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		<title>Jesus Have I Loved, But Paul?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be following the Jesus Have I Love, But Paul? Blog Tour which begins this Monday, Jan. 9.  Will you?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1300&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Différance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the draft of a poem to ring in the new year.  It is by no means finished, so constructive criticism (particularly from philosophically-inclined folks) is, as always, most welcome. Différance   The silken face on the hem of &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/differance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1297&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supper At Emmaus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At All Hallows Church in Wyncote, there is a great, thee-paneled stained-glass window build into the wall above the altar.  The scene is curious.  The risen Jesus stands behind a table, facing the viewer, holding bread in his left hand &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/supper-at-emmaus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1253&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doxology of Flesh (revised from &#8216;Dance of Flesh&#8217;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doxology of Flesh By Rebekah Devine   A song of flesh,             of loam and clay, a last farewell to the pomegranate tree:   disappearing into the brush the lascivious serpent of old, its tongue flicking back and forth, greedily &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/doxology-of-flesh-revised-from-dance-of-flesh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1248&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mar Mari and the Idols</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a delightful little idol-polemic pericope in the Syriac Acts of Mar Mari the Apostle.  Known as the &#8220;Apostle of Babylonia,&#8221; Mar Mari[1] is credited with introducing Christianity into upper and lower Mesopotamia some time around the end of &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/mar-mari-and-the-idols/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1199&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Song of the Body</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another poem I have been working on for my &#8220;Songs of the Body&#8221; collection.  As always, I would appreciate suggestions on how it might be improved. Going to Bed By Rebekah Devine Going to bed without one&#8217;s beloved &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/another-song-of-the-body/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1182&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: A Song of the Body</title>
		<link>http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/a-song-of-the-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing/compiling a series of poems on the body and God&#8217;s great gift of embodied existence to human beings.  It is (very) tentatively titled, Songs of the Body.  Below is the rough draft of a poem I jotted out &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/a-song-of-the-body/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1160&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes a Good Liturgy?</title>
		<link>http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/what-makes-a-good-liturgy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What makes a good liturgy?&#8221;  The question overwhelmed me when our professor first asked us to think about and discuss the question in class.  I had no idea.  I knew that there was no perfect liturgy that could be applied &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/what-makes-a-good-liturgy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1149&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN MEMORIAM A.H.H. Obitt MDCCCXXXIII (&#8220;To the memory of A.H.H., died 1833&#8243;) I I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/in-memoriam/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1135&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;How A Poem Means&#8217;: ruminations and a poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past week has been a flurry of activity.  First came the conference (a delightful yet terrifying affair), then a brief tempest of emotional catharsis and then a long train ride filled with thoughts of Isaiah and Galatians.  We arrived &#8230; <a href="http://rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/how-a-poem-means-ruminations-and-a-poem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rebekahmgiffone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9412252&amp;post=1046&amp;subd=rebekahmgiffone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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