, June 22, 2008]]></description>
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		<title>Why science won&#8217;t prove God</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A sharp clipper named Lexica left this beautiful graphic at Clipmarks:











clipped from www.sciencebuddies.org







Overview of the Scientific Method







The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions. Scientists use the scientific method to search for cause and effect relationships in nature. In other words, they design an experiment so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What if we already have what we need?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sermon of June 12, 2005 - Proper 6A
Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7); Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)
Worship order summary:
Genesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7);
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19;
Come, Now is the Time to Worship
I Waited
Healing Grace
Prayer
Welcome
Ben and Monte:  Romans 5:1-8
Sharon:  Sharing
Give Thanks
Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)
Prayer
Giving
I Want to Know You
Worship order working copy:
10:42 flash lights
10:45 cue worship opener
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