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		<title>An Unsettling Feeling</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/10/14/an-unsettling-feeling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As for me, I am going to continue to share my personal experiences of alienation from my own perspective; one that I have found some understanding of it through the "setting apart" that occurs with ordination.  The irony, of course, is that the extraordinary way that the Episcopal Church, with her liturgies and sacraments, had sustained my connection to God, was one of the main reasons I accepted the call to ordained ministry. 
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		<title>Houston, We Have A Problem!</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/10/12/the-problem-is-we-dont-understand-the-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've become a social media evangelist. Some do 'get it' but are invested in keeping the status quo of old media methods. "Old" media doesn't enable easy, strong connections. The Church at the diocesan and national level should facilitate these connections because that is part of the job. Just as the parish priest has a pastoral responsibility to create a community that supports a parishioner's spiritual growth, so does the bishop and presiding bishop have a pastoral responsibility toward the clergy.]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Listen to Chris Brogan Talk About Listening</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/10/02/lets-listen-to-chris-brogan-talk-about-listening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Brogan, co-author of Trust Agents and one of few “true” social media gurus, recently spoke to New Media Atlanta. He shared the following video online for our viewing pleasure:



Some of the things I find most significant in this talk are:

The large screen showing people’s Twitter thoughts during his speech demonstrates how much he values [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook Rules for the Really Religious</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/09/27/facebook-rules-for-the-really-religious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[there should be rules for the religious on Facebook.  I couldn't find a list on Google, so I decided to create my own. Feel free to add, amend or delete as you see fit.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m selling Indulgences, just Ember Day Letters.</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/09/14/its-not-like-im-selling-indulgences-just-ember-day-letters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my non-liturgical or low-church or unchurched friends, let me explain the issue. According to ancient tradition, there are four times a year (Ember Days) during which an aspirant/postulant/candidate/ordinand (one who is in the ordination process) is to write a letter to their Bishop. But I never knew "what" I was suppose to write. We were told to let the Bishop know how you were doing, how you were coming along, in the whole " priestly formation" thing. But, really, you couldn't do that, not honestly.]]></description>
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		<title>The Ubiquitous Theology of God-as-a-Mean-Girl</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/07/28/the-ubiquitous-theology-of-god-as-a-mean-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They wanted to know if I was saved; if I knew Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior.  I was baffled that my membership in the Episcopal Church did not satisfy their soteriological criteria.   Apparently, I needed to recite a formulaic prayer and if I didn't remember the exact day that I had uttered this prayer, then I could bet my bottom dollar (or worse, my eternal life) that my name was not written in The Book... Basically, I was being taught a theology of God-As-A-Mean-Girl...What the Church knew and had prepared through her liturgy, traditions and sacraments was that eventually I would need the mature solid food that is the ambiguous, paradoxical,  yes - and nature of theological truths.]]></description>
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		<title>Episcopal General Convention in the Twitterverse</title>
		<link>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/07/17/episcopal-general-convention-in-the-twitterverse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sarahgbennett.com/MyWonderings/2009/07/17/episcopal-general-convention-in-the-twitterverse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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Many people have been wondering with me about the purpose of Twitter. The Rev. Chuck Culpepper, of MS, likened it to the CB Radio of the Millenium; just a platform that allows many people to broadcast to many people. And it is that; but so much more. Back in the &#8220;BreakerBreakerGoodBuddy&#8221; days of old, one [...]]]></description>
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