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		<title>Eight Is (More than) Enough: Of Seminaries and Church Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father Anonymous at Magdalene&#8217;s Egg recently posted about faculty changes at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, which will shortly be completing its merger with Lenoir-Rhyne University. In the process of the merger, three faculty members will be leaving, their positions being eliminated. A little background is in order for any who may not be familiar with&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Theological Oddments: Structural Engineering the ELCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has been forced by budgetary realities to restructure it's churchwide organization and staff.  My reaction and critique is posted at my occasional theology and church blog Theological Oddments.]]></description>
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		<title>A Historic Day for Lutherans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Churchwide Assembly of the ELCA made monumental decisions for the future of the church body. With a series of four resolutions, the Assembly voted to commit the church, first, &#8220;to bear one another&#8217;s burdens, love the neighbor, and respect the bound consciences of all&#8221; (which passed 771-230). This was followed by a resolution&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Of Lutherans and Tornados (Oh, and Human Sexuality, Too)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America started their afternoon session with a Bible study, a possible tornado hit Minneapolis just south of downtown and apparently even coming right up to the convention center were the meeting was being held. While there have been trees downed in Minneapolis, and there is&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Rules Matter at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rules of procedure? Do I hear yawns? It&#8217;s probably a worthy response to a rather esoteric topic. (And don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m not getting too esoteric.) As the Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America adopted it&#8217;s rules tonight, a couple of important things happened with respect to the issues of ministry by gay and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>ELCA Clergy, the Churchwide Assembly, and Ordination Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ELCA communications office sent out a story on Thursday highlighting results from a survey of Mainline Protestant clergy on gay and lesbian issues and the church (conducted by a firm called Public Religion Research). There were some interesting results, both generally and about ELCA clergy. The survey found that 54% of ELCA clergy favor&#8230;]]></description>
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