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	<title>Busted Halo &#187; Mary Vancura</title>
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		<title>The Red Stripe in Nashville</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live on a red stripe dividing poverty and fame in Nashville, Tennessee. My bedroom window frames an intricately twisted metal mass resembling a power station in front of rows and rows of brick buildings that most everyone calls ‘the projects.&#8217; From this government-subsidised housing complex, I hear gun shots, angry voices, emergency sirens, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company of Contradictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America has an obsession with Walmart. At Walmart, your dollar has 10-15% more value than at the local neighborhood discount chains and corporate supermarkets. Walmart has this luxury because it is huge—their stores are huge, their selection is huge, their profit is huge, their business strategy is huge, and they are the largest employer in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Mates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2004 18:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cell phone plan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mustard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stable connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warmth of the sun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still surprised by the cell phone invasion into United States culture—the same way I am surprised by pickled pork rinds or couples making out in public —I&#8217;m not used to them yet. The evidence of evilI shouldn&#8217;t be astonished when I stumble into a woman blocking aisle 8 in the grocery store deliberating with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Losing Our Religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[character development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concrete wall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[last exile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[zion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What I call the &#8220;Matrix phenomenon&#8221; is something I wanted to believe in and tried to understand. For a split second, this phenomenon allowed me to believe in a force greater than myself that was not necessarily tied to my Christian notion of God. It gave me a savior, made me believe that I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Catholic Guilt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2003 15:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult day center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comparison game]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeless people]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took me by surprise when my two very successful cousins, who both recently graduated from law school, said to me, &#8220;You&#8217;re going to have to stop doing this volunteer stuff because you&#8217;re making us look like money-loving consumer freaks.&#8221; In a way, this statement affirmed my decision to stay another year (instead of going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Adorable Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2003 17:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family situations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giving birth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jesuit volunteer corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roller coaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[straightforward principles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know that my mother suffered terribly from postpartum depression after giving birth to my brother Franz and me, yet she and my father weren&#8217;t finished. One day, Franz and I were being good and looking incredibly adorable, and it coerced my parents into having Jimmy. &#8216;You&#8217;re adorable&#8217; momentsRight now, I&#8217;m on a silent retreat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Equalizer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2003 15:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blow up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cnn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional responses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old soldier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roommates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war correspondent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war talk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My Iraqi friend, Ali, says that before the first Gulf War, Iraq didn&#8217;t have any homeless people. The rich took care of the poor and the sick. It was a disgrace not to.[1] I feel funny telling him about my work with Nashville&#8217;s homeless knowing that we have been bombing his homeland. John is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for the Intangibles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[co workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earning money]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeless population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[many things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sister mary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one&#8217;s in the kitchen with Martha &#8220;Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things,&#8221; said Jesus (Luke 10:38-42) after a productive Martha rebuked her lazy sister Mary for sitting at Jesus&#8217; feet and listening to him speak instead of helping her. An indignant Martha stormed back to the kitchen and continued making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2003 19:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dignity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exit doors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space odyssey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Luke has appointed himself as my evening ride lookout. In the mornings, I ride the bus to work at the Campus for Human Development, but Curt, one of my six roommates, works three blocks away and picks me up those evenings he doesn&#8217;t teach life skills in the prisons. As participants crowd around our exit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God of the Streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loving god]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[where are you god]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a God on the streets. And a faith more genuine than the one we perceive the crazy street evangelists to be talking about. The spirituality of the homelessThe spirituality of the homeless isn&#8217;t necessarily different from anyone else&#8217;s. It can&#8217;t be put into a neat summary. It is different from mine—that&#8217;s what I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Women</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-women</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adult day center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[friendships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[inconsistency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachel said the women who participate in Room In the Inn (RITI), Campus&#8217; winter shelter program, are like artichokes. Their hearts are hidden by overlapping layers of abuse, addiction, mental illness, and inconsistency. I&#8217;ve been told that when physical abuse or addiction begin in a person&#8217;s life, they stop maturing. The end product is women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Desert</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2003 15:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eight hours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leather coat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new faces]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[security guard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thighs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I call them desert experiences because they leave me feeling so barren. New Year&#8217;s Day at Campus , where I work, was the saddest day I&#8217;ve spent there. That day a frigid rain fell and none of the participants had much joy or happiness to offer, which they usually do, at least more than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not on My Own</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2002 14:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cold cereal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first day of kindergarten]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mile perimeter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sentenced to an alarm clock and cold cereal on my first day of kindergarten. I dressed myself, rode my bike to summer activities, and took the yellow bus to school until I got my driver&#8217;s license. I was raised to be independent and thrive on it. Entering the adult world of college and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Comfortable</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Vancura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corner diner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[former members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real reason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationship with god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senior year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of the first semester of my senior year at college, during the month of December, 2001, I was visiting with Tom, my Jesuit Scholastic friend who, on occasion, dropped by Gonzaga University where I was attending college. We were at the corner diner on Sharp and Hamilton having milkshakes and catching up [...]]]></description>
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