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		<title>Moral discernment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the mainline Protestant denomination that is out in front of the movement for full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the church, the UCC is often portrayed in the media as some peculiar exception to &#8220;what Christians think&#8221; &#8211; or ignored altogether. So I thought this development was an encouraging sign:
It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=342</link>
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		<title>Equality and justice for all</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published in the Loudoun Times-Mirror, June 17, 2010
In a few weeks, we’ll celebrate the Fourth of July and recall a Declaration of Independence that says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all [people] are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, [and] that among these are Life, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=288</link>
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		<title>Muslim perspectives on the life of Jesus and resurrection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To members and friends of St. James UCC…   getting ready for Sunday, May 9
We’ll return to some experiences of looking at spiritual truth from outside the Christian tradition with the visit of Sr. Sheikha Farhanahz Ellis who is the Interfaith and Outreach Director of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) located in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=212</link>
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		<title>Interfaith conversations around some Jesus narratives, death and resurrection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what is known as the Apostle’s Creed, a statement of belief developed to educate those who became converts to Christianity – but was then also used regularly in much of its liturgical worship – these basic statements are at its core:
Jesus was born,  was crucified (under Pontius Pilate’s decree),  died and went [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=207</link>
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		<title>Temptations of false security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  To members and friends of St. James . . .
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		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=199</link>
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		<title>Mission statement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To members and friends . . .   tomorrow at St. James United Church of Christ
It’s impossible to forget where we were last Sunday.  We’re still reeling from the events in Haiti…  still remembering those words from Isaiah…   The earth is mourning…  the foundations of the earth will rock&#8230; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=194</link>
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		<title>Beyond Afghanistan – A Time to Break Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The above title is based on some words of Martin Luther King, Jr. spoken at the Riverside Church in New York on April 4, 1967 – exactly one year before he was killed.  It was at a meeting of CLERGY AND LAITY CONCERNED ABOUT VIETNAM, and he began:
“I come to this magnificent house of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=193</link>
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		<title>The cheapening of religion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting comment by a reader of Andrew Sullivan&#8217;s blog describes the &#8220;cheapening of religion&#8221; that seems to have found its essential expression in the absurd outburst by Brit Hume. It seems to me that we&#8217;ve been seeing quite a bit of this sort of thing in Loudoun, such as in the recent outburst over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=186</link>
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		<title>Earthly rulers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To members and friends of St. James UCC&#8230;
        &#8230;a few quick notes about tomorrow
After watching BILL MOYERS JOURNAL last night&#8230;  especially his conversation with HOWARD ZINN (author of A People&#8217;s History of the United States) that included some clips from THE PEOPLE SPEAK program that will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=178</link>
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		<title>There will be signs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To members and friends of St. James in Lovettsville&#8230;.
A very, VERY short word about tomorrow&#8230;.
It&#8217;s the FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT&#8230;   getting a start on a NEW CHURCH YEAR&#8230;   and in some respects we begin where we have been the last several weeks&#8230;   especially when you consider this reading from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjamesucc-love.org/?p=174</link>
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