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	<title>theRubicon</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Values in Policy Making</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/values-in-policy-making/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/values-in-policy-making/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason D-K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ This thesis deals with problems encountered by decision and policymakers in multifaceted environments. Although rational information is an essential input in decision and policymaking, the process is fraught with many limitations including deficient knowledge, differences in values and ideologies and ambiguities of justice outcomes. Despite this, there is a need for decision and policymakers to reflect on the ethical and social justice questions their policies raise.


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Andy Cro</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2008/08/skillful-culture-making/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Skillful culture making'>Skillful culture making</a> <small>
Moving th</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2006/09/making-the-effort/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Making the Effort'>Making the Effort</a> <small>Sloth - Ou</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>The Holiness Movement: Dead or Alive?</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/the-holiness-movement-dead-or-alive/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/the-holiness-movement-dead-or-alive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 Is there a Holiness dichotomy here? asks Joe Noland

I
&#8216;ve been thinking a lot about holiness lately, simply because often our theology doesn&#8217;t seem to jive with the way we treat each other internally - administratively, officially and otherwise. I detect a holiness divide, separating the internal from the external. &#8220;Others&#8221; is reflected in our compassion [...]


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Current r</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2009/03/thinkaloud-active-holiness/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Thinkaloud | active holiness'>Thinkaloud | active holiness</a> <small>
Does the </small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2009/01/justthinking-the-remote-possibility-of-holiness/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: JustThinking | possibility of holiness'>JustThinking | possibility of holiness</a> <small>I&#8216;ve</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Starting next week on theRubicon</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/starting-next-week-on-therubicon/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/starting-next-week-on-therubicon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>

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Related posts:double~take &#124; how was your week? &#8220;HowALL THIS WEEK - A FEATURE ON ORDINATION 
Which way


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Which way</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Listen &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/listen/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/listen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newadmin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
 Do you hear what I hear? &#8230; asks Wayne Rumsby
I
 believe in The Eternally (and currently) Creative Triune God.  I believe that Trinity is relational, and therefore communicative. I believe that God speaks into the moment in a variety of ways, including through the ancient scriptures, through other believers, through nature, circumstances and occasionally even in ways [...]


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		<title>Living and Dying for Humanity</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/living-and-dying-for-humanity/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/living-and-dying-for-humanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newadmin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gen whY?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Found within the scriptures is a powerful and compelling love story between God and humanity. And the story begins with this almighty, magnificent and all powerful being lacking nothing and perfect in every way opening his mouth and creating us from start to finish. He begins dreaming out loud, and from the imagination of God [...]


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by Bruce </small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2009/06/living-with-arrows/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Living with arrows'>Living with arrows</a> <small>
The pain </small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2008/10/justthinking-living-sacrifices/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: JustThinking &#124; living sacrifices'>JustThinking &#124; living sacrifices</a> <small>
&#8230; o</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>From the streets to a mansion</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/a-mansion-for-the-homeless/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/a-mansion-for-the-homeless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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 A friend finds his place at last &#8230;
G
ordon&#8217;s head lay cradled in my wife&#8217;s arms and we prayed as she softly stroked his contorted face. His breathing was shallow and his liver had finally given out from an insidious cancer. Gordon was a man who had been homeless for over 35 years, almost two thirds [...]


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The seldo</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2009/04/deeper-shade-of-grey-faith-house-11/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Deeper shade of grey | Faith House 11'>Deeper shade of grey | Faith House 11</a> <small>
He did it</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Even Touch It!</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/dont-even-touch-it/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/03/dont-even-touch-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newadmin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[theRubi-Blog]]></category>

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M
any sermons have been preached that have given sound instruction for those seeking to live the way of God. Sermons are a powerful form of sharing the message of the Holy Text. Still there is room for individual interpretations and personal agendas to be expressed. That may not be a bad thing. Just because a [...]


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A cool st</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Does size really matter?</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/does-size-really-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/does-size-really-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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T
here&#8217;s an old Hollywood saying that goes: &#8220;There are no small roles, only small actors.&#8221; I believe there&#8217;s a ministry parallel to which this statement can be applied. I&#8217;m talking about churches/corps/appointments/ministry opportunities, and the question that comes to mind for some people: does size really matter?
Unfortunately for some folks (and I need to fight [...]


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		<title>I was a teenage fundamentalist - part eight</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/i-was-a-teenage-fundamentalist-part-eight/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/i-was-a-teenage-fundamentalist-part-eight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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 Them&#8217;s fightin&#8217; words, pilgrim
Everybody wants to get to heaven, an old Negro spiritual notes, but nobody wants to die. And as John Wayne pointed out often to James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), it&#8217;s life&#8217;s &#8216;pilgrims&#8217; (tenderfoots, or innocents) who tend to be on the express route to the heavenly realms.
In [...]


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 Unchain</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2010/02/i-was-a-teenage-fundamentalist-part-seven/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: I was a teenage fundamentalist - part seven'>I was a teenage fundamentalist - part seven</a> <small>
Are we sa</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2009/12/teen_fundie5/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: I was a teenage fundamentalist - part five'>I was a teenage fundamentalist - part five</a> <small>
&#8220;Dr</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>BEWARE! &#124; The Spirit of Prophecy</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/risk-or-compromise/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/risk-or-compromise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newadmin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Following is the opening sentence in a New York Times column dated February 17, 2010:
&#8220;To settle a longstanding suit alleging that The Salvation Army preached Christianity in the course of its government-financed social services work, an agreement has been reached to ensure that it does not do so.&#8221;
&#8220;An agreement has been reached&#8230;&#8221; that The Salvation [...]


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		<title>Neo-sacramental Theology</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/neo-sacramental-theology/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/neo-sacramental-theology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason D-K</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Paper title: Neo-sacramental Theology
Author/researcher: Adam Couchman
Country of origin: Australia
Publication/completion date: October, 2007
Length: 106 pages
Keywords: The Salvation Army, sacraments
Abstract:

Since January, 1883, The Salvation Army has not formally practised the dominical sacraments within its worship services, yet it still has an inherent sacramentality. At the time that this decision was made by the Army’s leader and founder, General William Booth, the issue was never fully resolved. Rather it was put off to another day when the Army would have more light on the subject. Booth left the decision open for future generations to discuss and, if necessary, rescind. In its 142 year history, this theological issue has been addressed and readdressed by many generations of Salvationists. There have been many publications on this topic and many thorough attempts to give explanation for The Salvation Army’s stance.


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Aaron Whi</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Confession - What&#8217;s the point?</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/confession-whats-the-point/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/confession-whats-the-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newadmin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[U
nfortunately, many of us, perhaps even most of us, don&#8217;t really understand confession beyond what we&#8217;ve learned from the movies. There are so many scenes with the shadowed faces leaning up to the dark screen and whispering their transgressions. In most cases these scenes are in catholic churches and often they are the bad guys, [...]


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weeping w</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>A new book by MAX RYAN</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/a-new-book-my-max-ryan/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/a-new-book-my-max-ryan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>

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Lt.-Colonel Max Ryan, has just published a new book entitled Old Words, Short Words. It is a compilation of columns and devotional pieces written for The Salvation Army over the years in official SA publications and lately on theRubicon .
Read a review from &#8220;CHRISTIAN WEEK&#8221;
http://www.christianweek.org/stories.php?id=834&#38;cat=editor
Old Words, Short Words is available from The Salvation Army&#8217;s Trade Department in Toronto [...]


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e are li</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2008/04/incarnate-forum-geoff-ryan-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Incarnate Forum &#124; Geoff Ryan #2'>Incarnate Forum &#124; Geoff Ryan #2</a> <small>
Part 2 of</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Deeper shade of grey &#124; Faith House 19</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/faith-house-19/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/faith-house-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>newadmin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Shades of grey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 Friendship at Faith House&#8230;.
I&#8216;m beginning to enjoy getting around London on my bike.
It usually feels great to get to Faith House having had the adventure of cycling from South London. I couldn&#8217;t help but see the irony last week as I turned up dripping wet from the 6 mile cycle in torrential rain. Bedraggled, the [...]


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Derek so</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Crucified Lord or Conquering Saviour?</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/crucified-lord-or-conquering-saviour-what-story-of-salvation/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/crucified-lord-or-conquering-saviour-what-story-of-salvation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Think]]></category>

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  What story of salvation?
Images have undeniable power to evoke new ideas and emotions in people&#8217;s minds and hearts, both good and bad. Images work at a non-conscious level and so we need to remind ourselves that images can overpower words. And yet we seem to be inclined to underestimate the power of images [...]


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As a dis</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2009/04/give-your-burdens-to-the-lord/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Give your burdens to the Lord'>Give your burdens to the Lord</a> <small>
by Margar</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2009/04/evangelism-remixed/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Evangelism Remixed'>Evangelism Remixed</a> <small>
Evangelis</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>The King James Version</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/the-king-james-version/</link>
		<comments>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/the-king-james-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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T
he King James Version! Some have ignorantly stated, &#8220;It was good enough for Paul, and it&#8217;s good enough for me!&#8221; I have even heard a preacher say to his congregation, &#8220;I hope none of you brought that New Idiots Version into this church today,&#8221; speaking negatively of the NIV. Why does the KJV of the Bible [...]


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n The Sa</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2008/07/on-inerrancy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: On inerrancy'>On inerrancy</a> <small>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Start A Revolution!</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/lets-start-a-revolution/</link>
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Do something! says Joe Noland
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ords I recently saw on a T-shirt: &#8220;Quit bitching and start a revolution.&#8221; Crude and slightly irreverent, but it clearly gets one&#8217;s attention and makes the point, doesn&#8217;t it? Before reacting too negatively to the slang, please read on.
Blogging has taken &#8220;bitching&#8221; (slang term for bellyaching) to a whole new level. [...]


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		<title>A call to worship</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/a-call-to-worship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Adam Couchman says we&#8217;ve got it all so wrong. 
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y virtue of my present appointment I have had the opportunity to visit a few different corps throughout the territory I am in (Australia Eastern) to participate in and, at times, provide leadership for worship.  In the course of my travels I am seeing some disturbing trends [...]


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		<title>Enlightenment Heritage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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D
uring the Age of Enlightenment (mid-18th to early 20th century) a process known as higher criticism was becoming very popular in Europe. The major emphasis of this age was to state that reason is the primary basis of authority in the world. In keeping with the theme of the Age of Enlightenment, higher criticism asserts that the Bible [...]


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		<title>A word to the cadets (and everyone else!) #2</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/a-word-to-the-cadets-2/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major Harold Hill(R) was asked to address the graduating cadets in New Zealand last December. 
This is the second part of his sagely advice.
P
 rime Minister Keith Holyoake used to tell first-term MP&#8217;s, &#8220;For the first three years, breathe through your nose.&#8221; Or as James put it, &#8220;Be slow to speak&#8221;.  
We need to sort out our own [...]


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		<title>A word to the cadets (and everyone else!) #1</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/a-word-to-the-cadets-and-everyone-else-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Major Harold Hill(R) was asked to address the graduating cadets in New Zealand last December. 
This is the first part of his sagely advice.
A
bout ten years ago I was involved in a seminar in Zimbabwe for extension training officers from the various African territories. One of the speakers was the then Financial Secretary for Zimbabwe, Amos [...]


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		<title>Tell us! We welcome your comments and feedback</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Deeper shade of grey &#124; Faith House 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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 The arrogant bravado of intercession&#8230;!
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t is funny how we approach God in prayer as if He is some poor old dear, hard of hearing and clearly in need of us to tell him what He needs to do, as if speaking to a great aunt who really does not understand. I sometimes wonder what we [...]


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		<title>Real Joy in TSA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Joy Joy Joy! There is Joy in the Salvation Army!

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 f I was being brutally honest I&#8217;d have to say that my experiences with the Salvation Army haven&#8217;t been particularly joyful of late. Interesting, exciting, rewarding, satisfying, hurtful, frustrating, exasperating, exhausting and disappointing maybe, but definitely not what I would describe as  joyous. And I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m [...]


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		<title>New Year Priorities</title>
		<link>http://therubicon.org/2010/02/new-year-priorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Eleanor Burne-Jones shares her shopping list for 2010
These are my ten points that I think TSA needs to urgently attend to in 2010:
1. There are more people in our congregations with frustrated vocations or no sense of vocation than those with one actively nourished and affirmed by TSA.  This needs to totally reverse.
2. Officers need [...]


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by Eleano</small></li><li><a href='http://therubicon.org/2006/07/give-a-year/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: GIVE A YEAR'>GIVE A YEAR</a> <small>GET A LIFE</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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