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		<title>Austin mosque offers free lecture series on Islam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This looks like a terrific lecture series for anyone (in the Austin area) wanting to get a solid understanding of Islam. And, if I may get on my soapbox for a moment, that should be EVERYONE. I mean, seriously, religious literacy is so important. Plus the lectures are free. PLUS Sheikh Islam — an Austin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=929&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NYT&#8217;s slightly aimless story on religion in public schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NYT is taking the temperature of the prayer in school issue. How bad is it, doc? Well&#8230;. The story lists several recent incidents — some of them pretty outrageous — of Christian preaching in public schools. It also quotes Christian conservatives who claim the secular liberals are trying to rob students and teachers of their right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=924&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting the beautiful life of David Gentiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eeflynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe it&#8217;s been two years since David Gentiles, a pastor at Journey IFC, left this earth. If you didn&#8217;t know him or haven&#8217;t heard of him before now, please read this column I wrote almost two years ago. I hope it will inspire you. &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=890&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perry&#8217;s ad reveals misunderstanding of prayer in school</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eeflynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are up in arms over the new Rick Perry ad in which our Texas governor and presidential hopeful picks a religious fight. He blasts Obama and liberals for allowing gays to serve openly in the military while forbidding kids to pray in school or celebrate Christmas. Huh? Jim Wallis is calling for an apology, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=878&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The challenge of taking an American Jewish head count</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Houses of Worship column by Brandeis professor Jonathan Sarna in the WSJ highlights a very real problem: We don&#8217;t have a solid grasp of the Jewish population in the U.S. Maybe most folks aren&#8217;t too concerned about whether we have an accurate count of American Jews. Maybe most American Jews aren&#8217;t even too concerned. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=874&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Osteen reality show &#8230; sigh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eeflynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reality shows often have little to do with reality. They tend to be carefully staged and edited versions of people&#8217;s actual lives. And I suspect this Joel Osteen project will be no different. The concept, which the Houston gigantichurch pastor is working on with &#8220;Survivor&#8221; producer Mark Burnett, is brilliant marketing for the Osteen brand. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=870&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sex (as in gender) and altar servers; reflections on a WaPo story</title>
		<link>http://eileenflynn.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/sex-as-in-gender-and-altar-servers-reflections-on-a-wapo-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m slow on posting this. Such is life with two children 2 and under. But those children — both girls — are part of the reason I find this WaPo story so distressing. Michelle Boorstein explores the reactions among parishioners at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Virginia where the pastor, the Rev. Michael Taylor, has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=864&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Author Becky Garrison talks mission-shaped ministries and unbiblical BS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eeflynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally &#8212; what you&#8217;ve all been waiting for: Q&#38;As on The Grand Scheme. (You *have* been waiting for this, haven&#8217;t you?) First up, the incomparable Becky Garrison, satirist, keen observer, and a bit of a troublemaker. Which some would argue is exactly what the church needs right now. She&#8217;s the author of several books, including [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=853&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some reflections on &#8220;All-American Muslim&#8221; reality show</title>
		<link>http://eileenflynn.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/some-reflections-on-all-american-muslim-reality-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eeflynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched the first episode of the new TLC series &#8220;All-American Muslim&#8221;, a reality show about Lebanese-American Muslims living in Dearborn, Mich., a city with the highest concentration of Arabs outside the Middle East and the largest community of Shiite Muslims in the U.S. Some thoughts: 1. The folks who are featured on the series represent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=845&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In two columns on Baha&#8217;i faith, one feels lacking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eeflynn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two columns on the Baha&#8217;i faith this weekend. One, a very serious report on Iran&#8217;s unrelenting persecution of its Baha&#8217;i minority (it ran in the WSJ, which doesn&#8217;t allow non-subscribers full access but can be read in entirety here); the other, a brief overview of the faith by an Austin woman who is trying to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=eileenflynn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7858991&amp;post=835&amp;subd=eileenflynn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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