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		<title>Hiatus</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/takin-a-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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Gonna give this a rest for a bit. Sort of talked out, at least when it comes to religion, and I can&#8217;t think of anything else that really interests me right now. Or at least, that I think anyone would be interested in hearing my opinions on. I tried putting the blog to bed, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5526&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do What in Remembrance of Jesus?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/do-what-in-remembrance-of-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holy Communion]]></category>
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So, at the sacred Seder supper that Yeshua bar Yosef  (Jesus of Nazareth) shared with his close Jewish friends he dared to suggest they replace the traditional offerings, meant to remind the Jews of their salvation from Egypt, with something new;  bread and wine, to be shared from that time forward in honor of him. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5507&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blaspheming the Left Lane</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/blaspheming-the-left-lane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blaspheming the holy spirit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[left lane bandits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mstt 12:22-32]]></category>
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The only unforgiveable sin. 
(At least the police in some states give a damn about this. They don’t in Maryland.)
Posted in Spirituality Tagged: blaspheming the holy spirit, left lane bandits, Mstt 12:22-32, unforgiveable sin      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5504&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gee, I Hope I Don&#8217;t Get Raptured</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/i-hope-im-not-raptured/</link>
		<comments>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/i-hope-im-not-raptured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biblical illiteracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Left Behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millinialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rapture]]></category>

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Because then I’ll lose my chance to gloat.
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, Fundamentalism, God Tagged: biblical illiteracy, Left Behind, Millinialism, Rapture      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5491&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Ghost Hunter : An Absolutely True Ghost Story &#8211; I Swear It!</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/my-ghost-hunter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EVP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gettysburg gosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghost Hunters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghost story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitty's dead]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with the spirit of the season I will once again post my  &#8220;Ghost Story&#8221;.

My wife and daughter share a casual interest in accounts of the supernatural. They love to watch those ghost shows on the cable channels, the ones where the paranormal investigators check out allegedly haunted houses. Although they are not in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5473&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging Judges</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/a-new-meaning-for-hanging-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting conversation is happening over on  at Debs&#8217; blog about the problems with capital punishment. The consensus seems to be that even though it is possible to condemn innocent people to death  and that it has happened before and is likely to happen again, there is no need to be hasty. Generally speaking, capital [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5461&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zen Christ</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/zen-christ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inter-faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecumenical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lao Tzu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tao Te Ching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Way]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zen]]></category>

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Jesus was notorious for surrounding himself with the ordinary, the lowly and the unsophisticated, people that we might think of as ‘losers’.  This shows Christians that God’s love is not reserved for the beautiful, the wealthy, the powerful &#8211; the world&#8217;s winners-  but that God loves everyone.  However, as Christians focus on Jesus as God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5436&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel from Viet Nam</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/the-gospel-from-viet-nam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religious Tolerance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Living Buddha Living Christ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category>

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The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom. Our practice is to make ourselves ready for the kingdom so that it can manifest in the here and the now. You don&#8217;t need to die in order to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5434&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burning Bibles again in&#8230;Baptist-stan?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/burning-bibles-again-in-baptist-stan/</link>
		<comments>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/burning-bibles-again-in-baptist-stan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fundamentalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heresy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biblical literalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazing Grace Baptist Church Canton North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bible burning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book burning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KJV Onlyism]]></category>

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Gotta thank Theopoet for this scoop.  I find it funny &#8211; no, actually it&#8217;s sad &#8211; that so many of these mixed up people belong to communities called &#8220;Grace&#8221;.  They don&#8217;t have any idea what the word means.

On October 31, Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina will celebrate Halloween by burning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5427&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear: The Root of Legalism</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/fear-the-root-of-legalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
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Delaware 1st grader has 45-day suspension lifted
By BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Writer Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Writer
BEAR, Del. – A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5415&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brennan Manning on Grace</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/brennan-manning-on-grace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Ragamuffin Gospel]]></category>

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Unlike many Christians, I can’t put my finger on the exact moment, day or even month when I became ‘saved’.  I know it was about seven or eight years ago when God, through Jesus, became the focus of my life.  I certainly thought that I was saved, or at least most of the time I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5402&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words or Bullets?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/words-or-bullets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Our culture is superior. Our culture is superior because our religion is Christianity and that is the truth that makes men free.” [Pat Buchanan, 1993]

“We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren&#8217;t punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5398&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our Marine Leaves for Okinawa</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-marine-leaves-for-okinawa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pfc Ian Beyer]]></category>
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Dressing the Marine







Posted in Spirituality Tagged: Pfc Ian Beyer, United States Marine Corps      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5378&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;First one must say &#8216;yes&#8217; where one really can&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/first-one-must-say-yes-where-one-really-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
“I will be a better Catholic, not if I can refute every shade of Protestantism, but if I can affirm the truth in it and still go further. So, too, with the Muslims, the Hindus, the Buddhists, etc. This does not mean syncretism, indifferentism, the vapid and careless friendliness that accepts everything by thinking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5365&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Hundred Proof Grace</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/two-hundred-proof-grace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Farrar Capon]]></category>

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&#8220;The Reformation was a time when men went blind, staggering drunk because they had discovered, in the dusty basement of late medievalism, a whole cellar full of fifteen-hundred-year-old, two-hundred-proof grace—of bottle after bottle of pure distillate of Scripture, one sip of which would convince anyone that God saves us single-handedly. The word of the gospel—after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5362&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do Christians think they can communicate better than Jesus?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/can-christians-communicate-better-than-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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Then Jesus came to them and said, &#34;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you
Matthew 28:16-20

What [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5337&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s So Super about Supersessionism?</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/whats-so-super-about-supersessionism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
“So in other words, you don’t believe that the Jewish faith has any validity?”
“No, not any more. They blew it when they denied Christ.”
This snippet of a conversation I had with my friend Jack the other day highlights a Christian doctrine called Supersessionism.  In a little bit more than a nutshell, here is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5332&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spread of Islam: Conversion not Conquest</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/the-spread-of-islam-conversion-not-conquest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
In a lecture I attended last night, the teacher, who is an Episcopalian priest and a history professor, stated that, in contrast to the growth of the Christian empire, the Islamic expansion was relatively peaceful.&#160; That it was mostly a matter of common Christians of the Byzantine empire being attracted to Islam.&#160; I had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5326&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;For whoever wants to save his life will lose it&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/for-whoever-wants-to-save-his-life-will-lose-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu, 5th or 6th Century BCE

If you want to become whole,
let yourself be partial.
If you want to become straight,
let yourself be crooked.
If you want to become full,
let yourself be empty.
If you want to be reborn,
let yourself die.
If you want to be given everything,
give everything up.
The Master, by residing in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5319&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Fundamentalism is the childhood disease of all religions and cultures&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sharpiron.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/fundamentalism-is-the-childhood-disease-of-all-religions-and-cultures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Beyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2006-04-27 &#8211; Washington, D. C.     International Prayer for Peace     Appeal for peace
Full Text
Men and women of different religions, from the different continents of this world, we have gather in America for the first time, guided by the spiritual energy of the &#34;spirit of Assisi.&#34; Here in Washington, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sharpiron.wordpress.com&blog=391163&post=5314&subd=sharpiron&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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