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		<title>Lent: the best time for a bit of R&amp;R</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/21/lent-the-best-time-for-a-bit-of-rr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Kuhrt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigel Wright]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Shrove Tuesday so tomorrow Lent will begin.  At a church we visited on Sunday, the minister spoke about Lent as ‘a time of preparation for Easter, the most important Christian festival’.  My 7 year old son Tom turned to me aghast &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/21/lent-the-best-time-for-a-bit-of-rr/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2232&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Every Little Helps, but Tesco’s use of the Workfare scheme is exploitation for profit.</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/16/every-little-helps-but-tescos-use-of-the-workfare-scheme-is-exploitation-for-profit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need work experience schemes for some welfare claimants, but the workfare scheme is being used by Tesco and others as exploitation for profit pure and simple. Workfare forces some job seekers to take unpaid work for months at a time &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/16/every-little-helps-but-tescos-use-of-the-workfare-scheme-is-exploitation-for-profit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2226&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the mixer&#8230;or just mixed up?  Why Baroness Warsi is wrong about secularism &#8211; by Ronnie Stockton</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/15/in-the-mixer-or-just-mixed-up-why-baronness-warsi-is-wrong-about-secularism-by-ronnie-stockton/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/15/in-the-mixer-or-just-mixed-up-why-baronness-warsi-is-wrong-about-secularism-by-ronnie-stockton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Kuhrt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baroness Warsi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post written by Ronnie Stockton I’m not averse to the odd footy cliche, so obviously the ‘in the mixer’ tagline of yesterday&#8217;s R&#38;R post caught my eye.  As an atheist, I do find that faith is a &#8216;funny &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/15/in-the-mixer-or-just-mixed-up-why-baronness-warsi-is-wrong-about-secularism-by-ronnie-stockton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2210&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baroness Warsi, secularism and putting faith &#8216;in the mixer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/14/baroness-warsi-secularism-and-putting-faith-in-the-mixer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Kuhrt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baroness Warsi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Baroness Warsi&#8217;s article on faith and secularism in the Daily Telegraph this morning has created an Almighty debate.  After the controversies over the banning of prayers at Bideford Council meetings, it&#8217;s yet another example of how issues of faith are &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/14/baroness-warsi-secularism-and-putting-faith-in-the-mixer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=538&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Bideford prayer ruling: not so much anti-faith as undemocratic</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/12/prayer-ruling-is-undemocratic-not-anti-religious/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/12/prayer-ruling-is-undemocratic-not-anti-religious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My concern about the Bideford Town Council ruling which bans prayer from meetings is not because it is anti-faith. It is more because it is undemocratic. Undemocratic The judge ruled that the Local Government Act 1972 didn’t give the Council &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/12/prayer-ruling-is-undemocratic-not-anti-religious/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2184&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We should be anti-bad business not anti-big business</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/09/we-should-be-anti-bad-business-not-anti-big-business/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/09/we-should-be-anti-bad-business-not-anti-big-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Osborne says that he is worried that the UK is becoming ‘anti-business’. What he means is anti-big business. I mean, if failing mega corporations can’t hide their profits away to avoid tax and CEOs can’t claim obscene bonuses in &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/09/we-should-be-anti-bad-business-not-anti-big-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2175&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welfare Reform Bill is on the right track, but it won&#8217;t get the job done</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/07/welfare-reform-bill-is-on-the-right-track-but-wont-get-the-job-done/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/07/welfare-reform-bill-is-on-the-right-track-but-wont-get-the-job-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been an awful lot of handwringing over the Welfare Reform Bill and the ‘benefits cap’ in particular. However, most of the bill is on the right track, although it’s only one part of the bigger picture. The Benefits Cap &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/02/07/welfare-reform-bill-is-on-the-right-track-but-wont-get-the-job-done/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2167&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How an urban holiday club changed my life</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/01/23/how-an-urban-holiday-club-changed-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Kuhrt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in a large C of E church in South Croydon.  Looking back it was a church which gave me a lot of great things – most of which I did not appreciate at the time. Every year &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/01/23/how-an-urban-holiday-club-changed-my-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2146&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Faith Under Fire by Andrew White: Awful and Awe-full</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/01/19/faith-under-fire-by-andrew-white-awful-and-awe-full/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faith under Fire is both one of the most Awful (in what it recounts) and Awe-full books that I have read in recent years. Andrew White is better known as the stubborn and inspiring &#8217;Vicar of Baghdad&#8217;, serving his 3500 strong &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/01/19/faith-under-fire-by-andrew-white-awful-and-awe-full/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2021&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hustle&#8217;s bubble: The Myth of Redemptive Finance</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/01/13/hustles-bubble-the-myth-of-redemptive-finance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social commentary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The final ever series of Hustle starring Adrian Lester airs tonight and after discovering it just over a year ago I&#8217;ll be tuning in. Hustle is a BBC drama in which a gang of successful, high living and smart mainly &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/01/13/hustles-bubble-the-myth-of-redemptive-finance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&amp;blog=22457962&amp;post=2017&amp;subd=jonkuhrt&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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