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  <title><![CDATA[Stereotyping’s the thing]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2012/02/stereotyping/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Antipathy toward clergy runs pretty deep in a post-religious society]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:01:32 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Could Pathways work on reserves?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/features/2012/01/reserves/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:07:52 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Spirit Story]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2012/01/spirit_story/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A Hindu practice, a Christian awakening]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:11:27 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Big Question]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2012/01/big_question/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ What does it mean that Jesus saves]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:45:31 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A new look for new times]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2012/01/observations_jan2012/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Denominational magazines must move forward or fall behind]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:19:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Camino Letters]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/camino_letters/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Author completes 26 tasks, assigned by friends, along her spiritual path]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:05:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iona Dreaming]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/iona_dreaming/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Readers are taken on a journey of recovery, reflection and awe]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:51:29 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Sacred Journey]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/sacred_journey/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Author explores traditional spiritual practices with modern interest]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/sacred_journey/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:53:32 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Accidental Pilgrim]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/accidental_pilgrim/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ New book examines contemporary understanding of pilgrimages]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/accidental_pilgrim/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:56:21 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sacred Earth]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/sacred_earth/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Awe-inspiring photographs capture major and lesser-known sacred sites]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/12/sacred_earth/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:36:57 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Interview with Rev. Brent Hawkes]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/12/brent_hawkes/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The minister of Toronto’s Metropolitan Community Church presided over the state funeral for Jack Layton last summer. He recently spoke to The Observer.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:52:10 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[‘Church is for everybody’]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2011/12/everybody/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ To be genuinely welcoming, congregations need to treat people with intellectual disabilities as more than guests]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2011/12/everybody/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:10:26 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Christmas in the Holy Land]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/12/holy_land/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ An Alberta woman encounters inspiration, heartbreak and the odd Santa during an Advent season in East Jerusalem and the West Bank]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/12/holy_land/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Is the end really nigh?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/12/doomsday/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Though every doomsday prediction to date has proven false, they’re still hard to ignore]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/12/doomsday/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:10:14 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Risking the birth of love]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/12/birth/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Christmas reminds us to rise to the challenge of hope]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/12/birth/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:09:49 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Keep it confidential or tell the boss?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2011/12/confidentiality/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ You’re an IT specialist working under strict confidentiality rules. During routine spam maintenance, you stumble upon an e-mail that suggests your company is in secret merger talks and hints that unspecified supervisory jobs will be eliminated. Your supervisor and longtime mentor is about to begin a major home renovation. Do you tell her? ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:25:53 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Christmas Can]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2011/12/christmas_can/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Something ordinary often means much more during the holidays]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2011/12/christmas_can/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:45:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/12/dec2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ End-of-life choices]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/12/dec2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:44:55 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Big Question]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/12/big_question_dec2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Was God ever born?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/12/big_question_dec2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:44:46 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[At Issue]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/12/christmas_2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ When to 'Fa-la-la']]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/12/christmas_2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:44:37 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hope, passion, urgency and destiny]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/12/urgency/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Durban 2011 Blog]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Why Africans are leading the charge to renew the Kyoto Protocol]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/12/urgency/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:49:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Why I don’t 'believe' in climate change ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/11/climate_change/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Durban 2011 Blog]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Carbon emissions are a fact, not a faith system]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/11/climate_change/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:31:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Journey of discovery in the Galapagos]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2011/11/galapagos/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ One man’s personal evolution meets Darwin’s famous theory]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2011/11/galapagos/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:09:23 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lacking leadership in a high-carbon world]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/11/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Durban 2011 Blog]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Withdrawing from Kyoto would show that Canada is part of the problem rather than the solution]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/11/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:49:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Climate is not a negotiation]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/11/durban/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Durban 2011 Blog]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Either we play by the planet’s rules, or the planet ‘shakes us off like gnats’
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/durban_2011/2011/11/durban/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:25:15 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[My View]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/11/my_view_nov2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Are we relevant?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/11/my_view_nov2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:44:29 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Photo essay: After apartheid]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2011/11/after_apartheid/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Twenty years after South Africa abolished its race laws, residents of its most populous township still struggle to get by in a deeply unequal society. ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2011/11/after_apartheid/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:08:19 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Interview with Mary Hynes]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/11/interview_mary_hynes/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The host of CBC Radio’s “Tapestry” program often engages in wide-ranging discussions with the most interesting thinkers on faith and spirituality. She recently talked to The Observer. ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/11/interview_mary_hynes/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:51:57 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[An unremarkable reunion]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/11/reunion/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ One woman’s six-year journey to find her birth mother skips the Hollywood ending for something more complicated]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/11/reunion/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:08:58 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The ultimate outsider]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2011/11/outsider/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Bible tells us to love our neighbour, but what if he’s a pedophile?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2011/11/outsider/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:08:46 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[‘An all-or-nothing guy’]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/11/sanguin/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The United Church’s leading voice on evolutionary Christianity, Rev. Bruce Sanguin brings an athlete’s intensity to his spiritual questing]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/11/sanguin/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:08:33 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Green Zone]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/green_zone/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Political thriller about Iraq war shows the limits of exporting democracy]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/green_zone/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:55:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Battle for Haditha]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/haditha/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Award-winning director mixes the crudity of military culture with the restlessness of everyday life in a war zone]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/haditha/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:48:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Messenger]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/messenger/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Two officers are assigned to notify next of kin when a soldier is killed in action]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/messenger/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Armadillo ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Danish film is an authentic portrait of regimental life]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:38:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Restrepo]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/restrepo/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Documentary reminds us that it’s not just life that’s risked when we wage war]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2011/11/restrepo/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:34:49 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Honour veterans or promote peace?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/everyday/2011/11/veterans/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Every year on Remembrance Sunday, the church where you minister holds a ceremony to honour the congregation’s veterans and to remember their fallen comrades. The congregation’s peace committee complains that the practice glorifies war and promotes nationalism. They’ve asked you to put a stop to it. How do you handle this? 
]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:25:33 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Generations]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/11/generation_nov2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Baffled by gizmos ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/11/generation_nov2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:44:20 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Big Question]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/11/big_question_nov2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Does God test us? ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/11/big_question_nov2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:44:10 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[‘There’s nothing like it anywhere’]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2011/11/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Torontonians are feeling a little unsure of themselves right now, but their big city is much greater than the sum of its annoyances]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2011/11/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:44:01 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Giving thanks amid uncertainty]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/10/giving_thanks/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Thanking God is easy when things go right, but hardship can foster a more radical kind of gratitude
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2011/10/giving_thanks/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:08:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lofty living]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2011/10/lofty/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Former church buildings spell opportunity for condo developers, who are discovering that buyers are drawn to more than the stained glass windows and cathedral ceilings ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2011/10/lofty/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:07:41 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tommy Douglas]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/tommy_douglas/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Biography reminds readers of the link between faith and politics
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/tommy_douglas/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:18:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bonhoeffer]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/bonhoeffer/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Book encompasses the life of a pastor, martyr, prophet and spy]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/bonhoeffer/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:12:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Letters to My Daughters]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/letters_daughters/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Author charts her life as a female politician in Afghanistan]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/letters_daughters/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:07:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rescuing Regina]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/rescuing_regina/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Tale about a Congolese refugee shows the best and worst of human behaviour]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/rescuing_regina/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:01:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Captivity]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/captivity/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Former hostage’s account is a journey into the ‘belly of paradox’]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2011/10/captivity/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:24:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Big Question]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/10/big_question_oct2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Does God need to be thanked?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/10/big_question_oct2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:43:53 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[My View]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/10/my_view_oct2011/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Words to brand by]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/2011/10/my_view_oct2011/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:43:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The culture of debt]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2011/10/culture_debt/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Today, our children have to work — and borrow — to keep pace with our standard of living]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/columns/observations/2011/10/culture_debt/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:43:34 EST</pubDate>
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