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		<title>Ash Wednesday Prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the prayer I&#8217;m praying this day:
Marked by Ashes
Ruler of the Night, Guarantor of the day . . .
This day — a gift from you.
This day — like none other you have ever given, or we have ever  received.
This Wednesday dazzles us with gift and newness and possibility.
This Wednesday burdens us with the tasks of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2010/02/17/ash-wednesday-prayer/</link>
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		<title>Season&#8217;s Greetings</title>
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		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/12/22/seasons-greetings/</link>
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		<title>Church Carousel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Compliments of a wonderful artist-illustrator at ABSO:

Ah, the uncomfortable truth-in-jest &#8230;
Related Posts:

Still Detoxing
Daily LifeStream for 2008-10-02
Daily LifeStream for 2008-10-03
Truthful Power
God Producing God


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		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/10/23/church-carousel/</link>
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		<title>Still Detoxing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A co-conspirator of mine recently reminded me that institutional and cultural detox is painful but necessary.
I would add, it likely is also a life-long process.
Some days I wish I had taken the blue pill instead of the red one. In the movie The Matrix when Neo reaches for the red pill, Morpheus reminds him &#8220;I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/10/21/still-detoxing/</link>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Goodness Specified</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the past year I&#8217;ve spent in exile, I&#8217;ve dreamed of what will be when &#8230;
&#8230;when we are in different surroundings, or
&#8230;when we get back on our feet, or
&#8230;when I start (and hopefully complete) my PhD work, or
&#8230;when, when, when
Each time that sense of longing for a different future arises, the Spirit has a way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/09/16/gods-goodness-specified/</link>
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		<title>A Prayer from Oscar Romero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t get enough of this humble and life-giving prayer from a true Christian Anarchist:

It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view.
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts,
it is even beyond our vision.
We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction
of the magnificent enterprise that is God&#8217;s work.
Nothing we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/08/23/a-prayer-from-oscar-romero/</link>
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		<title>Morning Canticle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is part of my morning prayer that I&#8217;ve repeated each morning this month.  The repetition of this liturgy is doing something for me that is difficult to express.  As part of my thanks to the Trinity, I share it with you, praying it might make your path a bit brighter:
Christ, as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/07/30/morning-canticle/</link>
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		<title>Why Do We Feed the Hungry?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reminded recently by a blogging friend, Scott Savage, of John Wesley&#8217;s response to this question.  The question itself seems condemning enough if it comes from a &#8220;Christian.&#8221;  Wesley&#8217;s response is plain, simple, and beautiful.

“John Wesley recognized the ambiguities of Matthew 25:31-46 but did not allow them to deter him from responding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/07/15/why-do-we-feed-the-hungry/</link>
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		<title>Where Is God in Brokenness? &#8211; 14 months later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I friend mentioned a blog post I wrote about 14 months ago.
Here&#8217;s an excerpt:
God is weaving something beautiful, even when all seems lost. God is faithful to love us and care for us, even when we feel abandoned. God is relentless in his activity to create wonder and hope, even when we feel like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/07/14/where-is-god-in-brokenness-14-months-later/</link>
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		<title>What is Prayer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It certainly can&#8217;t be a monologue &#8230; though many of us are guilty of making it so.
It might be less about us (the one who &#8220;prays&#8217;) &#8230; it&#8217;s more about the One who has already spoken to and to whom we respond.

It can&#8217;t be all about talking &#8230; perhaps it&#8217;s more about listening and silence.
It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brianniece.com/2009/07/14/what-is-prayer/</link>
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