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		<title>Corruption, greed and the Beautiful Game &#8211; by Steve Couch</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/30/corruption-greed-and-the-beautiful-game-by-steve-couch/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/30/corruption-greed-and-the-beautiful-game-by-steve-couch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 21:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;R Guest writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Couch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In December 2010, FIFA announced that Qatar had been chosen to host the 2022 football World Cup. Not so much a footballing hotbed as just hot, it remains a controversial choice. Qatar has an appalling record of human rights but &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/30/corruption-greed-and-the-beautiful-game-by-steve-couch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2574&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Humbled for a Season by Steve Couch</media:title>
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		<title>Sex and the Spa Town</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/27/sex-and-the-spa-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 19:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex clubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ In the last three months two nightclubs in my home town of Leamington Spa have applied for ‘sexual entertainment licences’ that allow them to run strip clubs and other ‘adult entertainment’. With the Green Party and others from across the political spectrum I&#8217;ve &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/27/sex-and-the-spa-town/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2560&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should Christians send their children to private schools?</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/10/should-christians-send-their-children-to-private-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/10/should-christians-send-their-children-to-private-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Kuhrt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private school]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Education Secretary Michael Gove, today gave a speech where he said that the segregation between rich and poor children was ‘morally indefensible’.  The Evening Standard tonight quotes his comments at length:  &#8220;It is remarkable  how many of the positions &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/05/10/should-christians-send-their-children-to-private-schools/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2543&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going Beyond &#8216;the Project&#8217;: why we need to be less professional and more radical &#8211; by Anna Hembury</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/26/going-beyond-the-project-why-we-need-to-be-less-professional-and-more-radical-by-anna-hembury/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/26/going-beyond-the-project-why-we-need-to-be-less-professional-and-more-radical-by-anna-hembury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;R Guest writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Hembury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The defining, shaping character of Christian youth and community work is the Incarnation &#8211; Jesus’ birth, life death and resurrection. This presumably means we are confident that Jesus had a pretty good grasp of what constitutes “good practice” so the &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/26/going-beyond-the-project-why-we-need-to-be-less-professional-and-more-radical-by-anna-hembury/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2516&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t buy the lies about Executive Pay: Reward people for the contribution they make</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/24/dont-buy-the-lies-about-executive-pay-reward-people-for-the-contribution-they-make/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/24/dont-buy-the-lies-about-executive-pay-reward-people-for-the-contribution-they-make/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warwickshire county council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Did you know that the Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council gets paid £173,000 per year, which is over 14 times the least well paid person in the Council who get by on £12,145?” Over the last month, I&#8217;ve been knocking &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/24/dont-buy-the-lies-about-executive-pay-reward-people-for-the-contribution-they-make/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2501&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John Bunyan&#8217;s warning to bloggers (and R&amp;R&#8217;s first birthday)</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/17/john-bunyans-warning-to-bloggers/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/17/john-bunyans-warning-to-bloggers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Kuhrt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recommended books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Bunyan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pilgrims Progress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read John Bunyan&#8217;s classic tale Pilgrim&#8217;s Progress.  Published in 1678,  like some of the most powerful Christian writings (e.g. MLK&#8217;s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Dietrich Bonhoeffer&#8217;s Letters from Prison and Paul&#8217;s Letter to the Philippians) it is a &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/17/john-bunyans-warning-to-bloggers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2464&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who will be the fathers?</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/15/who-will-be-the-fathers/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/15/who-will-be-the-fathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elephants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This story was told at my church a few weeks ago: “Elephant herds are formed of an intrictate social web of the extended family. Two or three generations of parents and cousins all play their part – it really does &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/15/who-will-be-the-fathers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2451&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Church has forfeited the right to have a say on gay marriage</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/14/the-church-has-forfeited-the-right-to-have-a-say-on-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/14/the-church-has-forfeited-the-right-to-have-a-say-on-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Chilvers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology & Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual orientation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For as long as I can remember the church in the UK has treated people who are gay horrifically. We have denied, we have judged, we have excluded, we have hurt, we have silenced. The vicious aggression of the recent &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/14/the-church-has-forfeited-the-right-to-have-a-say-on-gay-marriage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2449&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sex, chocolates and a lie in for Easter…or is Christianity worth getting out of bed for?</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/09/sex-chocolates-and-a-lie-in-for-easteror-is-christianity-worth-getting-out-of-bed-for/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/09/sex-chocolates-and-a-lie-in-for-easteror-is-christianity-worth-getting-out-of-bed-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Kuhrt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology & Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Wright]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The vicar of All Saints Church in Hove, Father Phil Ritchie, hit the headlines The Daily Mail and The Sun this weekend when he made these comments to his local paper: ‘The problem with the church is that we stay inside &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/09/sex-chocolates-and-a-lie-in-for-easteror-is-christianity-worth-getting-out-of-bed-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2420&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I signed the ‘Coalition for Marriage’ Petition – by Lizzie Schofield</title>
		<link>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/07/why-i-signed-the-coalition-for-marriage-petition-by-lizzie-schofield/</link>
		<comments>http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/07/why-i-signed-the-coalition-for-marriage-petition-by-lizzie-schofield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R&#38;R Guest writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics & Christian living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition for Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A week or so ago I shared a link on Facebook to the Coalition for Marriage Petition. Its aim is to preserve the ‘traditional’ marriage unit of one man and one woman. It’s a cause I support, and many of &#8230; <a href="http://resistanceandrenewal.net/2012/04/07/why-i-signed-the-coalition-for-marriage-petition-by-lizzie-schofield/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=resistanceandrenewal.net&#038;blog=22457962&#038;post=2401&#038;subd=jonkuhrt&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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