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		<title>Labor Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Today&#8217;s Liturgy: Ecclesiasticus 38:27-32a So it is with every artisan and master artisan who labors by night as well as by day; those who cut the signets of seals, each is diligent in making a great variety; they set their heart on painting a lifelike image, and they are careful to finish their work. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=930&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Catholics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a Catholic, and I Occupy. Some of you are shocked, but I&#8217;m not alone. &#160; Since all this started back in September for me, life has been insane. I&#8217;ve been arrested, pepper-sprayed and slept out in the rain, in the cold, intents and on sidewalks&#8230;I&#8217;ve been slandered, abused, called names, and I don&#8217;t mind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=924&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m still here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still alive! I&#8217;ve been in very strange straights recently, but all the theology you love, it&#8217;s coming back soon! Stay tuned! Next post will be about the global occupy movement and my Catholic interactions with their dialogue.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=921&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Occupy Arrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the occupy movement for me began rather on a whim. I believe it was just after the declaration of occupation had been released, and the local Occupy movement had been established, a friend and I were out buying art supplies to do some stenciling and make some posters. That day, i had chanced to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=917&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Tulsa Day 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I&#8217;m sitting in a tent at the corner of 6th and Main street, in the heart of downtown. Our Occupation has swelled, numbers are growing, donations continue to pour in, and I&#8217;m still just more than a little bit sleep deprived. For those of you curious about just what it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=914&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Occupy Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[News and Current Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who follow me on Facebook and or Twitter, you know I&#8217;ve been actively vocal about supporting the OccupyWall Street Protests and have posted support for and helped organize our local solidarity movement Occupy Tulsa. For those of you concerned that Occupy is a Marxist coup d&#8217; etat against capitalism, let me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=905&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Onward: A Manifesto</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Onward. Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, titled his latest book that, and I feel it&#8217;s an appropriate word. My Roommate, RainbowGirl has this to offer in collaboration with Geoffrey Hicks. So, here&#8217;s my take on the whole zeitgeist of progress. I&#8217;m moving Onward. I&#8217;m going beyond. I&#8217;m changing things up and daring to be different from the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=903&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ugly Kids Club</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/ugly-kids-club/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, thanks to my friend Kevin Clay, the founder of MONKROCK I have a new little musical addiction, and I thought I&#8217;d share, because, link-love is good love. And in any case, these new artists are definitely worth their salt. In any case, here&#8217;s what else is up with me: I&#8217;m quite content to be where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=897&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Break a Will (Or, why your kid is still acting out instead of listening)</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/to-break-a-will-or-why-your-kid-is-still-acting-out-instead-of-listening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How To]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who know me, and some of you who don&#8217;t: I&#8217;m Eli, I work at a Behavioral Health Facility.I work with kids with behavior problems, some kids with specifically mental health issues, and lots of kids with trauma and post-traumatic stress or drug related problems as well as abuse and family issues. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=890&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Save the University, the Economy and the Universe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As money tightens, and people look up alternative solutions to increasing debt at the hands of student loans, it&#8217;s important to ask if the university system is going the way of the dinosaur. Is the university system the best model for learning? And if so, what will it take to make it economically viable so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=875&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concessions and Overtures</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/concessions-and-overtures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, here&#8217;s the deal. Life has been unexpectedly rough. From my car crash, to the sudden feeling of abandonment, to the emptiness of my spiritual life, I have felt so heavy. I have been living in an ugly silence, i haven&#8217;t been reading, or writing, i have lost, or ignored the community that fostered me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=872&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Review of Von Balthasar Reader</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/my-review-of-von-balthasar-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally submitted at Aquinas and More Hans Urs von Balthasar was one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th century. This easy-to-use, one-volume reader contains his essentials writings, on everything from the miracle of human existence to the nature of God. Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) was a Swiss theologian,&#8230; Von Balthasar Reader [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=866&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catholicism and the Arab Spring</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/catholicism-and-the-arab-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t seen much on this across Catholic media, and I thought to make a return to my blog with something of import to me. Revolution has ripped across several countries in the Middle East, with ripples and consequences being felt across the world as Islamic countries vie for democratic governments, and oppose the regimes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=858&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 18:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, I&#8217;m not dead, just regrouping, I&#8217;ve had a very busy work schedule, thanks for understanding. I&#8217;ll have new posts soon.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=857&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The How To Guide to Confession</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/the-how-to-guide-to-confession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 18:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conversion Survival Guide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to go to Confession (Insert token scary howling wind and foreboding crash of thunder here.) Confession scares people who have no idea what it is. When I first began looking into Catholicism, confession seemed like some sort of arcane ritual where the priest decided he would be God and forgive sins or something like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=832&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Dance Moves: Examination of Conscience</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/catholic-dance-conscience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE The examination of conscience is a Catholic dance move, it&#8217;s one that goes on secretly, it&#8217;s kind of like the pregame for mass, you go through these steps to make sure your groove is right and that you are bringing yourself to the floor with the right attitude of heart and mind. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=833&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Josemaria Escriva &#8211; Prayer for the Strength of Souls</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/st-josemaria-escriva-prayer-for-the-strength-of-souls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[O Jesus…, strengthen our souls, open out the way for us, and, above all, intoxicate us with your Love! Make us into blazing fires to kindle the earth with the heavenly fire you brought us. Taken from: the Forge, Chapter 1 #31<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=797&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>With my Mother</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/with-my-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 04:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I shall grab this bead and say a psalter, a prayer, with my mother I shall grab this bead, this little counter, this little object, so full of divine potential I shall count the times with this little bead, and I shall mark the passing seasons I shall witness passiontide and Easter The Assumption the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=845&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Josemaria Escriva- We Refuse to go with the Tide</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/st-josemaria-escriva-we-refuse-to-go-with-the-tide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In these times of violence and brutal, savage sexuality, we have to be rebels: we refuse point blank to go with the tide, and become beasts We want to behave like children of God, like men and women who are on intimate terms with their Father, who is in Heaven and who wants to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=799&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pope John Paul II a Legacy of Love</title>
		<link>http://practicalcatholic.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/jpiibeatification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 23:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 1, 2011, some 1.5 million pilgrims, fans and other religious and faithful stood waiting eagerly in Rome as the late Pope John Paul II was advanced one step closer to sainthood. I wish I could have been there, since Pope John Paul II has had such a profound impact on my life. However, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=practicalcatholic.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15874683&#038;post=823&#038;subd=practicalcatholic&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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