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		<title>To Be Well</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/05/08/to-be-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Being well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celeste Corcoran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapel in the Pines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do you want to be well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Martinez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel of John]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gospel of John, Chapter 5, verses 1-9 is the text for this sermon preached on May 5, 2013 at Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill, NC. “Do you want to be made well?” Jesus’ question to the man on the mat waiting at the healing pool sounds almost rhetorical at first. “Do you want to be made well?”  Jesus says. Thirty-eight years the man hovered near those healing waters, waiting for someone to help him, waiting for a way to make those last steps. For thirty-eight years he contemplated how to find healing.  And he had tried&#8211;feebly,... <a class="more-link" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/05/08/to-be-well/" rel="nofollow">Read the full post</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feminism and Football</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/04/30/feminism-and-football/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[anti-racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calling audibles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devon Ramsay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feminism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[white privilege]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marciamountshoop.com/?p=2968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a quarterly blogger on the <a title="FAR website" href="http://feminismandreligion.com/" target="_blank">Feminism and Religion</a> website.  My post up this week is on how race and privilege affected the NCAA investigation of the football program at University of North Carolina.  If you enjoyed the <a title="Calling Audibles link" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2011/11/14/calling-audibles-part-i-sudden-destruction/" target="_blank">Calling Audibles</a> series, you will want to check out this post.  If you are interested in issues of white privilege and race, you will want to read it, too.  And if you are just curious about how in the world feminism and football could possibly have anything to say to each other, then I hope you'll read on and let me know what you think. <a title="sticky full post" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/04/30/feminism-and-football/">Here are the first couple of paragraphs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing A Retreat for Women:  Wandering Home</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/04/24/announcing-a-retreat-for-women-wandering-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Not a Regular Blog Post]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many practicing Christians today who wonder where we fit into the world of church. More and more people understand themselves as on a spiritual journey, but don't understand institutional religion as a helpful part of that journey. Maybe you are exploring these questions in your own faith walk. Maybe you are involved in the life of a church and want to feel more resonance with its practices. This first time retreat for women may be a place you'd like to come and explore these and other questions.  <a title="Wandering Home link" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/wanderinghome/" target="_blank">I hope you will click here to learn more about this event and join us at Avila Retreat Center for Wandering Home</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Courage</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/04/16/courage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bombing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boston marathon bombing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[racial profiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before this “day after” the Boston Marathon bombing had a chance to see morning light, my eight year old daughter called out for me.  It was a nightmare that woke her from her sleep.   I always ask, in my bleary state, for my children to tell me about the dreams that startle them awake and scare them enough to call me in.   Hopefully telling them out loud can help us let them go or find a new way to finish them.   Sometimes we look for reassurances in our waking world for what we would do if ever... <a class="more-link" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/04/16/courage/" rel="nofollow">Read the full post</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Saturday&#8217;s Song</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/03/30/holy-saturdays-song/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[redemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the harrowing of hell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marciamountshoop.com/?p=2883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, brothers and sisters of the Jesus-named faith, You must stop and hear the still of death The Holy One takes in no oxygen and blood does not flow Flesh grown cold Still, you and I, be still If you must move, let it be a mourning dance If you must reverberate, a groaning trance Today we re-member death&#8217;s hard truth a day of finitude, of lonely tears and deep longing for what is gone And death, people of Jesus, is today&#8217;s purpose sitting, prostrating, falling, being thrown or carefully placed into a tomb The One who loved, who spoke... <a class="more-link" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/03/30/holy-saturdays-song/" rel="nofollow">Read the full post</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Important Study about Race and Privilege in America</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/02/27/important-study-about-race-and-privilege-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the characteristics of white privilege is that it is intended to be and often is invisible.  And white culture benefits without trying to discriminate, even with intentions of fairness and assumptions of an even playing field. Making privilege visible and something at which we can critically gaze is an important practice of being anti-racist.  <a title="Wealth Gap Study" href="http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2013/february/wealthgap.html" target="_blank">I hope you will take a minute to explore this new study from Brandeis University that helps to make privilege visible.  </a>

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		<title>V-Day&#8211;One Billion Rising</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/02/06/v-day-one-billion-rising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Not a Regular Blog Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AnI Rose Whaleswan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Billion Rising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual assault]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Valentine's Day, February 14, all around the world people will be gathering to take a stand, to heal, and to speak out on violence against women.  Chances are there is an event near you.  Go to the <a title="One Billion Rising" href="http://onebillionrising.org/">One Billion Rising</a> Website and find a way to participate.  And <a title="Rise, Strike, Dance" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5N8rSy4CU&#38;feature=share" target="_blank">watch this video</a> if you want to be inspired!]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus, The Missing Years</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/02/06/jesus-the-missing-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boy Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I preached this sermon, JESUS, THE MISSING YEARS, on Luke 2:22-40, at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Southern Pines, NC on February 3, 2013.   Jesus&#8230;. the missing years[1] That’s how singer/songwriter John Prine starts his song by the same name. He tries to fill in the blanks of what happened with Jesus between his miraculous birth in Bethlehem and his violent death in Jerusalem. Prine isn&#8217;t alone in wanting to fill in the blanks about the things we don’t know when it comes to Jesus’ life.  From the 2nd and 3rd century writers of texts we call today extra-canonical... <a class="more-link" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/02/06/jesus-the-missing-years/" rel="nofollow">Read the full post</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Truth and Consequences:  This Feminist&#8217;s Perspective?</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/01/29/truth-and-consequences-this-feminists-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confession]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a quarterly contributor to the <a title="Feminism and Religion home page" href="http://feminismandreligion.com/" target="_blank">Feminism and Religion Blog</a>.  My post this time around asks the same question Pilate asked Jesus:  "What is truth?"  I hope you'll <a title="Truth Blog Post on Feminism and Religion" href="http://feminismandreligion.com/2013/01/29/truth-and-consequences-this-feminists-perspective-by-marcia-mount-shoop/" target="_blank">read the post and join the conversation</a>.  I welcome your insights.  I can't think of many more important questions for us to ponder together these days....  Peace,  Marcia]]></description>
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		<title>Being Anti-Racist in 2013&#8211; Happy Birthday, Dr. King</title>
		<link>http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/01/15/being-anti-racist-in-2013-happy-birthday-dr-king/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of the skin but by the content of their character.  I have a dream today! ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, “I Have a Dream” speech, August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be 84 years old today had his life not been ended by violence in 1968.    For those who shuttered at the vision he had the courage to share with our nation during his ministry, his death no doubt was an illusory... <a class="more-link" href="http://www.marciamountshoop.com/2013/01/15/being-anti-racist-in-2013-happy-birthday-dr-king/" rel="nofollow">Read the full post</a>]]></description>
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