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  <title><![CDATA[Interview with James Loney]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/07/jim_loney/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Former Iraq hostage James Loney talks with David Wilson about how captivity tested his faith and raised his profile as an activist

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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:36:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Summer humour: youth group merriment]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/07/youthgroups/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ An expert reveals how ratty couches, embarrassing games and over-spiced food will draw youth to church]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Designing sacred spaces]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/06/sacred_spaces/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Sacred space can elevate our understanding of each other and the world we share]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The problem with perfect]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/06/perfectionism/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ There's a crack in everything; that's how the light gets in
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/06/perfectionism/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:58:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A way out of no way]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/06/obama_church/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Win or lose, Barack Obama is helping to reshape American politics. His now-famous church did a lot to shape him.

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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:56:30 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hijacking religion]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/05/hijacking_religion/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Suicide terrorism is a weapon of choice for groups with economic and political aims. Too often, it’s sold as religion.
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  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/05/hijacking_religion/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:35:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[An interview with Lloyd Axworthy]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/04/interview_lloydaxworthy/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Nobel Peace Prize nominee, former Liberal foreign affairs minister and lifelong United Church member talks to David Wilson]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:05:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[An Easter people]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/03/an_easter_people/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ New life is possible. But the path often winds through the valley of death.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/03/an_easter_people/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The gospel according to Al Gore]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/the_gospel_according_to_al_gore/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Al Gore's climate change campaign has more to do with old-time religion than you might imagine]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/the_gospel_according_to_al_gore/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:54:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Muslim house divided]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/a_muslim_house_divided/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Canadian Muslim organizations are anything but unified -- something the United Church must face]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/a_muslim_house_divided/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:09:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Two faiths, one family]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/two_faiths_one_family/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Raising kids in an interfaith marriage has its challenges and rewards]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/two_faiths_one_family/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:11:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Christmas as others see it]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/12/christmas_as_others_see_it/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Rose Tekel is one of five non-Christian Canadians who describe how Christmas appears to them]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/12/christmas_as_others_see_it/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:14:10 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sex and spirituality]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/10/sex_and_spirituality/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Physical and spiritual fulfillment are more entwined than you might imagine]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/10/sex_and_spirituality/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:13:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The forgiveness myth]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/05/the_forgiveness_myth/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The act of forgiving isn't always as tidy as we might imagine]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/05/the_forgiveness_myth/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aches, pangs and humility]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/03/aches_pangs_and_humility/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Living with pain provides the opportunity to rise above it, to walk more closely with God]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/03/aches_pangs_and_humility/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[We're all panhandlers here]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2007/01/were_all_panhandlers_here/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2007/01/were_all_panhandlers_here/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA["Don't be afraid"]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/12/dont_be_afraid/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A 2006 Christmas message from the moderator]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/12/dont_be_afraid/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Native spirituality and Christian faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/11/native_spirituality_and_christian_faith/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ beyond two solitudes]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/11/native_spirituality_and_christian_faith/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[It's time to go now]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/11/its_time_to_go_now/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/11/its_time_to_go_now/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Paddling toward a deeper faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/10/paddling_toward_a_deeper_faith/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Very Rev. Lois Wilson has always been a canoeist. In this excerpt from her recent book <a target="1" href="http://uccan.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?search_flag=1&amp;t_title=Streams+of+Faith&amp;t_author=&amp;t_proid=&amp;drop_pro_id=Product+ID&amp;t_keywords=&amp;B1=Search&amp;page=1">Streams of Faith</a> -- which examines the spiritual lives of a group of women with whom she paddled years ago -- the former United Church moderator (1980-82) and retired senator describes the summers of her childhood in which water, Scripture and paddling made a powerful spiritual mix.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Suicide]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/09/suicide/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ breaking the silence]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/09/suicide/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[In the stillness of Holy Saturday]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/in_the_stillness_of_holy_saturday/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/in_the_stillness_of_holy_saturday/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Easter Sunday is why we say, `Yes']]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/easter_sunday_is_why_we_say_yes/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/easter_sunday_is_why_we_say_yes/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA['Christian unity is not just a dream, it's a duty']]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/christian_unity_is_not_just_a_dream_its_a_duty/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/christian_unity_is_not_just_a_dream_its_a_duty/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Living the Faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/living_the_faith/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ If we are serious about transformation, we have to confront our fear factors]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/04/living_the_faith/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:16:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hope's story]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2006/04/hopes_story/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ a faith that demands action]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2006/04/hopes_story/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Where openness is everything]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/03/where_openness_is_everything/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/03/where_openness_is_everything/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A different kind of call, but a call nonetheless]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/03/a_different_kind_of_call_but_a_call_nonetheless/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/03/a_different_kind_of_call_but_a_call_nonetheless/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The shape of church to come]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/03/the_shape_of_church_to_come/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/03/the_shape_of_church_to_come/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[More Voices]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/02/more_voices/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ songs in a new key]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/02/more_voices/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[John Burton's journal]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/02/john_burtons_journal/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ a coastal presence]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/02/john_burtons_journal/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A new generation, a new need to discern our call]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/01/a_new_generation_a_new_need_to_discern_our_call/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/01/a_new_generation_a_new_need_to_discern_our_call/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[To journey, to discern]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/01/to_journey_to_discern/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/01/to_journey_to_discern/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Waiting for whispers, searching for signs]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/01/waiting_for_whispers_searching_for_signs/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/01/waiting_for_whispers_searching_for_signs/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[One faith, many shades of meaning]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2005/12/one_faith_many_shades_of_meaning/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2005/12/one_faith_many_shades_of_meaning/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Staying with the struggle]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2005/06/staying_with_the_struggle/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2005/06/staying_with_the_struggle/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 14:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Held by a God who hurts too]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2005/05/held_by_a_god_who_hurts_too/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2005/05/held_by_a_god_who_hurts_too/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The greatest myth ever told]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/06/the_greatest_myth_ever_told/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/06/the_greatest_myth_ever_told/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Resurrection]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/04/the_resurrection/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ life stirred up out of the dust]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/04/the_resurrection/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[In the pulpit and isolated]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/02/in_the_pulpit_and_isolated/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/02/in_the_pulpit_and_isolated/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[In search of a theology that fits]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/01/in_search_of_a_theology_that_fits/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/01/in_search_of_a_theology_that_fits/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Weaving the fabric of faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/01/weaving_the_fabric_of_faith/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2004/01/weaving_the_fabric_of_faith/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Who is it that we see at Christmas?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2003/12/who_is_it_that_we_see_at_christmas/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2003/12/who_is_it_that_we_see_at_christmas/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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