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		<title>Sermon: Luke 8:26-39</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The gospel of Luke opens with Jesus born among and sheltered by ordinary folks. He knows the daily grind of their lives and the sweat it takes to work and survive. He saw the woes of the sick and downtrodden. He knew something more of what they needed than what the priests and purveyors of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=2184&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fiddler on the Roof and the Church Emerging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 20:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well here’s an unusual way to segue into preparation for Pentecost. We went to see the musical Fiddler on the Roof a few nights ago. I have seen the movie multiple times and the stage musical once before. It’s obviously a favorite. In this production raspy-voiced Harvey Fierstein played Tevye the Milkman, the everyman hero, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=2161&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the days of Easter&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2010/04/11/the-days-of-easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I’m back – you can stop with the emails, etc. Though, I appreciate them, mwah! I took a self-imposed retreat from blogging during Lent. I needed to be more intentional about practicing Silence and blogging seems to make my mind race with ideas and to-dos, as if my ADD doesn’t already cause my mind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=2137&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ash Wednesday, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard for us who have come up in a very cognitive faith to embrace the idea of a God who loves celebration. We like to qualify it: Yes, God does like celebration but only after all the serious business of dealing with our sin and stuff is done. But celebration seems to be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=2118&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God, Haiti, Pat Robertston and us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now everyone has heard of Pat Robertson’s unfortunate remarks regarding the earthquake in Haiti. He has often claimed to know the purpose that is intended (of course it’s judgment) by the occurrence of disasters &#8211; the history of slavery, and the reality of richer nations and corporations pushing small businesses and farmers out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=2105&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>from here to Epiphany</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a break from blogging for about a month. I didn’t intend to do that – the busyness of the season forced my hand. I had wanted to write about each week of Advent. Instead, I sensed God saying to me, just pay attention. So, I did. Here are some thoughts from this time. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=2059&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>why I cannot sign the Manhattan Declaration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why I cannot sign The Manhattan Project (&#60;&#8211;click to read) (warning: snarkiness ahead) No, no, no. I simply cannot sign a document such as this. Why? Because it does not reflect the heart of Jesus. Not really. I know that’s a bold statement. Truthfully, it is not a bad document and it carries within it many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=2026&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Really All About God &#8211; book review (sort of)</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2009/11/14/its-really-all-about-god-book-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Really All About God By Samir Selmanovic Jossey-Bass 286 pages including study questions When recommending an important book one of my favorite profs used to say, “Go, sell all that you have and buy this book.” There’s not many books that can truly earn such a strong endorsement but I think this is one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1974&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>blogging the 10 commandments: #4</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2009/10/26/blogging-the-10-commandments-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a brief Sabbath from blogging about some reflections on the 10 commandments and have returned just in time to continue with number 4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1951&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>blogging the 10 commandments: #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am blogging through the 10 commandments. Sometimes things become so familiar that we can’t truly see them anymore. I am finding them richer and more grace oriented than I remembered. They come alive when you remember God&#8217;s passion for creating the Kingdom of Shalom- peace, life, and love- on earth. The post on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1915&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>blogging the 10 commandments: # 1 and 2</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2009/09/30/another-look-at-the-10-commandments-1-and-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to blog about the 10 commandments. Wow, you must be running low on material, a friend said. Weeeeell no, I am interested in writing about them because I think how we see them reveals something about ourselves. They may trigger all sorts of reactions, as my friend conveniently demonstrated. There are those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1892&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>who should lead the church?</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2009/09/23/who-should-lead-the-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you examine the picture closely, you can see that this portrayal of DaVinci’s Last Supper (photographed by Raoef Mamedov) is made up of people with Down’s Syndrome. This picture brought to mind a conversation from a DMin class on church leadership from over a year ago. It was called “Beyond Hierarchy” and focused on what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1858&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>loving the other part of the flock, part TWO</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2009/09/18/loving-the-other-part-of-the-flock-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ellenharoutunian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My tribe has been orbiting around &#8220;truth&#8221; like the earth orbits the sun. This is because truth gives us a center of gravity to keep us in place and to protect us from spinning out of control. My assertion has been that we have been orbiting around a truth too small for us, limiting the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1823&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Fearless by Max Lucado</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2009/09/08/book-review-fearless-by-max-lucado/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear By Max Lucado Thomas Nelson Publishers 220 pages In these days of economic uncertainty and deep political schisms and conflict, a book on the subject of fear is more than welcome. In Fearless, Max Lucado uses his gentle and optimistic style to speak into the many anxieties of life in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1804&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>healthcare reform redux</title>
		<link>http://ellenharoutunian.com/2009/09/06/healthcare-reform-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ellenharoutunian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the debate going on about the healthcare issue has made me very sad. No-one seems to be listening to anyone else very well. Comments that I read on blogs and newssites from all over the spectrum are filled with misinformation and fear and judgment of the other side. One friend simply sighed and asked, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ellenharoutunian.com&blog=3631105&post=1776&subd=ellenharoutunian&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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