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	<description>Home of Ted's untidy brain</description>
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		<title>The Mormon Faith of Mitt Romney</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book Review The Mormon Faith of Mitt Romney: What Latter-day Saints Teach and Practice by Andrew Jackson Did you know: That John Huntsman and Mitt Romney are distant cousins? That Romney’s family, two generations ago, moved to Mexico so they could practice polygamy? That Mormons once raised a militia to combat the US government? That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Tribes and Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of year again. You know, that cheerful time when the guerillas of political correctness launch their counter insurgency against Christmas. What’s a Christian to do? On the one hand, defending the Christmas tree isn’t something that the apostle Paul bothered with, so Christians don’t want to either. Yet, it’s apparent that that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAM: The Traditional Approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The traditional approach to mission might not be as old fashioned as we think. It’s a BAM approach!]]></description>
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		<title>The War on Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/10/26/the-war-on-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Missions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past year I read Philip Jenkins excellent book, &#8220;The Lost History of Christianity.&#8221; He describes the disappearance of large swaths of Christianity. In particular, the Nestorian and Jacobite churches were all but overrun within a few generations by Islamic conquerers. While Muslims are quick to describe the bloody and abhorrent behavior of the Crusaders, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The words &#8220;Christian&#8221; and &#8220;Church&#8221;</title>
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		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2011/10/21/the-words-christian-and-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Missions Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some folks advocate a &#8220;soft sell&#8221; when it comes to outreach to Muslims. Part of this is avoiding the words &#8220;Christian&#8221; and &#8220;Church.&#8221; Here is Ted&#8217;s take on this: &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Hacked</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/10/04/hacked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[This Site]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.esler.org/?p=694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the next few hours (maybe days!!) I will be working to &#34;unhack&#34; my website. Sorry for the inconvenience. - Ted]]></description>
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		<title>How to Think about Missiology</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/09/13/how-to-think-about-missiology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Missions Inc.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, a friend gave me a little article he wrote (not published, so I can&#39;t send it to you) that he entitled, &#34;How to Think about Leadership.&#34; It was an overview, a set of categories actually, of the various ways that people have written about leadership. I&#39;ve long since lost it, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Ever Wondered?</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/08/22/have-you-ever-wondered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2011/08/22/have-you-ever-wondered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Missions Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Reflection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered what it would take?]]></description>
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		<title>Paradox</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/08/04/paradox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2011/08/04/paradox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.esler.org/?p=664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a goofy little poem I wrote about the paradox of faith and assurance from reflections on Hebrews 11:1 Paradox The less assured, the more to risk. The more to risk, the more faith. The more faith, the more assured. The more assured, the less to risk. The less to risk, the less the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still here&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/07/27/still-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2011/07/27/still-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Reflection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.esler.org/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been taking a break from blogging, as you can tell. Current writing projects (which have knocked blogging down the do-list a few rungs) include: Working on my dissertation Studying for comprehensive exams Prepping for a speaking engagement in New York in early August Writing an article on Framing and movement theory Working up [...]]]></description>
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