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		<title>My Lenten Reflection</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2012/03/26/my-lenten-reflection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer I think this sums up my frustration with some ideas of faith. here, Bonhoeffer is basically summing up Luther's "sin boldly" statement. Honestly, I've never really been able to quite wrap my head around this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge Accepted</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2012/02/21/challenge-accepted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a weird series of events, I'll be taking an interim position as the High School Youth Ministry Leader at my church. While that's cool on it's own, the thing I'm most excited about was to be able to leave the job I've held the last four years. It isn't that I didn't appreciate being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 SD Synod Assembly &#8211; 6/11/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my live blog from day 2 of the SD Assembly - April 11th, 2011 2:34 pm Well, we're ahead of schedule and just have the closing blessing after Vibrant Faith. So, I'm going to sign off. I'll post some final thoughts tonight! 2:20 pm Roe Eidsness presented the final faith story. His topic was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 SD Synod Assembly &#8211; Some Post Day 1 Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2011/06/11/2011-sd-synod-assembly-some-post-day-1-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worship is beginning for day two of the Synod Assembly. I was pleasantly surprised to hear the sounds of drums, a guitar, a bass and mic'ed singers; a full praise band was quite a surprise for the synod assembly. Now, we're not rocking out to David Crowder songs or anything, but it's good to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 SD Synod Assembly &#8211; 6/10/11</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2011/06/10/first-plenary-session-2011-sd-synod-assembly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's my live blog from day 1 of the SD Assembly - April 10th, 2011 5:41 pm Time for dinner! Done for the night. I'll post some thoughts later and pick it back up in the morning! 5:35 pm The hardest thing about being Lutheran is that we aren't a church of rigid conformity. That's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Begins &#8211; 2011 SD Synod Assembly</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2011/06/10/it-begins-2011-sd-synod-assembly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year’s drive to the Synod Assembly was less of an road trip than last year. Rather than a six (or so) hour drive to Rapid City, I just had a quick 50 minute commute to Sioux Falls. Upon arrival I donated blood and the opening worship service has started. I wanted to get started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Messy World</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2011/01/06/a-messy-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Christmas we celebrate that God became human and entered this dirty, flawed and often shitty world. John's Gospel says the Word dwelt among us. God took on all the filth of being human. Jesus did not forsake the pain of humanity to enjoy the joy; he became all that is human. 14 And the Word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SD Synod vs. The Social Statement</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2010/06/13/the-sd-synod-vs-the-social-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've received many questions about the vote at the South Dakota Synod Assembly regarding a resolution that was passed to Reconsider and Remove the Social Statement, “Human Sexuality:  Gift &#38; Trust.” Rather than try to summarize everything, I'll be as thorough as I can with it and walk through everything. I'll post the resolution, my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SD Synod Assembly &#8211; Live Blog 6/12/2010</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2010/06/12/sd-synod-assembly-live-blog-6122010/</link>
		<comments>http://somelutheranguy.com/2010/06/12/sd-synod-assembly-live-blog-6122010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Live Blog from the second day of the ELCA South Dakota Synod Assembly. 3:45 pm Apparently some of the interstate is under water on our way back, so we're going to leave now. I'll check in when I get back to Brookings. 3:25 pm We'll have a closing statement and then will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SD Synod Assembly &#8211; Live Blog 6/11/2010</title>
		<link>http://somelutheranguy.com/2010/06/11/sd-synod-assembly-live-blog-6112010/</link>
		<comments>http://somelutheranguy.com/2010/06/11/sd-synod-assembly-live-blog-6112010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the Live Blog from the first day of the ELCA South Dakota Synod Assembly. 5:07 pm That resolution was passed. Tonight there's a banquet and a speaker. 5:00 pm We now have a resolution to look into ways to help restore the pension funds at Augsburg Fortress. There will probably not bee to [...]]]></description>
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