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	<description>&#34;I cling to my Lord Christ like a burr on cloth.&#34; - Katherine Luther</description>
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		<title>Leap Like Calves</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the homily I preached this morning in Kramer Chapel at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN.  I think I overdid it a bit with the references, quotes and illustrations.  As the dean said afterward, &#8220;well that was a post-modern romp.&#8221;  Text: Malachi 4: 1-6 This is the way the world ends This is [...]]]></description>
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This is the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dr. Dean Wenthe on the Recent ELCA Decision to Ordain Unrepentant Homosexuals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to commend to you a fabulous new biography of one of my favorite authors Flannery: A Life of Flannery O&#8217;Connor.  O&#8217;Connor wrote novels, lots of short stories and a barrelful of correspondence.  Her works were published in the 1950s and 1960s.   One of her most powerful and well-known stories is A Good Man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Watchmen&#8221; at the Deffner Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia The first meeting of the new Deffner Society will occur shortly after Easter break.  Right now, I&#8217;m thinking Thursday, April 23rd.  What time would you prefer?  I&#8217;m inclined to do it over the lunch hour, but if enough people would rather it be late afternoon or evening, I will take that into [...]]]></description>
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The first meeting of the new Deffner Society will occur shortly after Easter break.  Right now, I&#8217;m thinking Thursday, April 23rd.  What time would you prefer?  I&#8217;m inclined to do it over the lunch hour, but if enough people would rather it be late afternoon or evening, I will take that into consideration.
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		<title>The &#8220;Deffner Society&#8221; Will Awaken</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Donald Deffner was one of my seminary professors when I attended Concordia Theological Seminary in the early 90s.  He was a great prof.  My favorite class with him was on evangelizing the intellectual.  Deffner was all about striking up conversations with thoughtful people by engaging them via popular books and other media.  He was [...]]]></description>
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Dr. Donald Deffner was one of my seminary professors when I attended Concordia Theological Seminary in the early 90s.  He was a great prof.  My favorite class with him was on evangelizing the intellectual.  Deffner was all about striking up conversations with thoughtful people by engaging them via popular books and other media.  He was [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Contending for the Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Gobble This Up!</title>
		<link>http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2008/09/23/gobble-this-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife&#8217;s latest children&#8217;s book is Gobble-Gobble Crash: A Barnyard Counting Bash published by Dutton. Unlike most of Julie&#8217;s books which can be purchased from CPH, this one is not religious. Her latest book is also one of her earliest books. I remember the day she wrote it in our backyard in Pittsburgh about [...]]]></description>
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Her latest book is also one of her earliest books.  I remember the day she wrote it in our backyard in Pittsburgh about [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Language of the Liturgy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I read that the Roman Catholic Church will soon be revising the wording of bits of their liturgy. The discussion then ensued about whether liturgical language should be lofty or more colloquial. I noticed from the examples I read online that a number of the &#8220;updates&#8221; actually bring the new Roman mass closer to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacation to D.C. and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2008/07/27/vacation-to-dc-and-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our family left Friday night for our annual two week vacation. For the past several years, we&#8217;ve gone to Colorado (Denver, Colo Springs, Rocky Mtn National Park, Grand Lake, Glenwood Springs), which we always enjoy. But this time, we just wanted to see something different. Jacob&#8217;s never seen any part of New [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Our family left Friday night for our annual two week vacation.  For the past several years, we&#8217;ve gone to Colorado (Denver, Colo Springs, Rocky Mtn National Park, Grand Lake, Glenwood Springs), which we always enjoy.  But this time, we just wanted to see something different.  Jacob&#8217;s never seen any part of New [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dark Knight of the Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Paul wrote: &#8220;Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about such things (Phil. 4:8).&#8221; Many Christians read this passage and focus on the pure &#38; lovely. But notice that the first word Paul uses is [...]]]></description>
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