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		<title>How seminaries and the ordination process leave theologically &#8220;liberal&#8221; Christians behind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8220;I Look for the Resurrection of the Dead&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 02:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>For Those Who Believe Christianity and Atheism Are Irreconcilably Opposed&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 18:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve revisited a book called Jesus for the Non-religious by John Shelby Spong this weekend as I prepare to write a lengthy personal credo for one of my theology classes. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalstmarielewis.com&#038;blog=26396873&#038;post=1774&#038;subd=crystalstmarielewis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Church A Safe Space?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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