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		<title>Demons, Powers, Principalities and Healing</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/30/demons-powers-principalities-and-healing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from a Chapter in Paul Tillich’s New Being that has been posted online. Tillich writes after returning from Germany where he witnessed much brokenness: But we read that in this nation almost 40 per cent of all those &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/30/demons-powers-principalities-and-healing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The New Beloved Community</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/24/the-new-beloved-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Gospels, Jesus often has hard words for those who want to follow him. He attacked the debt and purity codes which held the crowd in bondage. Now he is attacking the very heart of the Middle Eastern social &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/24/the-new-beloved-community/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Jesus Movement to Occupy Jerusalem</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/22/the-jesus-movement-to-occupy-jerusalem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Jerusalem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first chapter of Mark’s Gospel, John the Baptizer is arrested and Jesus comes on the scene. He stops by the Sea of Galilee and calls family fishermen to become fishers of men. Hence, we often have the sermon &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/22/the-jesus-movement-to-occupy-jerusalem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>C&#8217;mon Down</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/14/cmon-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus does it again. His direct action campaign, as Ched Myers describes it, now focuses on the Pharisees and table fellowship. According to the puritanical Pharisees, table fellowship was restricted. As John Dominic Crossan teaches us commensality—all are welcome at &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/14/cmon-down/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Codes and Financial Exploitation</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/13/debt-codes-and-financial-exploitation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/13/debt-codes-and-financial-exploitation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a strong contrast in today’s scripture readings. Again, relying on Ched Myers’ analysis, we can see that Jesus is repudiating the debt code of the hierarchical leaders in Israel. Forgiving the sins of the paralytic who was lowered &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/13/debt-codes-and-financial-exploitation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Banksters, Greedy Folks and the Gospel</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/12/banksters-greedy-folks-and-the-gospel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/12/banksters-greedy-folks-and-the-gospel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, &#8220;If you wish [would dare], you can make me clean [declare me clean—a priestly Levitical function].&#8221; Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/12/banksters-greedy-folks-and-the-gospel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Going to Leave Me in the Dump?</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/11/are-you-going-to-leave-me-in-the-dump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/11/are-you-going-to-leave-me-in-the-dump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I read the story about Eli teaching Samuel how to listen to the voice of the Living God, I could not help but think of a story that is playing out in our church community. A lady parishioner went &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/11/are-you-going-to-leave-me-in-the-dump/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Borning Cry Beloved Sons and Daughters</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/09/borning-cry-beloved-sons-and-daughters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/09/borning-cry-beloved-sons-and-daughters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, with baptisms occurring during our Eucharistic liturgy, the pastor/celebrant  and a guitarist sang a Lutheran baptismal hymn, “I Was There to hear Your Borning Cry.” You can hear the hymn being sung on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x9QhN5QnbI The song begins with &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/09/borning-cry-beloved-sons-and-daughters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Peace: Jesus, John, John Dear, Gandhi, James Douglass and Joanna Macy</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/05/thoughts-on-peace-jesus-john-john-dear-gandhi-james-douglass-and-joanna-macy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/05/thoughts-on-peace-jesus-john-john-dear-gandhi-james-douglass-and-joanna-macy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus of Nazareth, our Risen Christ &#8220;You&#8217;re familiar with the command to the ancients, &#8216;Do not murder.&#8217; I&#8217;m telling you that anyone who is so much as angry with a brother or sister is guilty of murder. Carelessly call a &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/05/thoughts-on-peace-jesus-john-john-dear-gandhi-james-douglass-and-joanna-macy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Way, the Truth, the Life</title>
		<link>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/04/the-way-the-truth-the-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/04/the-way-the-truth-the-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is an expanded version of my soaking prayer meditation for Tuesday night, January 3.] I recently saw the movie, The Way, staring Martin Sheen and directed by his son, Emilio Estavez. It is the story of Tom, an affluent &#8230; <a href="http://www.christfaithpower.com/2012/01/04/the-way-the-truth-the-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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