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		<title>Celebrating the Commercialism of Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing more predictable and cliche than the yearly denouncement of consumerism at Christmas. The Pope condemned the commercialization of Christmas at the Christmas Eve Mass last night and President Monson bemoaned the commercialization at Christmas at the annual First Presidency Christmas Devotional this year. I think this yearly antagonism toward commercialism is wrong-headed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Major Doctrinal Shift in the 2010 CHI</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many posts have been dedicated to the new CHI, I am quite surprised that this major doctrinal shift has been overlooked. To my mind, this is probably the most important “micro-mormon” (Thanks, Scott B.) level change to occur in the handbook. So here it is- The 1998/2006 Handbook said regarding food in primary: &#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What should you say in a baby blessing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 07:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time I thought about this question was on my flight from the MTC to the mission home in Florida. My older brother had just asked me something about this in a letter and as I sat pondering the question I was reminded once again that I had nothing insightful to say due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff G is back in the saddle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff G is an old friend of this blog so I thought it fitting to point out that he is back in the saddle and blogging about Philosophy and Mormonism at a new blog. So far, the posts have taken the form of an ongoing dialogue between two interlocutors, much in the same format as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engagement Survey Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firmographics First, we ran the survey from February 2-February 6 and had a total of 218 Responses. 4 responses were unusable due to bad data, which left 214 responses. The survey was only presented through this blog, and all respondents came to the survey via this blog, so we can safely say the responses of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey on Church Engagement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several corporations use a 12 question survey to measure how engaged their employees are in the company and use this as a measure to determine the quality of the workplace. I thought it would be interesting to apply these questions to the church. You may take the survey here, or link to it here I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Worth of Souls, Direct Mail Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve recently been reading some Evangelical books on church growth. While I’ve been truly amazed at the variety and hope to post a review once I get through the 17 books I’ve selected as most interesting, I did want to address one point that seems to be quite common among the Evangelical movement: Direct Mail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orthodoxy vs. [Un]Orthodoxy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt W.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our recent PEC meeting, our bishop let us know that the chain of command [God, Prophet, Apostle, Seventy, Area Seventy, Stake President, Bishop] had sent down a message that the leadership is worried about a growing rift in the church where members are identifying themselves as either orthodox or unorthodox members. What I found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming TEDTalks 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, this is about an entirely different global warming scandal. In this 2007 presentation, David Keith lets the cat out of the bag by revealing a cheap, fast, effective solution to global warming which we&#8217;ve known about for as long as we&#8217;ve been worried about global warming. Yes, you read that right. Keith is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blake Ostler to be presenting in California this weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2009/10/blake-ostler-to-be-presenting-in-california-this-weekend/1463/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newcoolthang.com/index.php/2009/10/blake-ostler-to-be-presenting-in-california-this-weekend/1463/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent (MC)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blake Ostler will be presenting on &#8220;The History of the Trinity: Mormonism Engages the Christian Creedal Tradition&#8221; twice this weekend, down in Southern California. Unfortunately, The Miller-Eccles Study Group didn&#8217;t have their website updated (as of this post) to announce this event which they are hosting, but I wanted to get the word out. Orange [...]]]></description>
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