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		<title>A Venture in Song and Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being the Body of Christ: A Venture in Song and Grace David R. Weiss I was overwhelmed. Invited to lead a hymn sing at the Women of the ELCA Fall Gathering for the Florida-Bahamas Synod, I was alone on the stage listening to these women, nearly 300 strong, swell my verses into glorious song, in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=1225&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pissing on the Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pissing on the Dead David R. Weiss, January 13, 2012 I have mixed feelings about the outcry over the YouTube video showing four U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters. I’ve heard military spokespersons suggest these actions reflect anything from an act of symbolic vengeance to a tasteless prank, from an inappropriate coping mechanism in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=1217&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The manger looks different this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The manger looks different this year David R. Weiss December 13, 2003 I wrote this piece eight years ago. And it has been true every Christmas since then. The details change. The dying continues. The manger looks different this year.  Like most Christians I am getting ready for Christmas.  Most of America is getting ready [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=1015&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HYMN: The Place Where Advent Starts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started this hymn text last December as I began my 14-day hunger strike, moving deeply into my own hunger during this season of holy expectation. Advent is surely the season in which we &#8220;deck the halls&#8221; and &#8220;trim the tree&#8221; as we get ready for Christmas. Our homes are filled with Christmas Carols (even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=1008&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For we have heard that God is with you</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;For we have heard that God is with you&#8221; David R. Weiss Sermon for Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lakeland Florida, November 13, 2011 NOTE: I was invited to preach at this church, about 30 miles east of Tampa, in a very conservative area. They’re committed to being a welcoming congregation (“More Light” in the Presbyterian Church) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=1002&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Singing hope into a far land and a new tongue!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends, I want to ask you to participate in an exciting project. A friend of mine, a brother in Christ whose hand I have yet to hold, but whose heart is dear to me, seeks your help. Moses is passionate for the Gospel &#8212; for the Good News that God claims each of us in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=998&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Drawing on the Bible with the Proposed Anti-Marriage Amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can people of faith draw on the Bible in our conversations about the proposed Anti-Marriage Amendment? Reflections by David Weiss (at an adult forum at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church). A pdf of this essay is here. As long as I can remember, I’ve drawn purpose and inspiration for my life out of the stories [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=988&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honoring the promise to be there</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the text of my Coming Out Week keynote at Augsburg College. Here I&#8217;ve added back in an introductory section that I trimmed from my presentation for time concerns. You can download the pdf if you prefer. (There may be a few minor typos still lurking in here &#8230; but I wanted to get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=975&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paying it Forward: My Journey as an Ally into the Welcoming Story of Scripture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the text of my keynote talk at Gustavus Adolphus. It&#8217;s a pretty long read as a blog (but it is all here). However, you might prefer to download it as a pdf and read it that way. Paying it Forward: My Journey as an Ally into the Welcoming Story of Scripture Coming Out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=962&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our God is a Gathering God</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our God is a Gathering God by David R. Weiss.  Morning Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College, October 11, 2011 – National Coming Out Day. The text is Isaiah 56:3-8, a passage where the doors to the community of God’s people are thrown wide open as a divine welcome is proclaimed to persons previously excluded (foreigners [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tothetune.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10089370&amp;post=958&amp;subd=tothetune&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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