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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/03/decoding_bible_march_2010/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Should we be fruitful and multiply?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:06:39 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/03/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Climate change is about saving human beings — plain and simple]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/03/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:30:59 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Let the healing and rebuilding begin]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2010/03/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The suffering in Haiti forces us to face the world's inequities]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2010/03/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:27:08 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[My View]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/03/my_view/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Token Indian girl]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/03/my_view/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:12:33 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/02/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The class of 1944]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/02/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A closer look at the stars]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2010/02/observations/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The more we learn about the universe, the more the mystery deepens]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2010/02/observations/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:22:15 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/01/decoding_bible_feb_2010/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Do Earthlings have a special claim on God?
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/01/decoding_bible_feb_2010/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/01/decoding_bible_jan_2010/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Can we proclaim Jesus in a multi-faith world?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/01/decoding_bible_jan_2010/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/01/generations_jan_2010/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Attending funerals of contemporaries is a wake-up call]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2010/01/generations_jan_2010/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Justice for Canada's Aboriginals]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2010/01/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ In honour of former editor Hugh McCullum, The Observer investigates the state of education on Canada’s First Nations reserves ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2010/01/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:25:14 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[At Issue]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/12/at_issue/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Human rights, by their very nature, are doomed to be taken for granted]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/12/at_issue/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:54:40 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A sense of history]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/12/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Understanding the church's past is critical for moving purposefully into the future
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/12/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:16:29 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A season for stories]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/11/moderator_message/]]></link>
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  <description><![CDATA[ A message for Christmas from the moderator]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/11/moderator_message/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:17:36 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/11/generations_nov09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Debate about God is a good thing when done intelligently
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/11/generations_nov09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[At Issue]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/11/at_issue_nov09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ We mustn't ignore the conflict that pushed oppression so far beyond our borders ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/11/at_issue_nov09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Moment of silence]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/11/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ By rejecting our elders, we are losing our connection to a truly great generation ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/11/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Living in faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/10/faith/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ It's possible to find God even in a frayed moment ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/10/faith/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/10/decoding/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ What does God do?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/10/decoding/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Reflecting on the 40th General Council]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/10/observations/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Commissioners have confessed to the church’s brokenness and embraced the inevitability of real change]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/10/observations/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/09/reinvention/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ It’s encouraging to think that in the bleakness of disappointment, any of us can reinvent ourselves in mid-life ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/09/reinvention/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/09/decoding_bible/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Did Jesus make mistakes?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/09/decoding_bible/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tar sands or oil sands?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/09/tar_sands/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You’re either passionately for energy megaprojects or against them. The divisions are as basic as the terminology. ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/09/tar_sands/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:22:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A sign from above]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/07/sign/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ God tends not to communicate with me in direct ways]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/07/sign/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/07/prayer/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ What is the point of prayer?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/07/prayer/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Survey says]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/07/survey/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Where the United Church's course will lead remains to be seen, but this much is certain: there will be no going back to the church of our forebears]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/07/survey/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Triumph of the human spirit]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/06/observerations_june09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Singing sensation Susan Boyle reminds us that we are all people of spirit, whether or not we call ourselves spiritual
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/06/observerations_june09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/06/generations_june09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ United Church camps attract those with little or no interest in faith. And that's a good thing.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/06/generations_june09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/06/decoding_bible/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ What is conscience?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/06/decoding_bible/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/05/decoding_bible_may09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ How much do you have to believe to be a Christian?
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/05/decoding_bible_may09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/05/generations_may09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Octogenarian love isn't for the faint of heart]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/05/generations_may09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Betting the farm]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/05/observations_may09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The collapsing economy has exposed failures almost too monumental to comprehend
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/05/observations_may09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/04/generations_april09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Shedding some light on the art of journal keeping ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/04/generations_april09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decoding the Bible]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/04/decoding_bible_april09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Why did God forsake Jesus on the cross?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/04/decoding_bible_april09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Setting the table; not serving the meal]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/04/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Thanks to the Emerging Spirit campaign, Canadians have come to expect the unexpected from the United Church]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/04/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tell us about the things that matter ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/03/observersations_march_09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ In a survey-weary world, it's still important to contribute to the ongoing conversation about your church’s future]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/03/observersations_march_09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/03/generations_march_09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Turning middle-age is a chance to look inside oneself]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/03/generations_march_09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:36:32 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Living in faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/03/march_09/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Truth is what moves us from a platitude to the profound]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/03/march_09/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:36:27 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/02/generations/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ We live in one world, and we must show solidarity with the oppressed]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/02/generations/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:36:22 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[At Issue]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/02/second/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A surprising number of new Canadians are open to a community of faith, and many are looking for ways to connect beyond their ethnic enclave]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/02/second/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:36:16 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The new militancy]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/02/atheism/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ To the most strident of atheists, religion is not simply a different way of seeing things; it is the enemy]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/02/atheism/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:36:11 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Restless soul]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/01/restless_soul_jan2009/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Restless no more, a veteran columnist bids readers farewell and prepares to head in a new direction
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/01/restless_soul_jan2009/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:36:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Living in Faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/01/living_faith_jan2009/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The true test for President Obama will be bringing about a new world of peace and prosperity without disturbing the current standards of living ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2009/01/living_faith_jan2009/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:36:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, Observer]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/01/observations_jan2009/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ As The Observer begins its 180th anniversary, we look back at the narratives that tell us who we are and where we come from]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2009/01/observations_jan2009/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:57 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Remembering Hugh McCullum]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2008/12/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Former Observer editor was a story in and of himself — a densely packed narrative with many twists and turns]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2008/12/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:52 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[At Issue]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/12/at_issue_dec08/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The United Church's Emerging Spirit Campaign begs some hard questions about money and faith]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/12/at_issue_dec08/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:47 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Midlife Matters]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/12/midlife_matters_dec08/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Work is a blessing, it’s what keeps you alive. So why should I retire?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/12/midlife_matters_dec08/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:41 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Living in Faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/11/living_faith_nov08/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Living risk-free begins as a means to preserve life but ends up confining it
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/11/living_faith_nov08/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:36 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Restless Soul]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/11/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ We're at a crossroads regarding the way we celebrate Christmas]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2008/11/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:31 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Conservative Christians in the U.S. still have muscle]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2008/11/observations_nov08/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin may well represent the fullest flowering of the Christian right yet]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:16:38 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Midlife Matters]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Making a will forces us to imagine the world without us but also gives us a say in that world]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:35:16 EST</pubDate>
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