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	<description>Stories, thoughts &#038; insights on Jesus, college students, and the Bible; Los Angeles, immigration, politics, ethnicity and culture, and also about my daughter Isabel - from a spanglish gringo father living in, learning from, leading &#038; loving life in East L.A.</description>
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		<itunes:summary>Stories, thoughts  insights on Jesus, college students, and the Bible; Los Angeles, immigration, politics, ethnicity and culture, and also about my daughter Isabel - from a spanglish gringo father living in, learning from, leading  loving life in East L.A.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Latest</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/08/11/the-latest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read it here first: The latest ministry update.
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		<title>Athletes &#038; Money</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/07/10/athletes-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This satirical commentary on athletes and their poor use of money grabbed my attention.  The most bone-chilling stat - &#8220;Filing for bankruptcy is a long-standing tradition for NBA players, 60% of whom&#8230; are broke five years after they retire&#8221; - really caught my eye.
Click through or read the whole article below
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		<title>On today&#8217;s reading</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/27/on-todays-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few things from the blog-0-sphere that I read through more than once:
- I work on a commuter campus, so can relate to Eddy Ekmekji&#8217;s post &#8220;Ministering in the convenience&#8221; about  a recent Atlantic Monthly article about the state of community colleges or as the article labels them, colleges of convenience.
- &#8220;Give us your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The real deal in purple &#038; gold</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/23/the-real-deal-in-purple-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is great to watch.
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		<title>ToDoList</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/23/todolist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just starting using toodledo.com to help me stay on top of the &#8220;todos.&#8221;  Especially with my house being a little turned-over these days as we prepare to sell/buy/move, I need a little help.
P.S. Problem is, having a to do list doesn&#8217;t tell you what do to, just tells you what needs to be done, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Go &#038; Make&#8221; vs. &#8220;Build it &#038; they will come&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/17/go-make-vs-build-it-they-will-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great Comission vs. Field of Dreams.  Sort of.
A great read on Disabled Christianity, both in terms of reaching &#38; serving those with disabilities, as well as, for that matter, anyone.
&#8220;The passage states, &#8220;Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage &#038; Faith practice</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/17/gay-marriage-faith-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As proverbial wisdom teaches:
The one who states their case first seems right,
until another comes and states theirs.
This is a controversy clash that won&#8217;t go away.
&#8220;&#8230;allowing same-sex couples to force religious individuals or organizations to act out of accord with their faith is not cost-free either. Their dignity is no less affected. Unless claims rooted in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Father&#8217;s Day Reflection</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/15/fathers-day-reflection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my blog got hijacked for the weekend, I couldn&#8217;t post this &#8217;til today.  But it&#8217;s still mine &#38; it&#8217;s still true.
Ive got a lot of opinions about fatherhood.  Professionally, Ive met a lot of fathers " some good ones, some great ones, some mediocre ones, some bad ones, and often, sadly, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Foto Fix (late edition)</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/05/16/friday-foto-fix-late-edition-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/05/16/friday-foto-fix-late-edition-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 06:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, for some of you this is the &#8220;way - too - late - where - have - all - my - photos - of - Isa - been&#8221; edition.

Think of it like a game of peek-a-boo&#8230;
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		<title>1000 Words</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/05/05/1000-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this doesn&#8217;t prove a point, I don&#8217;t know what does.


CT: San Francisco Chronicle
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		<title>QUOTE - All new</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/16/quote-all-new/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Jesus was not just one more character in history, however important"rather, he was and is the founder of a new history, a new humanity, a new way of being human.&#8221;
-Douglas Wilson
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		<title>Amnesty inconsistency</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/13/amnesty-inconsistency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the following opinion may end up betraying my general apathy about America&#8217;s supposed pastime, I&#8217;ve been confused lately in reflecting on the drastic inconsistency of rationales regarding granting amnesty - one of leniency for steroid users in baseball, and one of strictness towards undocumented immigrants.
One the one side, there are multi-millionaires being
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		<title>Asking for a lot</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/09/asking-for-a-lot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have mixed reaction to this proposal to change this LAPD practice (Special Order 40) regarding inquiring about the immigration status of known gang members.  I&#8217;m all for suppressing criminal activity - even though I question the effectiveness of blanketly deporting undocumented criminals - but I am concerned for how undocumented victims and potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excerpts &#038; Preambles</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/04/excerpts-preambles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already noted that my blogging frequency has hit an all-time low. Thankfully (for everyone), my daughter&#8217;s innate beauty is strong enough to carry this blog in its low point.
I&#8217;m realizing that one of my main blocks in blogging has been the unfinished thought. For a while, I thought it was time, but I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My 2nd Childhood, Black Jesus &#038; hip-hop as my mentor</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/04/04/my-2nd-childhood-black-jesus-hip-hop-as-my-mentor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban.  Young Men.  Students. Bonding. Incarnational. Relevant.
Based on a conglomeration of these things, I&#8217;ve been ushered into a on-the-fly introduction to hip-hop over the last month or two.  In my own opinion, I&#8217;m about a decade slow (if not more) in this whole arena, but hey, the turtle beat the hare, so [...]]]></description>
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