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		<title>Reading French for Religious and Theological Studies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In every doctoral program in religion you will be required to pass an examination in one, but probably two, of these languages: French, German and maybe (the Euro/white bias is still prevalent in &#8220;progressive&#8221; academic spheres) Spanish.  Of course, if you&#8217;re studying Asian or African religions or doing research that requires another language you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=1087&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Night of the Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 03:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the absence, but I&#8217;ve been graduating from seminary and driving across the country and stuff like that.  Right now I&#8217;m spending some time with family, and Des and I fly to Kenya in a week to spend the summer serving with Made in the Streets.  After that we will be driving [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=973&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus: Revolutionary of Revolutionaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 00:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a new post at Wrecked for the Ordinary today entitled &#8220;Jesus: Revolutionary of Revolutionaries.&#8221;  Go check it out.
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		<title>So You Want to Go to Seminary?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Friday I attended my last class as a student at Claremont School of Theology.  This upcoming Saturday I will graduate with a degree in Christian Ethics with an emphasis in Peace and Justice studies.  I have been at CST for two years now and I thought I&#8217;d pass along some advice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=966&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You Normandie!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 16:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday night was the last time I will be at Normandie Church of Christ for a while.  After being a minister at the church the last four years Des and I will no longer attend Normandie.  It has been a wonderful four years filled with excitement and disappointment, joy and sadness, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=963&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marching for Justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[his past Friday, May 1, 2009, I joined with thousands of others across the country in marching for immigrant and worker&#8217;s rights.  I was part of the march that began in Echo Park in Los Angeles, went down Sunset Boulevard, and concluded in front of Our Lady of Queen Angeles Church near historic Olvera [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=954&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Two Years with the Homeless</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last, roughly, two years working at a homeless shelter.  In fact, this is the first Monday in a long while that I haven&#8217;t spent at the shelter doing things like helping homeless men create and stick to a budget, look for work, gain self-esteem, and learn life skills like cooking, opening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=946&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More at God&#8217;s Politics</title>
		<link>http://jimmymccarty.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/more-at-gods-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had another blog posted over at God&#8217;s Politics on the topic of torture.  Go check it out here.
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		<title>What Makes a Minister &#8220;Excellent&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fund for Theological Education, of which I was a fellow, has published a report based on several consultations entitled Faithful to the Call: Reflections on Excellence in Ministry.  Everyone involved in, or considering, ministry should check out the report.  Below is a quick synopsis of the report that was posted on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=931&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updates on U.S. Sponsored Torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t heard, President Obama released four memos from the Bush administration approving of and describing acts of torture used by our government.  You can read about it here and here and here.  I was asked by the people at the God&#8217;s Politics blog to write a piece regarding this announcement since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jimmymccarty.wordpress.com&blog=955874&post=926&subd=jimmymccarty&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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