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	<title>into the light</title>
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	<description>Finding Christ in Eastern Orthodoxy</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>the Divine Drama</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/the-divine-drama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following, from Dorothy Sayer&#8217;s book Creed or Chaos, first published in 1949:
Let us, in Heaven&#8217;s name, drag out the divine drama from under the dreadful accumulation of slipshod thinking and trashy sentiment heaped upon it, and set it on an open stage to startle the world into some sort of vigorous reaction.  If the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Bradshaw Paper on Christianity East and West</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have likely read Dr. Bradshaw&#8217;s papers or books before.  Here is a collection of a few papers he has made available online.  Especially enjoyable (I&#8217;ve not yet read them all) is the third one down on &#8220;Christianity East and West.&#8221;
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		<title>&#8220;The Neural Buddhists&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/the-neural-buddhists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No, not the &#8220;neutral Buddhists,&#8221; which is what I thought it said at first glance.  The &#8220;Neural Buddhists.&#8221; An interesting opinion column in the New York Times by David Brooks.  As neuroscience makes huge strides in our understanding of how the human brain functions, Brooks contemplates which direction the religious debates will subsequently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer before reading Scripture</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/prayer-before-reading-scripture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 03:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prayers and Praying]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A prayer before reading Scripture or lives of the Saints or the writings of the Holy Fathers:


Prayer of Saint John Chrysostom
Before Reading or Listening to the Word of God
O Lord Jesus Christ, open Thou the eyes of my heart, that I may hear Thy word and understand and do Thy will, for I am a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christ&#8217;s Descent into Hades</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/christs-descent-into-hades-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 02:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Soteriology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An excellent and provocative new podcast from Fr. Thomas Hopko:
The Descent of Christ into Hades
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		<title>Balancing Welcome and Tradition</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/balancing-welcome-and-tradition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality/Discipleship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two very interesting Gospels were presented to us by the Church these last two days.  On Bright Tuesday, the reading is from St. Luke 24, where Jesus travels with two disciples to Emmaus, only making his identity known to them &#8220;in the breaking of the bread&#8221; (Lk 24.35).  On Bright Wednesday, the reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christos Anesti!  Great and Holy Pascha!</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/christos-anesti-great-and-holy-pascha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christos Anesti!  Christ is Risen!  Cristo ha resucitado!  Cristo voskrese!  Cristo voskres!
A glorious day!   A life-giving day!  A day of joy and unceasing praise!
My family and I are simply overflowing with joy today.  How glorious to finally be home in the Church, celebrating  Christ&#8217;s great and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great and Holy Friday</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/great-and-holy-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calendar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The fifteenth antiphon of Friday Matins
Today He who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the Cross. He who is King of the angels is arrayed in a crown of thorns. He who wraps the heavens in clouds is wrapped in the purple of mockery. He who in Jordan set Adam free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sacrament of Holy Unction / Holy Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/the-sacrament-of-holy-unction-holy-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holy Mysteries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Holy Wednesday, is marked by the Sacrament of Holy Unction.  This will be my family&#8217;s first reception of this Holy Mystery since we were received by the Church last fall.  There are some remarkable resources online which reflect on this Mystery, as well as the service in which it takes place.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clergy and Laity in the Church</title>
		<link>http://kevinburt.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/clergy-and-laity-in-the-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a nice overview of the Orthodox understanding of &#8220;Clergy&#8221; and &#8220;Laity&#8221; the late Protopresbyter, Fr. Alexander Schmemann.  He takes the same approach to explaining laity as Afanasiev did in his book, The Church of the Holy Spirit (recently republished by Notre Dame).  One snippet from toward the end of the essay:
Democracy is the [...]]]></description>
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