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		<title>A Return to Tent-Making?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the Church need full-time ordained leadership in the local context? I have been wondering about the viability of the full-time ordained clergy in the near future. It used to be that the clergy were more often than not, the only educated person in the context of the local congregation. The knowledge held by the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=960&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For those wanting to see our guide for d</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those wanting to see our guide for devotions you can now find it on my new website http://transforminggrace.org/prayer/ Use away. Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=959&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Renewing Contemplation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[centering prayer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished a week long silent retreat focusing on centering prayer (which is a method of prayer that leads into the prayer of contemplation). It was great. I must say that I was so deeply impressed by the wisdom contained within this simple practice and the possibilities of transformation that it holds. The part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=955&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Spirit: Renewal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryancandersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been wondering more and more about the Holy Spirit.  In a conversation the other day with Preston, he mentioned something quite important along the lines of &#8211; “Every renewal movement of the church has been a movement of the Spirit and rooted in a renewed piety.” I am sure that this is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=953&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Convention &#8211; and I am excited.The church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Convention &#8211; and I am excited.The church is in upheaval, the rescue plan is dead on arrival and the faithful gather. Its Holy Spirit time! Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=952&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What if? &#8211; There was still more to understand</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where are we in our faith journey at this moment in history? Have we come to an understanding of faith and the Church that will serve us for the rest of time? Have we fulfilled what Jesus came to show us? I just started reading &#8220;Integral Christianity: The Spirit&#8217;s Call to Evolve&#8221; and have already [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=939&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Models of Vibrancy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been spending some time pondering how the wider church could most effectively help congregations renew. The challenge is that most of us don’t even know what renewal could look like. Lets face it, most of us have grown up in and been trained in a model of church that seems to be struggling. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=936&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What If &#8211; We Trained Pastors Differently</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryancandersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just sitting with one of my parishioners, working on how we can rework an old website so that it can be more interactive. Before this I was visiting a parishioner who had been in hospital. Before that I was leading a bible study and before that a staff meeting. While I did use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=933&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Beginnings and Laughter</title>
		<link>http://abtrenewal.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/new-beginnings-and-laughter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Graff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=928&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Death, the best invention of life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Graff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading through CNN&#8217;s news page and the caption (the title of this post) under this picture of Steve Jobs intrigued me so much I had to follow it. The link led to a page with three videos highlighting Steve Jobs&#8217; life. I decided t0 watch the middle one entitled &#8220;No one wants to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abtrenewal.wordpress.com&#038;blog=8994217&#038;post=923&#038;subd=abtrenewal&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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