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	<description>a cooperative network of homebased ministries</description>
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		<title>The Walls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the New Testament Jesus used questions to teach. Questions helped His disciples discover truth for themselves. Questions help each of us go through a process of self discovery. This post is the result of asking a question. What would happen if the Church’s singular focus was to make disciples?

My response was very direct at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/891</link>
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		<title>Discipleship in a Digital World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; the work of the church, which is the work of making disciples and transforming the world.
Discipleship in a Digital World By Tim Burns
Discipleship in a Digital World.
 You and I are called to communicate unchanging truth to a continually evolving world.  This dynamic tension often strains our ability to connect, and relevantly influence [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/873</link>
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		<title>Starfish Magazine Winter 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The magazine’s goal is to inspire, inform, and interconnect the house church networks across Canada and beyond.

To read the magazine on line just click the image above or download a copy of the pdf file from our resource files.
The Starfish Files?
Starfish line the shores of the world’s beaches. Chop off an arm, and a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/833</link>
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		<title>Oikos Weekly Updates for 2010-02-07</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle 

The average teenager still has all the faults his parents outgrew. ~ Author Unknown #
RT @Billy_Cox Rt @CoachDawn: &#34;To HANDLE Yourself, use your Head; to handle Others&#8230; use your H E A R T&#34; ~Donald Laird #quote #
RT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/830</link>
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		<title>Oikos Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being available to walk alongside a family member, friend or neighbour in crisis is what neighbourhood chaplains are all about&#8230; 

Being available to walk alongside a family member, friend or neighbour in crisis is what neighbourhood chaplains&#8230; http://bit.ly/ce2eW7 #
The most life-changing ministry we can humanly provide a group of overlooked friends is a simple Body [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/795</link>
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		<title>Oikos Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. ~ Herbert Prochnow

A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. ~ Herbert Prochnow #
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. ~ Samuel Paterson #
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/709</link>
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		<title>Oikos Weekly Updates for 2010-01-17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Positive attitudes and actions take courage when faced with negative worldviews.

Sunday Morning Devotional: The Meaning of Christianity with Leonard Cohen (Interesting Perspective) http://bit.ly/5O6QhX #fb #
Are Networks Important? http://bit.ly/4EdcyT #
RT @PhilMcCreight Storytelling in Business from the Society of Storytelling  http://bit.ly/5xd6I1 #storytelling #
RT @worldprayr &#8220;When you pray, don&#8217;t give God instructions… Just report for duty!&#8221; #
RT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/689</link>
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		<title>Neighbourhood Chaplains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neighbourhood Chaplain is one who comes alongside someone during a time of crisis.]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/482</link>
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		<title>Oikos Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God. ~ Thomas Merton ]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/508</link>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s House Church Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The aim of this magazine is to inform and interconnect the house church networks across the nation with an eye to making an impact far beyond. 
What?! Yes, starfish. These little creatures that line the shores of the world’s beaches are uncanny. Chop off an arm, and a new one grows to take its place. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://oikosministries.com/archives/349</link>
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