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		<title>Wounded Witness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 03:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[doubt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of my internship duties at Broad Street United Methodist Church, I am occasionally asked to preach.  Our church follows the lectionary, a rotating set of themes and passages from scripture that follows the Christian calendar.  This takes a little freedom away from the preacher, but it is a spiritual practice that allows Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Easter story: A skeptic&#8217;s struggle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am back!  It has been a very busy few weeks, with Holy Week and Easter services to prepare for, and I have found it difficult to update this blog.  That is the challenging thing about writing &#8211; it comes from a space of critical thinking and creativity, which requires the mind to be free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crisis: Failure or Opportunity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I wrote about the anxieties and stresses that college students face at the end of the academic year.  Some make it through this time unscathed, while others find themselves in crisis.  For those in the latter category, a question often emerges:  What is wrong with me? Outside the university campus, more people are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Breaking</title>
		<link>http://inextricablybound.com/2011/03/spring-breaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spring Break]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, spring is here!  While it still feels like winter in Ohio and other states of the North, the season of spring officially arrived one week ago with the equinox on March 20th. With the conclusion of spring break, college students everywhere head into one of the most hectic times of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update &#8211; out of town!</title>
		<link>http://inextricablybound.com/2011/03/update-out-of-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear readers, I am currently in New York City until this Sunday, visiting Union Theological seminary and enjoying time with friends.  I have little time to update this blog until I return.  Thanks for checking in, and I&#8217;ll have some new posts ready by next week! -Ken]]></description>
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		<title>Gaga for God!</title>
		<link>http://inextricablybound.com/2011/03/gaga-for-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M.  Just put your paws up, &#8217;cause you were born this way, baby&#8221; &#8211; Lady Gaga She&#8217;s on her way to becoming one of the biggest pop stars of all time.  Her music is played on radio stations and in clubs across the globe.  She&#8217;s one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Art</title>
		<link>http://inextricablybound.com/2011/03/the-power-of-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Music can get at a part of us that is hard to open up to.&#8221; -Will Schuester, Glee (&#8220;Comeback,&#8221; 2/15/11) Since the beginning of human history, artists have played a vital role in nurturing the human spirit.  Whether in the concert hall, the dance hall, the gallery, or the sanctuary, art holds power far beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the United Methodist Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban studies]]></category>

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		<title>Inextricably Bound</title>
		<link>http://inextricablybound.com/2011/03/inextricably-bound/</link>
		<comments>http://inextricablybound.com/2011/03/inextricably-bound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.&#8221; &#8211; The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., &#8220;I Have a Dream,&#8221; speaking about white Americans supporting the Civil Rights movement. After a long search for a title for this blog, I found my inspiration in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
		<link>http://inextricablybound.com/2011/03/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Introduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, reader!  My name is Ken.  Welcome to my new blog, Inextricably Bound, where I seek to share a new narrative about spirituality and religion for people who live in an increasingly secular world.  The idea for this blog comes from conversations I have had with friends and acquaintances curious about my decision to pursue [...]]]></description>
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