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		<title>Eucharist and Peacemaking dialogue</title>
		<link>http://justanapprentice.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/eucharist-and-peacemaking-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunnyside Mennonite Church was the site of the fifth public dialogue between Mennonites and Orthodoxy in southeastern Pennsylvania.  The gathering on November 14 focused on the theme of Eucharist and Peacemaking.  Forty-four participants came together to hear presentations by John Rempel (Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries), Alex Patico (Orthodox Peace Fellowship), and Andrew Klager (visiting scholar at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1615&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Text that Deconstructs our Control (if we let it)&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://justanapprentice.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/the-text-that-deconstructs-our-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Copernican Revolution
Reading Beyond Liberalism &#38; Fundamentalism:  How Modern and Postmodern Philosophy Set the Theological Agenda, Nancy Murphy.
Also thinking about redaction of the Hebrew Scriptures.  The evidence that exists within and beyond the canon of Scripture that the Pentateuch is composed of four main sources or documents that were edited together:  J, E, P, and D.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1587&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Centering our stories in God&#8217;s Story&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strasburg Mennonite Church Renewal Meetings
Tuesday evening:  Luke 19:1-9
 “Where We’re From” (SMC 60s and older SS class, p. 20)
Once a month we center ourselves in God’s story in a special way at Sunnyside MC.  For about 12 years now we have been celebrating Communion once a month.  We do this to remember that while our individual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1572&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Saints Day&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will observe All Saint’s Day on Sunday, Nov. 1 (although I will be speaking at Strasburg Mennonite Church for Renewal Meetings). During our worship service we will remember our loved ones whose faith in Christ has given us encouragement.  Jean and Rachel will be creating an altar space which contains photos or remembrances of departed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1558&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The story of leaves&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story of leaves is an ancient script
written on earth&#8217;s parchment
in blazing colors
telling the timeless organic truth
 that the glorious  brilliance of fall foliage
(more Pollack than Serat)
is also preparation for death
 
leaves
and mortal adam—dust being
who Rises and builds greatness and beauty
must detach and let go
 
This story is also told
by stones and bones at
Giza pyramids, Coliseum, Acropolis
the abandoned Stuckey’s along I-70
in Illinois
 
Leaves and stones
whisper a truth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1527&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cultivating Communities of Faith, Hope and Love&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://justanapprentice.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/cultivating-communities-of-faith-hope-and-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faith, hope and love.  These are gifts that emerge out of the biblical story.  These are the gifts which sustain community. Words, stories, community.  God&#8217;s story, composting in the soil under our bare feet, cultivating our journey into the beloved community.
In the biblical creation story, God speaks and moves. Without a prototype or patent&#8211;light, darkness, water, earth, plants, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1478&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the beloved community</title>
		<link>http://justanapprentice.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/the-beloved-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[what is your name
where are you from
what is your story
will you listen
to my story?
will you listen
or do you think
you already know the truth
of who I am
and how my story does
or does not fit with
your story
as you listen
will you take me as you find me
even as I do the same for you
and what will we do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1436&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be who you are&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://justanapprentice.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/be-who-you-are/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you go off to school this morning
I see your middle-school wings spreading
and I want to tell you
be who you are
as you are becoming
As the sun rises on another day
of books, lockers, lessons
and teachers who will see
your potential and mold it
be who you are
as you are becoming
As you laugh with friends at table
and take the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1423&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Receding summer&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://justanapprentice.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/receding-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A standing ovation for summer
with its buttery corn on the cob
sauteed zuchini squash suppers
A thunderous applause
for freshly sliced yellow
and red beefsteak tomatos
bathing in vinegary sweet
cucumber salad
A heartfelt yawp
for salsa colors
framed in Mason jars
popped and sealed
a family production
A euphoric yes
for verdant goodness
even as the tasks of the day
and the crisp morning air
foreshadow a turning
a diminuendo
See the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1388&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When you were nine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is to remember
that when you were nine
you reeled in two smallmouth bass
hooked to the same crayfish lure
the early fog still hovered as you
reached for the line and brought
the shimerring green fish
into our canoe
this is to remember
that when you were nine
you specialized in the art
of custom-fitting bicycles
in our neighborhood with
a plastic bottle against the spokes
noisemaker
this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=justanapprentice.wordpress.com&blog=954152&post=1367&subd=justanapprentice&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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