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		<title>Parallel sayings &#8211; storing and hoarding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Matthew 6:19, TNIV] Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. [Tao Te Ching 44, Ursula Le Guin] [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=1012&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parallel wisdoms &#8211; centeredness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Tao Te Ching 8 Star] Live in accordance with the nature of things: Build your house on solid ground Keep your mind still When giving, be kind When speaking, be truthful When ruling, be just When working, be one-pointed When acting, remember -  timing is everything [Tao Te Ching 8 Mitchell] In dwelling, live close [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=1006&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parallel Wisdoms &#8211; Love</title>
		<link>http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/parallel-wisdoms-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[1 Cor 13 NIV] Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=1000&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tao Testament &#8211; Parallel Wisdoms 2</title>
		<link>http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/the-tao-testament-parallel-wisdoms-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[purity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Matthew 5:8 NIV] Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. [Tao Te Ching 3 Star] When action is pure and selfless Everything settles into its own perfect place &#160; Hugely interpreted, widely misunderstood, the Matthew saying of Jesus yields seemingly endless meanings.&#8221;Purity&#8221; is often read as moral rectitude, religious conformity, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=994&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tao Testament &#8211; Parallel Wisdoms 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Tao Te Ching 2 Star] The Sage &#8230; gives but not to receive He works but not for reward He completes but not for results He does nothing for himself in this passing world So nothing he does ever passes. [2 Cor 9:9 Message (Quoting Psalm 112)] &#8220;He throws caution to the winds,       giving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=986&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Science and/or Faith?</title>
		<link>http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/science-andor-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Responding to a recent local online debate around a Cape Town science teacher who has been &#8220;forced to quit&#8221; her teaching job as a result of a consistent attack from her reportedly  Christian colleagues, I thought we should do a poll. The postings were predominantly combative in tone and reveal just how divided the issue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=978&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self Portrait : David Whyte</title>
		<link>http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/self-portrait-david-whyte/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[belonging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn&#8217;t interest me if there is one God Or many gods. I want to know if you belong &#8212; or feel abandoned; If you know despair Or can see it in others. I want to know If you are prepared to live in the world With its harsh need to change you; If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=965&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A future not our own : San Oscar Romero</title>
		<link>http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/a-future-not-our-own-san-oscar-romero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[disappointment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God&#8217;s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=963&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sola Storia Universale &#8211; Only the biggest story</title>
		<link>http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/sola-storia-universale-only-the-biggest-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Revelation comes in two volumes; the Bible and nature.&#8221; Thomas Aquinas &#8220;When a Story becomes scripture, it ceases to evolve.&#8221; Michael Dowd, Thank God for Evolution As we think of Martin Luther’s revolutionary challenge to the Catholic Church some 494 years ago last Sunday we honour his role in breaking down the stranglehold of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=956&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sean Tucker does junk religion : the &#8220;Unlearning&#8221; review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Paton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the Darwin Award for Ecclesial extinction goes to&#8230; Any church leader in Sean Tuckers new book &#8220;Unlearning&#8221;. Well, not all of them, but Sean&#8217;s debut is a litany of insensitivity, crassness and downright toxic religion, which I am now reminded, has been alive and well over this last decade. The key sentiment, told in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=soundandsilence.wordpress.com&#038;blog=519286&#038;post=936&#038;subd=soundandsilence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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