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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>Facebook &#038; Spiritual Community III</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2009/03/22/facebook-spiritual-community-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He concludes:
Facebook: A Tool for Ministry
If Facebook is tapping into this spiritual need then the church at large must ask the question of how this social networking site can be used to further bless people.  For many people in the church, Facebook may initially seem like a threat to real community.  But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook &#038; Spiritual Community II</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2009/03/22/facebook-spiritual-community-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mammen continues:
A Survey of Facebook Users
In an attempt to identify the effect of Facebook on relationships and community, a survey was administered to a wide range of recipients.   Participants received the survey via email messages and Facebook announcements.  Two hundred and seventeen people participated in the survey answering a total of eleven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook &#038; Spiritual Community</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2009/03/22/facebook-spiritual-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ministry friend of mine, Jerome Mammen, recently wrote an assessment of the &#8220;social-networking site&#8221; Facebook based on some research he conducted for a class he was in. I was interested in what he discovered, and offered to post his research here. I&#8217;ve broken it into 3 posts for your blogging pleasure:
 Introduction
Since the onset [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus &#038; Education</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2009/02/03/stimulus-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spanglish Gringo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This was an interesting article that was emailed to me:
January 11, 2009
OP-ED COLUMNIST
Tax Cuts for Teachers
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Over the next couple of years, two very big countries, America and China, will give birth to something very important. They&#8217;re each going to give birth to close to $1 trillion worth of economic stimulus - in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogging return?</title>
		<link>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/12/29/blogging-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Needless to say, it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve visited this blog, let alone written anything.
Our change of address over the past 6 months is the main culprit (you can ask me for more info if you&#8217;re interested in the gory details.) For those of you still following from home, I&#8217;ve seen 1/09 as the [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Spanglish Gringo</dc:creator>
		
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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>
		<comments>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/23/the-real-deal-in-purple-gold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spanglish Gringo</dc:creator>
		
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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>
		<comments>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/23/todolist/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/17/go-make-vs-build-it-they-will-come/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/17/gay-marriage-faith-practice/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.spanglishgringo.com/weblog/2008/06/15/fathers-day-reflection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spanglish Gringo</dc:creator>
		
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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>
		<dc:creator>Spanglish Gringo</dc:creator>
		
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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>
		<dc:creator>Spanglish Gringo</dc:creator>
		
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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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