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	<description>I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.</description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Wednesday, Week 5 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/08/gospel-reading-wednesday-week-5-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord: consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel Mark 7:14-23 Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord: consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia!Jesus called the people to him and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into a man from outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let us receive the light whose brilliance is eternal</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/02/receive-light-brilliance-eternal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a sermon by Saint Sophronius, bishop In honour of the divine mystery that we celebrate today, let us all hasten to meet Christ. Everyone should be eager to join the procession and to carry a light. Our lighted candles are a sign of the divine splendour of the one who comes to expel the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading, Wednesday week 4 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/01/gospel-reading-wednesday-week-4-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. Alleluia! &#160;  Gospel Mark 6:1-6 Jesus went to his home town and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue and most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gutted: Meeting between Pope Benedict and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kiril not on the cards in the near future</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/31/gutted-meeting-pope-benedict-russian-orthodox-patriarch-kiril-cards-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ugh, I&#8217;m gutted to read of this. As long time readers will know, I dream of the day the two great lungs of Christendom finally join together once again, to breath deeply of that wondrous and tantalising aroma of full and joint communion. It&#8217;s the only way forward to truly re-evangelise Europe in my opinion. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Tuesday week 4 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/31/gospel-reading-tuesday-week-4-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; No one can come to the Father except through me. Alleluia! Gospel Mark 5:21-43 When Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered round him and he stayed by the lakeside. Then one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesley Pilkington and the gay conversion controversy</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/30/lesley-pilkington-gay-conversion-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just received an email from Christian Concern entitled: Lesley Pilkington Appeal. I originally blogged about this a year ago, but if you don&#8217;t know the details, it revolves around Lesley Pilkington, a Christian psychotherapist, who currently faces being stripped of her accreditation to the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) after treating a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two recent attempts to crush Christian freedom of speech.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/30/attempts-crush-christian-freedom-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first by the Gay community. The second from the Humanist camp.]]></description>
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		<title>Reading from St Thomas Aquinas Priest and Doctor</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/28/reading-st-thomas-aquinas-priest-doctor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cross exemplifies every virtue Why did the Son of God have to suffer for us? There was a great need, and it can be considered in a twofold way: in the first place, as a remedy for sin, and secondly, as an example of how to act.  It is a remedy, for, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Saturday 3rd week of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/28/gospel-reading-saturday-3rd-week-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son: everyone who believes in him has eternal life. Alleluia! Gospel Mark 4:35-41 With the coming of evening, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Let us cross over to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind they took him, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts: Self-Identity, Gay, Christian, Mental Illness, Personality Disorders, Rights, Newspeak&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/28/hard-publicly-declare-christian-imagine-personality-disorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A post in which I muse a little, raise questions, and answer very little&#8230;.. I Tweeted earlier: I sincerely believe that it is easier to publicly proclaim your sexuality than it is to declare mental illness and personality disorders. This was met with a small chorus of agreement. This thought derived from an incident on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading for Friday, 3rd week of year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/27/gospel-reading-friday-3rd-week-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia! &#160;  The Gospel Mark 4:26-34 Jesus said to the crowds, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man throws seed on the land. Night and day, while he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Christians support the vigilante hacking group Anonymous, in their upcoming attack on Facebook?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/26/christians-support-vigilante-hacking-group-anonymous-upcoming-attack-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must confess that I was one of the folk cheering from the sidelines when the hacktivist group Anonymous attacked, took down, and defaced the website of the hate group: The Westboro Baptist Church &#8211; The nasty &#8220;God hates fags&#8221; folk who like to picket funerals for some unknown reason. I was amused when a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips for Successful Christian Blogging</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/26/ten-tips-successful-christian-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, the post I&#8217;m going to link to is actually entitled: Ten Tips for Successful Catholic Blogging, but this is a seriously great post for ANY Christian thinking of starting out in the blogosphere; or for those fairly new to the game; actually, it&#8217;s a super post for any Christian blogger of any experience! Check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scripture Readings  &#8211; The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/25/scripture-readings-conversion-st-paul-apostle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Reading Acts 9:1-22 Saul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord’s disciples. He had gone to the high priest and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of the Way, men or women, that he could find. Suddenly, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/25/good-links-53/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Future Shape of Church &#8211; Ecumenical Matters Parchment and Pen &#8211; When God Does Not Show Up Center for Law and Religion &#8211; Can the State Order a Church to “De-Baptize” Someone? Chelliah Laity &#8211; Bishops Accused of Not Being So Christian Slate &#8211; That’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Tuesday,Week 3 of the Year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/24/gospel-reading-tuesdayweek-3-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel Mark 3:31-35 The mother and brothers of Jesus arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him. A crowd was sitting round him at the time the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Countering the misconception that the Christian preoccupation with abortion is a modern phenomenon.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/23/countering-misconception-christian-preoccupation-abortion-modern-phenomenon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to be encountering a growing misconception that the Christian &#8220;obsession&#8221; with the evils of abortion is a modern construct. Here&#8217;s an example of such thinking: &#8230;.the Catholic church has decided to make abortion its cause célèbre in its battle for social and moral relevance. I&#8217;d like to point anybody labouring under this misconception to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading for Monday, week 3 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/23/gospel-reading-monday-week-3-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Teach me your paths, my God, make me walk in your truth. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 3:22-30 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘Beelzebul is in him’ and, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he casts devils out.’ So he called them to him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading, 3rd Sunday of year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/22/gospel-reading-3rd-sunday-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe the Good News. Alleluia! &#160;  The Gospel Mark 1:14-20 After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changed by the Lord’s victory over evil &#8211; Christian Unity Day 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/21/changed-lords-victory-evil-christian-unity-day-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21) Readings Ex 23:1-9 Do not follow the majority in wrongdoing Psalm  1 Happy are those whose delight is in the law of the Lord Rom 12:17-22  Overcome evil with good Mt 4:1-11 Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only &#160; Commentary  In Jesus we learn what ‘victory’ really means for human beings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading, Saturday week 2 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/21/gospel-reading-saturday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel Mark 3:20-21 Jesus went home, and once more such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relatives heard of this, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing the new Blog: God and Politics in the UK</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/20/introducing-blog-god-politics-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it&#8217;s customary for more established blogs to support and introduce the newbies, this seems an opportune moment to bring to your attention the new God and Politics in the UK Blog written by Gillan Scott. His current post looks at UK foreign aid given to countries known for persecuting Christians and argues &#8211; as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Unity, Friday, Day Three: Changed by the Suffering Servant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christ suffered for us (cf. 1 Pt 2:21) This day calls us to reflect on the suffering of Christ. Following Christ the Suffering Servant, Christians are called to solidarity with all who suffer. The closer we come to the cross of Christ the closer we come to one another. &#160; Readings  Is 53:3-11  The man of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Octave of Christianity Unity- We will all be changed by the Victory of our Lord Jesus Christ.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/20/octave-christianity-unity-changed-victory-lord-jesus-christ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gosh, how quickly time flies, we are once again in midst of the eight days of Christian unity. Apologies for being a little late, but here are the themes for each day. &#160; Day One: Changed by the Servant Christ The Son of Man came to serve (cf. Mk 10:45) On this day we encounter Jesus, on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Gospel, Friday, week 2 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/20/todays-gospel-friday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Through the Good News God called us to share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 3:13-19 Jesus went up into the hills and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/19/good-links-52/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Vatican &#8211; Pope Bendict&#8217;s address to the US bishops First Things &#8211; Is the European Union a Catholic Plot Roger E Olson &#8211; Neo-fundamentalism NPR &#8211; Why Do So Many Have Trouble Believing In Evolution? Christian Post &#8211; The &#8216;Prosperity Gospel&#8217; Is Peddled by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading for Thursday week 2 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/19/gospel-reading-thursday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life; you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 3:7-12 &#160; Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, Jerusalem, Idumaea, Transjordania and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel for today, Wednesday week 2 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/18/gospel-today-wednesday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The word of God is something alive and active: it can judge secret emotions and thoughts. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel  Mark 3:1-6 Jesus went again into a synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him to see if he would cure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel Reading &#8211; Tuesday, Week 2 of year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/17/gospel-reading-tuesday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel  Mark 2:23-28 One sabbath day Jesus happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples began to pick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRAN: Evangelical Christianity is the most horrifying intelligence and security organization in the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/16/iran-evangelical-christianity-horrifying-intelligence-security-organization-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fascinating. There is a growing and palpable fear of Christianity as the Iranian religious authorities reluctantly acknowledge the spread of Christianity within Iran: A Revolutionary Guard backed news agency named Fars quoted a pro-regime Islamic cleric who was introduced as an outstanding scholar in denominations, as saying &#8220;evangelical Christianity is the most horrifying intelligence and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel Reading for Monday, Week 2 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/16/gospel-reading-monday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation  Alleluia, alleluia! The word of God is something alive and active: it can judge secret emotions and thoughts. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 2:18-22 One day when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and said to him, ‘Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Gospel Reading</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/15/todays-gospel-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! We have found the Messiah – which means the Christ – grace and truth have come through him. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel John 1:35-42 As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’ Hearing this, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For prayerful reading, today&#8217;s Gospel.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/14/prayerful-reading-todays-gospel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation  Alleluia, alleluia! Bend my heart to your will, O Lord, and teach me your law. Alleluia! &#160;  The Gospel Mark 2:13-17 Jesus went out to the shore of the lake; and all the people came to him, and he taught them. As he was walking on he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Ponderings: Stem Cell Research Causing Me Conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is obvious to say, but I&#8217;m no biologist, neuroscientist, or what have you, and so please forgive my ignorance. I&#8217;m looking for your input. I know from my reading that some serious metal illnesses are suspected to be the result of a shrunken hippocampus. It would seem that a drug has just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, attacks aggressive secularism whilst defending Christianity.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christianity is one of the greatest strengths Europe has, and if it is lost, “we will be condemned to the erosion of the European spirit,” the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek has said. [.....] In an address at the European Prayer Breakfast, Mr Buzek, the former Prime Minister of Poland, and a Protestant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US: Marriage and Religious Freedom &#8211; An Open Letter from Religious Leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/12/marriage-religious-freedom-open-letter-religious-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly, I&#8217;ve just learned from CyberBrethren that a large number of American religious organisations have published an open letter on the subject of &#8216;gay marriage&#8217;: MARRIAGE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Fundamental Goods That Stand or Fall Together An Open Letter from Religious Leaders in the United States to All Americans Released January 12, 2012 Open letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Scripture Reading for today&#8217;s Gospel.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/12/sacred-scripture-reading-todays-gospel/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Because of your love give me life, and I will do your will. Alleluia! &#160; &#160; The Gospel  A leper came to Jesus and pleaded on his knees: ‘If you want to’ he said ‘you can cure me.’ Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Calling the Disabled &#8216;Scroungers&#8217; #spartacusreport</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/10/stop-calling-disabled-scroungers-spartacusreport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I totally support the campaign against the proposed cuts in Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and will break the habit of a lifetime and link to an important document held on the Ekklesia website: A Report on the proposed changes to Disability Living Allowance (PDF) Chelliah Laity tells us of a vigil outside Parliament tomorrow. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Number of Christians nearly quadrupled in the last 100 years and make up roughly same percentage of world’s population</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/10/number-christians-quadrupled-100-years-roughly-percentage-worlds-population/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christians make up about the same portion of the world&#8217;s population today as they did a century ago. But that apparent stability masks a momentous shift. Although Europe and the Americas still are home to a majority of the world&#8217;s Christians (63%), that share is much lower than it was in 1910 (93%). The proportion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Scripture &#8211; Readings for Tuesday of Week 1 of the Year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/10/sacred-scripture-readings-tuesday-week-1-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; First reading 1 Samuel 1:9-20 After they had eaten in the hall, Hannah rose and took her stand before the Lord, while Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. In the bitterness of her soul she prayed to the Lord with many tears and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scripture Readings for 9th January</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Reading 1Samuel 1:1-8 There was a man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the highlands of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives, one called Hannah, the other Peninnah; Peninnah had children but Hannah had none. Every year this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therese J Borchard (Beyond Blue) &#8211; Depression: It’s Spiritually Incorrect</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/04/therese-borchard-blue-depression-spiritually-incorrect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m always blathering on about mental illness in relation to the church but this issue needs addressing again and again and as loudly as possible; in fact, shouted from the church spire. Therese J Borchard (Beyond Blue) over on Beliefnet has written on this topic and does so forcefully, articulately and succinctly, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/04/quote-day-115/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even more interesting was Mark Mardell’s report from Iowa in which he described Rick Santorum as an “evangelical Christian.” Rick Santorum is of course a devout Roman Catholic. This could be seen in two ways. It could, like the previous example, be in line with the cultural bias of the BBC and be an attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/04/good-links-49/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Maggi Dawn &#8211; Battle On A biologist&#8217;s view of science &#38; religion &#8211; Typologies, categories, and the myth of science and religion at war Washington Post &#8211; Vatican launches Catholic home for U.S. Episcopalians Engage &#8211; Daily Mail reports that halal meat rejected in Parliament [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Trauma Syndrome &#8211; Surviving Biblical Fundamentalism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/03/religious-trauma-syndrome-surviving-fundamentalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt in my mind that there are many &#8216;churches&#8217; in this country which would fall easily under the definition of a cult. From my experience they practice scriptural literalism and are in effect their own Magisterium. Oddly enough this &#8216;literalism&#8217; doesn&#8217;t tend to stretch to the Sacraments. They are &#8216;independent&#8217; in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev Nick Howard Publicly Accuses Rev Stephen Sizer of Anti-Semitism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/27/rev-nick-howard-publicly-accuses-rev-stephen-sizer-antisemitism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To be honest with you, I tussled over posting this. Anti-Semitism is a grave accusation indeed and that is exactly what Rev Nick Howard accuses Rev Stephen Sizer of today over on Harry&#8217;s Place. Although it goes without saying that Sizer is an anti-Zionist, I don&#8217;t believe I have seen the open accusation of anti-Semitism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tesco responds to recent Christian criticisms relating to alleged support of Gay Pride London at the expense of Cancer Research UK and Nick Lansley&#8217;s &#8220;Evil Christians&#8221; Flickr comment.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/22/tesco-responds-christian-criticisms-relating-alleged-support-gay-pride-london-expense-cancer-research-uk-nick-lansleys-evil-christians-flickr-comment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to assume most of you have encountered the recent controversies relating to Tesco, which has led some in the Christian world to call for a boycott of their stores. Firstly, Nick Lansley &#8211; Head of Research and Development at Tesco.com &#8211; posted a message on his Flickr page saying: “I’m…campaigning against evil Christians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pew Research: Global Christianity &#8211; A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World&#8217;s Christian Population</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/19/pew-research-global-christianity-report-size-distribution-worlds-christian-population/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll reproduce below the Pew Research Executive Summary (without most graphics as I&#8217;m feeling lazy and depressed), but would urge you to hop over and take a look for yourself, as there is a great deal more information available. Pew Research &#8211; Global Christianity: Executive Summary A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we in a post-secular age?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/18/postsecular-age/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the below quote is from an article referring to the Ukraine, I found the observations of Fr. Borys Gudziak intriguing: “Much of modernity is predicated on an antagonistic relationship between the sacred and the secular. We are proposing that we can move beyond that hostility. We are in a post-secular age now where people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Cameron says UK is Christian in speech in Oxford for King James Bible 400th anniversary</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/17/david-cameron-uk-christian-speech-oxford-king-james-bible-400th-anniversary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to say anything about David Cameron&#8217;s speech as so much has been said already. I think the general consensus in the Twitterati world seems to be that he&#8217;s a hypocrite, with a few folk suggesting he has no real faith, but more a belief in belief. Anyway, you can be the judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Christmas Carol: Starring The Rev Dr Peter Mullen as Ebenezer Scrooge</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/13/christmas-carol-starring-rev-dr-peter-mullen-ebenezer-scrooge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ChurchAds have revealed their new Christmas 2011 poster: ChurchAds had this to say about their new campaign: We are asking individual Christians and church fellowships to donate towards a National Christmas Advertising Fund. Every penny of this will be spent on advertising in national newspapers, on posters in major shopping centres and on radio. Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, urges lapsed Catholics to leave the church.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/10/archbishop-dublin-diarmuid-martin-urges-lapsed-catholics-leave-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Different: The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, has urged the country&#8217;s lapsed Catholics to have the maturity to leave the church. Over the past two decades, rising numbers of &#8216;a la carte&#8217; Catholics simply turn up at the altar for the sacraments like baptism, communion and marriage. But in a new documentary on the future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Thread &#8211; Friday 9th December</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/09/open-thread-friday-9th-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I can&#8217;t seem to think of anything to blog, I thought I&#8217;d start an open thread. Feel free to comment on anything you fancy: poems, questions, observations, gripes and moans, good news, prayer requests, struggles, what you&#8217;re reading or studying, eureka moments, things you think I should have blogged about, interesting links, upcoming events&#8230;..whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/08/quote-day-108/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Church should fear the sin of its own members more than hatred against Christians, Pope Benedict XVI said. SOURCE]]></description>
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		<title>Sickening waves of doubt</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/08/sickening-waves-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m blogging this for a few reasons. Firstly as a record for myself, secondly for therapeutic reasons and thirdly for anyone else that may have experienced the same. Just very recently (last few days) I have been assailed by the nauseous feeling that my faith is rubbish and based on fantasy. Believe me when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What would Jesus Do? (WWJD) No. What did Jesus do? (WDJD)</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/08/jesus-wwjd-jesus-wdjd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in perfect accord with Neil over at A Faith to Live By in relation to this BBC article exploring the origins of the slogan: &#8220;What Would Jesus Do?&#8221;. The more pertinent question is: &#8220;What DID Jesus do?&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>O, Virgin by whose blessing, all nature is blessed!</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/08/virgin-blessing-nature-blessed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sermon from the St Anselm  Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and night – everything that is subject to the power or use of man – rejoice that through you they are in some sense restored to their lost beauty and are endowed with inexpressible new grace. All creatures were dead, as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The more things change, the more they stay the same</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/07/thange-stay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 Anyone who does not know God is simply foolish. Such people look at the good things around them and still fail to see the living God. They have studied the things he made, but they have not recognized the one who made them.2 Instead, they suppose that the gods who rule the world are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religiosity to decline further in Britain while liberal attitudes increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religiosity is set to decline further in Britain while liberal attitudes are expected to increase, the latest British Social Attitudes Report has predicted. The report by the National Centre for Social Research paints a picture of weak affiliation to the church and Christianity in Britain. Of the 3,000 Britons surveyed, 50% said they have no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nativity Factor &#8211; ITN Short Film Competition</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/07/nativity-factor-itn-video-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITN have just emailed me to let us know they have just finished running a &#8216;Nativity Factor&#8217; competition. The aim was to retell the Nativity story in short film format, in the most creative manner possible, within three minutes. I quite like the sound of this and they have received 70 entries comprising both adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday pondering and question: The quest for truth</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/02/friday-pondering-question-quest-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve over at Undeception has a very thoughtful and incisive blog post on seeking truth. Steve rightly highlights the danger posed by those who believe they have a monopoly on truth and says: The greatest threat to Truth comes from those whose confidence that they have it lead them to root out everyone making a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/01/good-links-44/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I personally found interesting for one reason or another: Society for Christian Psychology: Mediation: Moving from Unforgiveness to Forgiveness Naming His Grace: Critiquing the theologies and connections of some pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel leaders: a series # 2 Melanie Phillips: From Red Toryism to Blue Labour, social renewal depends on Christian principles Countercultural Father: Mindfulness&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-Sex Marriage and the Just War</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/30/gay-marriage-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are a few random thoughts on the fly and another blog post within which I raise questions and ultimately answer nothing. Although the sources I pick up on in this post are US focused, I think they have relevance here in the UK. Timothy Dalrymple highlights a piece in The Weekly Standard written by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Nohad Halawi sacked from Heathrow Airport suing for unfair dismissal alleging bullying by Muslim colleagues</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/27/christian-nohad-halawi-sacked-heathrow-airport-suing-unfair-dismissal-alleging-bullying-muslim-colleagues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d put this new &#8216;Christian sues employer&#8217; article on, as it differs from most in that it brings Islam / Muslims into the mix. Nohad Halawi was sacked from her job based in Heathrow Airport as a result of five Muslim colleagues complaining she was being anti-Islamic following a heated conversation in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP Baptist Times &#8211; Britain’s longest-running weekly Free Church newspaper</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/27/rip-baptist-times-britains-longestrunning-weekly-free-church-newspaper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually I link to British Religion in Numbers, but this article is packed through with interesting info relating to Church newspapers and so I will take advantage of their &#8216;Creative Commons&#8217; in this instance: The Baptist Times, Britain’s longest-running weekly Free Church newspaper, is to cease publication of both print and digital editions at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Self-defeating Nature of New Atheism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/26/selfdefeating-nature-atheism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[R Joseph Hoffman is one of the most interesting, honest, thought provoking and knowledgeable of the atheist / humanist camp (I&#8217;m not sure which). As he&#8217;s somewhat critical of New Atheism (or as he terms it &#8220;E Z Atheism&#8221;) he&#8217;s often accused by other atheists of queering the pitch and even covertly batting for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank God for psychiatric wards</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/25/god-psychiatric-wards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just want to note at the outset that this post is in no way to be construed as a negative comment on Lesley&#8217;s blog post; I&#8217;m absolutely delighted when someone blogs on the issue of mental health within the Christian context. Lesley relays to us a story told at an Inclusive Church Conference relating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Mail: Catholics more likely to commit adultery &#8211; Bunkum piffle and tosh</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/23/daily-mail-catholics-commit-adultery-bunkum-piffle-tosh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Irony alert &#8211; This post contains irony* [Irony begins] The Daily Mail has an article today with the provocative headline: Time for confession? Catholics more likely to commit adultery (and Church of England are most faithful). I must say I&#8217;m dreadfully disappointed with the Daily Mail, as usually they are the very bastion of nuanced, well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/23/good-links-43/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I personally found interesting today for one reason or another: Outside the Asylum &#8211; Unreason, demagogues and the end of the West Hope not Hate &#8211; Dean of Bradford calls for Atzmon&#8217;s invite to be withdrawn David Lindsay &#8211; Flight Out Of Egypt Chelliah Laity &#8211; Another Day, Another Show of &#8216;Out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Guardian Angel must be exhausted looking after me.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/21/guardian-angel-exhausted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just recently I became aware that the Catholic Church may teach we all have a Guardian Angel. As a consequence, I enquired about this on Twitter and ThirstyGargoyle pointed me in the direction of  the Catechism of the Catholic Church (336), which states: From its beginning until death, human life is surrounded by their watchful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t bother trying to text &#8216;Jesus&#8217; or &#8216;Satan&#8217; in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/20/bother-text-jesus-satan-pakistan/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s real outrage in Pakistan as the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) have issued guidelines to the mobile phone operators, in order to enforce text content filtering of &#8216;offensive&#8217; words. There are two lists of this &#8216;objectionable content&#8217; in English and Urdo and I&#8217;ve seen the list in English, but won&#8217;t link to it as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes for a normal Christian?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/15/normal-christian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of us spend our lives attempting to appear &#8216;normal&#8217; for one reason or another. And then, of course, there is the fact that the term &#8216;normal&#8217; is not only fluid and culturally defined; I don&#8217;t think there is anyone brave enough &#8211; including social scientists &#8211; to step forward and define &#8216;normal&#8217; in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The painful history of Christianity and Judaism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/14/painful-history-christianity-judaism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post allows me to accomplish two purposes. The first is to highlight a very thought provoking blog post on the historically fraught interaction between Christianity and Judaism, written by Doug Chaplin. The second is to let you know that after a very short excursion into the world of Blogger, Doug has moved back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembrance Sunday Parade, Pacifists and the Political Poppy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just returned from my local Remembrance Sunday parade and it was moving and fabulous as usual. On an aside, I heard the police commander say: &#8220;My people are ready to shut down all the streets&#8221;, wouldn&#8217;t you love to able to say that; just once! It was this time last year that I got into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parliamentary Inquiry &#8211; Clearing the Ground &#8211; Investigates whether Christians are badly treated by the law</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Parliamentary inquiry called, Clearing the Ground, began on Tuesday to hear evidence on whether Christians are badly treated by the law and if they are being pushed out of society. It&#8217;s being run by Christians in Parliament, is chaired by Conservative MP Gary Streeter, and supported by the Evangelical Alliance. The first session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just why is it that Catholic countries are needing bailouts from Protestant countries?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian rasies this question in a comment and I must admit its given me pause for thought. It does seem strange. Christian gives a rather bleak explanation: Interesting tho’ how it is the Catholic/Non-Protestant countries that have been hit the hardest in the Eurozone. Partly because they were economical with the truth about their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Revelation TV debate tonight: Has the Church replaced Israel? The Ultimate Christian Zionism SmackDown – Calvin L Smith vs Stephen Sizer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, here is the final promised reminder. Tonight: 9 &#8211; 10:30pm (GMT &#8211; Weds 9th Nov) is the much anticipated showdown between Dr Calvin Smith – the leading Christian Zionist scholar in the UK &#8211; and Revd Stephen Sizer – the foremost Christian anti-Zionist in the UK. For links from this blog giving you some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lucid and comprehensible Christian response to #occupylsx</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And it comes courtesy of Revd John Richardson and can be read here. UPDATE: Ah, just spotted +Nick Baines post on this topic and also well worth a read.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Is God a Delusion? The Debate That Never Was: William Lane Craig vs Richard Dawkins?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks go to Tim for sending this my way; we&#8217;ve been itching to view this and it&#8217;s hot off the press. Unfortunately, due to my absolutely rubbish Internet connection, I can&#8217;t watch this until first thing in the morning, when for some unknown reason I can stream videos. In the meantime, hope you enjoy!]]></description>
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		<title>Believing God has a plan for your life might improve your mental health.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sorry to confess that I&#8217;ve brazenly nicked the below content from Professor John Byron, but it&#8217;s so interesting and I don&#8217;t really see how to re-phrase it. That&#8217;s my excuse justification and I&#8217;m sticking with it: Here it is: The third portion of the Baylor University Survey on Religion has been released with some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>83% Christians oppose Conservative proposal to legalize same-sex marriages</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[And of that 83%, three-quarters were &#8216;strongly opposed&#8217;. British Religion in Numbers have all the details. Overall the Conservative Party risks losing 57% of Christian votes, if they go ahead with legalizing gay marriage, and not one respondent claimed this move would predispose them to vote Conservative. Here are some of the concerns raised: 85% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do &#8216;Religion&#8217; and &#8216;Spirituality&#8217; mean the same thing: What say ye?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my post yesterday relating to spirituality within health care, I noted the National Secular Society conflate the terms &#8216;Religion&#8217; and &#8216;Spirituality&#8217;. Are they right to do this; do &#8216;Religion&#8217; and &#8216;Spiritualty&#8217; effectively mean the same thing? I&#8217;m genuinely interested in your thoughts, especially given that Wifey and I appear to have somewhat different ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Messianic Alarm</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post written by Dr Calvin Smith of King&#8217;s Evangelical Divinity School: I&#8217;ve previously posted on some of the issues contributing to diverse expressions of Messianic Judaism (MJ, also Messianic Jews), for example MJ self-identity as both Jewish and Christian, the movement&#8217;s relationship with (and role within) the wider Church, and Torah observance. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English Defense League (EDL): 45% profess to be Christians, 7% cite religion as important personal value.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting stats on the English Defense League (EDL) over on British Religion in Numbers, such as: Although 45% professed to be Christians, only 7% cited religion as an important personal value for them [.....] 77% said that they tended not to trust religious institutions Not surprising I suppose. The stats are well worth a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts of God Make Us Slackers, Study Suggests</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the headline emblazoned on the Richard Dawkins website (Thoughts of God Make Us Slackers, Study Suggests), which has been lifted verbatim from the LiveScience website. As usual things are a little more nuanced than first appear and the excellent Tom Rees of Epiphenom has written up the study; which I&#8217;ll reproduce here under his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s NewsCorp consolidates control of Christian literature publishing through HarperCollins acquisition of Thomas Nelson</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the recent hacking scandals that beset Rupert Murdoch&#8217;s NewsCorp, and more specifically the &#8216;News of the World&#8216;, it came to light that Rupert Murdoch publishes and controls great swathes of Christian literature, through HarperCollins Publishing -  a division of NewsCorp – who bought out Zondervan in 1988. As an example, the New International Version [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: 12 Ways To Duck Debating: Richard Dawkins&#8217; Smoke-Filled Article Against William Lane Craig</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kindly sent in by Tim and follows on nicely from my blog post: Millitant atheists are coming out; except of course Dawkins, who’s staying in and hiding behind the sofa. By the way, one of my fav bloggers David &#8211; Anglican Samizdat &#8211; is referenced in the Vid, how cool is that?]]></description>
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		<title>How did a critique of capitalism turn into a debate about the church? #occupylsx</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I know I&#8217;m blathering on quite a bit about the St Paul&#8217;s protests and am getting a little obsessive, so you&#8217;ll have to forgive my foibles on this one. I want to draw attention to two excellent blog posts on this matter. The first is written by Richard Littledale and looks at the dangers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic mental health nurse fired for abortion literature</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the details we have so far, which I&#8217;ve lifted from Richard&#8217;s blog: In brief, a Catholic mental health nurse has lost her job because, in a professional discussion with a colleague, she made available a booklet providing case histories of the mental health consequences of abortion. The booklet was deemed to be religious&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Giles Fraser Canon of St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral resigns over #occupylsx</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the left-leaning Canon of St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral, Dr Giles Fraser, has martyred himself resigned over the Occupy St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral Occupy the London Stock Exchange protests. Apparently he is upset at plans to forcibly remove protesters from St Paul&#8217;s steps, saying he could not support the possibility of &#8220;violence in the name of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Believe TV again in breach of Ofcom rules over claims of miraculous HIV healing</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/25/tv-breach-ofcom-rules-claims-miraculous-hiv-healing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have featured Believe TV here in the past when they were punished by Ofcom for claiming that televangelist Paul Lewis&#8217; ‘Miracle Olive Oil Soap’ cured cancer. What I now report on, I do so with an even heavier heart, as it comes against the backdrop of the harrowing news that three people in London [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian housing manager Adrian Smith demoted for Facebook gay marriage comments</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/23/christian-housing-manager-adrian-smith-demoted-facebook-gay-marriage-comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Mail is featuring the plight of housing manager Adrian Smith, who made some private comments relating to the proposals for &#8216;gay marriage&#8217; on Facebook and has been demoted as a result. He works for Trafford Council Housing Trust and made the comment on his private Facebook page &#8211; in his own time &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St Paul’s Cathedral closes over #occupylsx</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/21/st-pauls-cathedral-closes-occupylsx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ll have to forgive me for the tone of the blog post; but the radical left really does get under my skin at times. News has broken that St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral will be closing its doors for the first time since the second world war, due to the protesters camped outside. Twitter is ablaze with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapture theology, or raptureology, doesn&#8217;t seem to be able to get off the ground</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/21/rapture-theology-raptureology-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here we are again on yet another day prophesied by Harold Camping to be the rapture. Of course, we&#8217;ve been here before. In case you don&#8217;t know what the Rapture is; it&#8217;s the day when the lucky winners will be swept up into the clouds and the losers will be tormented here on earth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uh-oh Psychiatrists can detect our personality type based on our social media interaction.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/19/uhoh-psychiatrists-detect-personality-type-based-social-media-interaction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being as I seem to be having a day of blogging about blogging; I thought I&#8217;d continue the theme. I must confess to having a strange penchant for reading things relating to psychopaths. I even blogged about psychopaths becoming Christians and was somewhat surprised by the level of interest. Anyway, I was busy reading a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has the term &#8216;Evangelical&#8217; been hijacked and robbed?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/19/term-evangelical-hijacked-robbed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up until a few years ago, I used to proudly self-identify as an evangelical; not any longer. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t consider myself an evangelical in the &#8216;proper&#8217; sense, but that I don&#8217;t recognise how the term is often employed nowadays. In view of this, a recent blog post written by Professor John Byron, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do the Church hierarchy view bloggers?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/19/church-hierarchy-view-bloggers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Keen &#8211; Opinionated Vicar &#8211; has an interesting blog post in which he notes that an increasing number of outspoken blogging Anglican vicars are ending up &#8216;between jobs&#8217;. I&#8217;d noticed this trend, and in the past have ventured the question if blogging itself was perhaps one of the reasons inhibiting some landing a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Religious Authorities Acknowledge the Spread of Christianity in Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/18/iranian-religious-authorities-acknowledge-spread-christianity-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how much folk try to suppress the Gospel, the Good news of Jesus will continue to spread, even in Iran: Despite the pressures and threats on one hand and the ban of printing and selling the gospels on the other hand, Christianity is increasingly spreading among the youth and families in Iran. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Church of England and &#8216;Time to Change&#8217; join forces to tackle the stigma of mental illness</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/14/church-england-time-change-join-forces-tackle-stigma-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brilliant news coming out of the Church of England today relating to mental illness and stigma. They&#8217;re launching a new joint initiative to mark World Mental Health Day; which I blogged about here. Before I reproduce the details, I want to highlight two excellent bloggers who also wrote about World Mental Health Day. The first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Medical Council considering restricting faith discussions between doctors and patients</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/13/general-medical-council-restricting-faith-discussions-doctors-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem these proposed changes to the General Medical Council&#8217;s guidance, may have been prompted by the recent case involving Dr Richard Scott: Pulse magazine reported last week that the General Medical Council is planning to ‘harden’ its guidance on religion in practice. The document Good Medical Practice (2006) is the core guidance to [...]]]></description>
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