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		<title>Stewardship of Language</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/21/stewardship-of-language-c-ben-mitchell-respectfulconversation-net/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/21/stewardship-of-language-c-ben-mitchell-respectfulconversation-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we at TCF work to promote charitable conversation, we try to pay close attention to the workings of language –how it tears down or builds up, how it can alienate or unite. Communication (both written and face-to-face) mediates our shared communion and forms the foundation of charitable interaction. Our very mission rests on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disciplines:  responding to God&#8217;s grace</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/16/disciplines-responding-to-gods-grace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/16/disciplines-responding-to-gods-grace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Practices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I introduced the idea that through practice, developed in time and over time during the most ordinary aspects of life, the virtues are formed within us and become part of who we are. Today I would like to address what we mean by practices and why we should participate in them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting the Pause Button: Thinking Formatively About Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/16/hitting-the-pause-button-thinking-formatively-about-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/16/hitting-the-pause-button-thinking-formatively-about-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hitting the Pause Button: Thinking Formatively About Technology Creation, Culture, and Technology: Asking the Right Questions Often when a Christian organization says it is concerned with “science,” everyone immediately assumes that this means the organization is concerned with the science of origins—debates about evolution and creation and so forth. And in many cases, that hasty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conversation Continues</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/13/the-conversation-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/13/the-conversation-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month we introduced an online conversation about Evangelicalism and the Broader Christian Tradition hosted at RespectfulConversation.net.  That discussion continues in the “Comments” section of the RC site, and in an on-going series from a number of other respondents.  We encourage you to join in – here’s a brief overview of some of the new articles: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Revive a Church in Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/09/how-to-revive-a-church-in-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/09/how-to-revive-a-church-in-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Camacho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time the church faces a “crisis” (whether real or perceived), Christians have to think about how they will respond. What strategies should we use to keep and restore the integrity of the Christian faith? David Brooks, NY Times columnist, has written an article that looks back at the major crisis afflicting the North African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Respectful Conversations:  American Evangelicalism</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/03/respectful-conversations-american-evangelicalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/03/respectful-conversations-american-evangelicalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evangelicalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of our work to foster a “new kind of conversation,” TCF is pleased to announce a new partnership with RespectfulConversation.net. The mission of RespectfulConversation (RC), as its name suggests, is to “to encourage and help facilitate forums for respectful conversation regarding important contemporary issues.” RC’s founder, Harold Heie, has joined TCF as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TCF Sponsors Respectful Conversation on American Evangelicalism</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/01/tcf-sponsors-respectful-conversation-on-american-evangelicalism-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/05/01/tcf-sponsors-respectful-conversation-on-american-evangelicalism-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 15:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Cole</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Colossian Forum is sponsoring a virtual conversation on the www.respectfulconversation.net website, hosted by TCF Senior Fellow, Harold Heie. The title of this conversation is &#8220;American Evangelicalism: Present Conditions, Future Possibilities.&#8221; This conversation will last for 7 months, with one month devoted to each of 7 pre-announced sub-topics, which will include Evangelicalism and the Broader Christian Tradition, Evangelicalism and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bit of fun about your brain…</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/30/a-bit-of-fun-about-your-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/30/a-bit-of-fun-about-your-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brains are amazing things – they help us understand, they help us communicate, they help us imagine. Beyond the fact that they keep our lungs and hearts going, they equip us for the day-to-day challenges of life – and (usually) kick into overdrive when we need extra processing capacity. We count on our brains to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/22/book-review-mapping-the-origins-debate-six-models-of-the-beginning-of-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/22/book-review-mapping-the-origins-debate-six-models-of-the-beginning-of-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Origins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Frequently, as we wrap up a Forum discussion on questions of origins, we hear the question, “Where can I read more about these issues?”  A bibliography of all the books addressing this topic would be dauntingly long, and of course many of the books listed in it would be quite technical, addressed to highly specialized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate the Challenges:  a guest post</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/18/celebrate-the-challenges-a-guest-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/18/celebrate-the-challenges-a-guest-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Young people]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who works with traditional undergraduate college students is well aware that they are on a transitional journey as emerging adults. As a biology faculty member at a Christian liberal arts university, I view my role in this process as not only a guide in their understanding of biological concepts but also a provider of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How &#8220;real&#8221; are virtual relationships?</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/15/how-real-are-virtual-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/15/how-real-are-virtual-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Camacho</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Catfish. Manti Te’o. If there’s one thing we can learn from this film turned MTV show and Notre Dame linebacker it’s that social technology has complicated the way we think about relationships. How should we relate to virtual relationships? How “real” are virtual relationships? Manti Te’o’s girlfriend hoax grabbed the national spotlight and provoked such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book review:  Living Without Enemies</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/12/book-review-living-without-enemies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/12/book-review-living-without-enemies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence, Sam Wells &#38; Marcia Owen collaborate to present a theologically-grounded, practice-driven response to human violence.  The book addresses very particular needs within the authors’ community, all the while bearing in mind a wide range of “issues that evoke fear and bewilderment.” A very specific focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Problems, Wicked Problems, and Easter&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/10/hard-problems-wicked-problems-and-easter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/10/hard-problems-wicked-problems-and-easter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Gulker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During Holy Week, I spent a day with Dr. L. Gregory Jones, a member of The Colossian Forum&#8217;s Advisory Board. Dr. Jones is an accomplished theologian, the former Dean of Duke Divinity School, and currently serves as a Senior Strategist for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School. During our visit, one key distinction Dr. Jones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passionate disagreement/deep love</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/04/passionate-disagreementdeep-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/04/passionate-disagreementdeep-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TCF Mission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4918</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his Easter Sunday address, the newly installed Archbishop of Canterbury wasted no time in addressing the significant controversies facing the Church of England.  He acknowledged the challenges ahead, but called Christians to find gracious ways to pursue reconciliation.  He observed: &#8220;We need to understand reconciliation within the Church as the transformation of destructive conflict, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beauty and Charity: Litmus Tests for Faithful Scripture Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/01/beauty-and-charity-litmus-tests-for-faithful-scripture-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/04/01/beauty-and-charity-litmus-tests-for-faithful-scripture-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dodrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is beauty an indication that something is true? Most moderns would unequivocally conclude that truth has nothing to do with beauty, but that truth corresponds to a reality we can apprehend objectively. As this narrative often goes, beauty is only beheld subjectively. But does this assumption really bear out in our everyday encounters with language? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training for virtue</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/25/training-for-virtue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/25/training-for-virtue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanna Morrison</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the years that I was working towards my undergraduate degree I also spent a large amount of time as a high school cheerleading coach. This was one of the most formative, challenging and blessed times of my life. While reflecting on how virtues are formed, I see several parallels that can be drawn from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing technologies: behind the scenes</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/18/developing-technologies-behind-the-scenes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/18/developing-technologies-behind-the-scenes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Wilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Technology plays an ever-present role in our lives, and TCF hopes to encourage thoughtful engagement of the issues it raises. We are convinced that technology, as any other aspect of life, requires a thoughtful and faithful response – one which ultimately helps us to better love both God and our neighbor.  As we consider the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;That He May Create in Himself One New Humanity&#8221;: Justification and TCF</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/11/that-he-may-create-in-himself-one-new-humanity-justification-and-tcf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/11/that-he-may-create-in-himself-one-new-humanity-justification-and-tcf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dodrill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.colossianforum.org/?p=4855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a Protestant, you’ve probably heard the phrase “justification by faith.” I remember discussing the phrase many years ago in youth group, then in college discussions and church small groups. We pored over the concept as it has been historically explicated by Augustine and Martin Luther and John Calvin. Justification by faith, of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media and Spiritual Formation</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/08/social-media-and-spiritual-formation-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/08/social-media-and-spiritual-formation-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Camacho</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Facebook an indispensable tool in today’s world that we would be foolish to avoid using? Is it a lesser but necessary evil? Is it a cesspool of human depravity, inherently corrosive to our character and beyond all redemption? Similar questions can be asked of Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and a host of other social media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TCF &amp; &#8220;Emerging Adults&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/05/tcf-emerging-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://www.colossianforum.org/2013/03/05/tcf-emerging-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Gulker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Rob Barrett, Brian Cole and I had the pleasure of meeting with a number of Chief Academic Officers and Senior Student Development Officers from Christian colleges across the country at a leadership conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference speaker was a highly respected sociologist by the name of Christian Smith. Smith has been [...]]]></description>
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