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		<title>interview with brian mclaren: THE SAGA continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I finally discovered at least one reason Christianity Today wasn&#8217;t interested in my interview of Brian.  They were preparing to slam the book!  At least it seemed that&#8217;s what they were hoping for.  The reviewer they chose was Scot McKnight, who is himself a friend of Brian, which may in itself make-up for any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/03/13/interview-with-brian-mclaren-the-saga2/</link>
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		<title>interview with brian mclaren: THE SAGA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Brian graciously agreed to giving me the first major interview post-release of his newest book A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith, but I couldn&#8217;t find any print outlet interested in publishing it!   Sojourners turned me down and Christianity Today, Christian Century, The Washington Post and The New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/02/20/interview-with-brian-mclaren-the-saga1/</link>
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		<title>A Prayer for Haiti: A Response to Robertson, Rush and Others</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally published with sojo.net&#8230;
Hear our cry, O Lord.  Attend unto our earnest prayer.  From cracks in the earth, O Lord, do we cry unto you.
We first confess that we do not know how to pray for a tragedy such as this.  With each statement we oscillate between glibness or melodrama.  Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/01/18/a-prayer-for-haiti-a-response-to-robertson-rush-and-others/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;WE will define the character of our country&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you hear my President! This is why Barack Obama is the hope of this country&#8230;
&#8220;&#8230;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve directed my national security team to develop a strategy that addresses the unique challenges posed by lone recruits. And that&#8217;s why we must communicate clearly to Muslims around the world that Al Qaida offers nothing except a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/01/07/we-will-define-the-character-of-our-country/</link>
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		<title>Irrascible and Irreconcilable, Both</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sojo was kind enough yet again to post an article from me.  I&#8217;m critiquing the language being used by Christians in the public square to perpetuate a senseless fight with Muslims.  Here&#8217;s a highlight (actually the first part of the quote was edited out):

&#8220;Imagine you and I meeting somewhere, and I insist on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2010/01/07/irrascible-and-irreconcilable-both/</link>
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		<title>The PR of Personal Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor has taken a lot of flack for her recognition of the part personal experience plays in the judicial process.  Of particular absurdity in the criticism of her has been the charge that white men aren&#8217;t afforded the same latitude of expression as &#8220;minorities&#8221; when it comes to valuing their experiences, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/07/19/667/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Praise Song for the Day&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Praise song for the day.
Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others&#8217; eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. Someone is stitching up a hem, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/21/praise-song-for-the-day/</link>
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		<title>Nonvoter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday.  I wish I had it before the election.  I would have sent one to everybody!

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		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/09/nonvoter/</link>
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		<title>Uncle Jay&#8217;s 2008 Year in Rearview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leslie&#8217;s favorite is &#8220;You Better Watch Out!&#8221;

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		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/05/uncle-jays-2008-year-in-rearview/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;And We Will</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of this semester, I am requiring that all my students learn the following portion of then-Candidate Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Yes We Can&#8221; speech—which he delivered in New Hampshire (8 Jan 2008) as the &#8216;worse&#8217; concession speech of all time&#8230;
[9 min, 07 secs]
&#8220;We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no
matter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melvinbray.com/2009/01/05/and-we-will/</link>
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