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		<title>The Triodion &amp; Stewardship &#8211; Part I</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stewardship Overload? After reading the title of this article, you might be saying to yourself (or more probably, hear others around you saying), “Now hold on just a minute!  Not another piece on Stewardship!  Haven’t we heard enough already?  We get it!  We are not giving enough, and the Church wants us to give more!  If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The false wisdom in bumper stickers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all seen the prolific &#8220;Coexist&#8221; bumper sticker with the Star of David, a Cross, and various other religious/belief system symbols, and I guess most of us would agree that coexisting with others is a good thing. However, FEAR THE FALSE WISDOM OF THE BUMPER STICKER! Coexist? That means that you are only existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triodion and Preparation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have been following the church calendar and have been looking ahead, you may notice we only have one more Sunday until the Triodion. It sets up one of the most intense and sometimes most difficult time of the year: Great Lent. The Triodion, with the tiered fasting and Biblical lessons, allows us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sin &amp; Stewardship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Two Cents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barriers to Spiritual Growth I have never been much of a runner.  Although I played Big Ten College-Level Rugby at the University of Iowa, I was never into running for enjoyment, it was always a fitness thing.  Even today, when I exercise, I prefer the Elliptical Trainer to the Treadmill.  My daughters on the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Beginnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newness &#38; Renewal For us as human beings, something “new” always brings with it a certain amount of excitement.  A new technology, a new gadget, a new car, a new home, a new job, even a new diet, all get us jazzed-up.  In the modern world, we have become newness junkies, always craving the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Class-an OLD tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I started a new beginners&#8217; class at our church. We had a decent turn-out and at the end of the class, I had the students hold ison (the moveable &#8220;drone&#8221; of chant) to a few hymns (Doxolgy in tone 1 and Agios o Theos in mode 2) and it got me thinking. Most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year &#8211; A Fresh Look</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrMichael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Orthodox Christian Tradition Let me start by saying that what most of us consider Stewardship is really NOT!  The truth is, we don’t understand Stewardship, because we haven’t been taught.  The Church simply hasn’t taken the time, or made the effort, to explain this essential part of Her Tradition.  That is about to change!  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Visit from the Metropolitan-What I learned</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, the Metropolitan visited my church for several days. He came for the feast day of Saint John the Baptist and presided over two Vespers services and two Liturgies. Given that I have only lead the chanting with a presiding hierarch once at another mission church, it was quite a learning experience. I thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principles vs. Methodologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrMichael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Two Cents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a Difference! When it comes to Stewardship (like so many other Christian Practices), people often confuse principles with methodologies.  There is a clear difference.  Principles refer to those timeless, unchangeable tenets of our Faith, that apply to every time and place throughout the Church&#8217;s history.  Methodologies on the other hand, refer to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new year, a new perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musical Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! With two minutes remaining before the ball dropped in Times Square, Cee Lo Green, the artist whose hijacked motown style in his hit song &#8220;F**K you!&#8221; has swept the nation, sang a sentimental song as a prelude to the ball drop initiated by Lady Gaga and Mayor Bloomberg. It sure was a [...]]]></description>
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