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		<pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[United Methodist doctor helps set up Haiti clinic]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dr. Troy Silvernale, a United Methodist family physician born and raised in Haiti for 12 years as the son of missionary parents, has returned to there to help families recover from the earthquake. Kathy L. Gilbert reports.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wesley inspires modern-day Christian vegetarians]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Many United Methodists who turn to vegetarianism take their inspiration from the occasional meatless diet of John Wesley. Susan Hogan has the story.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Abandoned: Haiti hospital is home to orphaned children]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The doctors and staff at Grace Children&rsquo;s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are caring for 10 to 15 children left &ldquo;abandoned&rdquo;&mdash;often parentless&mdash;by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The doctors and staff at Grace Children&rsquo;s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are caring for 10 to 15 children left &ldquo;abandoned&rdquo;&mdash;often parentless&mdash;by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Women leave streets behind, find new hope]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In 1997 the Rev. Becca Stevens founded Magdalene, a residential program for women to escape a cycle of substance abuse and prostitution. She spoke with Bill Fentum about the rewards of that work.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Asbury a model for modern Methodists]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Francis Asbury, whom many historians consider the &ldquo;Father of American Methodism,&rdquo; often does not get as much attention as John Wesley. Mary Jacobs spoke with historian John Wigger about Asbury&rsquo;s tremendous impact on the church.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Francis Asbury, whom many historians consider the &ldquo;Father of American Methodism,&rdquo; often does not get as much attention as John Wesley. Mary Jacobs spoke with historian John Wigger about Asbury&rsquo;s tremendous impact on the church.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Getting the job done: Mission volunteers eager to return to Haiti]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Though Haiti&rsquo;s fragile infrastructure has hampered aid efforts, UMCOR and Methodist churches with deep roots in the country are helping fill in the gaps. Bill Fentum has the story.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[COMMENTARY: Connectional Table affirms plans for holistic 21st-century church]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[For years we&rsquo;ve heard grim diagnoses on the future of the United Methodist Church, but in the coming year, says Mary Brooke Casad, the Connectional Table is drawing up blueprints for a brighter future.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For years we&rsquo;ve heard grim diagnoses on the future of the United Methodist Church, but in the coming year, says Mary Brooke Casad, the Connectional Table is drawing up blueprints for a brighter future.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[GEN-X RISING: Trading new patterns for old]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In the second of a multi-part series on the means of grace, Andrew Thompson explains how spiritual disciplines help our lifelong journey of salvation&mdash;and how our culture works against it.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[WESLEYAN WISDOM: Definition of ‘liberal’ has drifted from its generous roots]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The word &ldquo;liberal&rdquo; has morphed into something far different from its roots, says Donald Haynes, who recounts his own experiences with liberal Christianity in the &lsquo;50s.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ex-gang member helping ex-cons get on track]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the worst of the &ldquo;preacher&rsquo;s kids,&rdquo; ex-gang member Matthew Taufetee now speaks to ex-cons to help them get back on track. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Perhaps the worst of the &ldquo;preacher&rsquo;s kids,&rdquo; ex-gang member Matthew Taufetee now speaks to ex-cons to help them get back on track. Kathy L. Gilbert has the story.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[German layman to head UMC missions agency]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thomas Kemper, a German former missionary with broad ecumenical and international experience will be the new chief executive of the denomination&rsquo;s General Board of Global Ministries. Elliott Wright reports.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Path 1 begins training church-plant coaches]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Path 1 Coaching Forum, an event nearly a year in the making, recently trained coaches who will venture out into different conferences to work with church planters. Tim Ghianni reports.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Help with Haiti earthquake relief through UMCOR]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[When you give through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR Advance #418325), 100 percent&nbsp;of your donation goes directly to the Haiti earthquake relief effort.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When you give through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR Advance #418325), 100 percent&nbsp;of your donation goes directly to the Haiti earthquake relief effort.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[REFLECTIONS: In times of financial crisis, church must offer real hope]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Businesses and institutions once thought indestructible are now collapsing, says Bishop Woodie White, and now more than ever, the church and its clergy must step up to the challenge of a changing climate.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AGING WELL: Finding ways to be creative benefits both mind and soul]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Creative arts&mdash;from painting and sculpting to journaling&mdash;provide a valuable emotional and cathartic outlet for the elderly, says Missy Buchanan.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Inside the Evangelical Ivy League]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Photographer Jona Frank spent four semesters documenting life at the evangelical Patrick Henry College in Virginia. RNS&rsquo; Kevin Eckstrom talks with her about the experience.]]></description>
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