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	<title>Busted Halo &#187; Sue Birnie</title>
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		<title>Blind Through the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2004 18:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[christian initiation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The small, white-haired woman leading the discussion hesitated. She coughed and bit her lip but managed to read the information on the paper clutched in her shaking hand. She spoke of the Church and Catholic beliefs and, sitting in a semi-circle before her, the members of her parish&#8217;s RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afraid of the Dark</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were at the third gas station before we knew we were screwed . &#8220;No gas-no power!&#8221; a red-faced woman with a thick Newfoundland accent shouted as we pulled the car up to the pumps. Her hands sprayed sweat as she waved her cell phone wildly. &#8220;No power anywhere!&#8221; My companion-an acquaintance on a hot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Married in Ontario (and Beyond)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2003 16:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[same sex marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By all accounts, Gay Pride Week in Toronto was different this year. Normally, the festivities draw thousands of tourists to the capital of Ontario and the annual parade?that took place on Sunday June 29?can attract hundreds of thousands. This year, however, tourism was down. SARS paranoia, it seems, still spooks Toronto&#8217;s image. Hotels normally filled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Bathtub</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sex & Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scuba diver]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We were on our honeymoon when Steve suggested I take a dive. SCUBA diving&#8217;s great, he explained. &#8220;The water, the fish-you&#8217;ll love it!&#8221; I wasn&#8217;t so sure. In all my years of swimming, I always believed that the water&#8217;s surface was the place to be. What if I got cold or lost in the waves? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Thine Are the Plants and the Glory Dying As Way to New Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33 I live in an ugly building. It&#8217;s a brown and teal low-rise that winds around a parking lot like a drunken staircase flipped on its side. Not surprisingly, the building was constructed in the 1960s when, apparently, creative architecture called for convoluted hallways and unmarked doors at every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Time To Gripe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2003 18:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicken pox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hebrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peculiar type]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rapists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[role model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tidal waves]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible&#8217;s full of angry people. Noah&#8217;s mad at his sons, Moses is mad at the Hebrews, and Mrs. Job, after a day of awful luck, tells her husband to &#8220;curse God and die.&#8221; Not surprisingly, this anger helped fuel a peculiar type of prayer amongst the people of ancient Israel: the lament. The lament [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secret Songs of Freedom and Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ngawang Sangdrol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Type Ngawang Sangdrol&#8217;s name into any Internet search engine and prepare to be bombarded. A quick Google hunt reveals over 2800 web pages carrying her name?with good reason. Ngawang Sangdrol, a Tibetan Buddhist nun and Tibetan independence activist, was for a time China&#8217;s longest-serving female political prisoner. Before her October 2002 release on medical grounds, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spoils of Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2003 16:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[joint accounts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private accounts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks before our wedding, Steve and I bought life insurance. Our insurance agent was impressed. He claimed that most young couples weren&#8217;t that responsible. I agreed and stated, &#8220;They should be. Marriage might be love but it&#8217;s also business.&#8221; It&#8217;s not romantic but true: marriage is as much a financial merger as it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eden and Ever After</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/eden-and-ever-after</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[classical thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental repercussions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hebrew language]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first learned that a possible Hebrew-to-English translation of Genesis 1:28&#8216;s command for humans to ‘subdue the earth&#8217; is, literally, ‘rape the earth,&#8217; I cheered. At the time, I was writing a paper on the sociological and environmental repercussions of Genesis 1:28, and the information supported my thesis. My Hebrew language classmates, however, were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gone to The Dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[degrees fahrenheit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fatigue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jack russell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leashes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[these dogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the good end of the emergency. A friend&#8217;s husband needed surgery and her dog needed a sitter. I promptly offered my services. Quincy, a mellow Lab/Beagle mix, is a good dog—a 30-pound sausage with velvet ears and mocha eyes. I thought he might have fun lolling away a night and day with my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer Sloth</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/prayer-sloth</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2003 12:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bubble bath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church pew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monastic experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monday night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal conversation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiritual person]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[zaniness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sister Kay is slothful. She&#8217;s a nun and professor and frantically busy. So, when she announced to my Monday night class that she is lazy, I was shocked. Spiritually lazy, she clarified. Some days, she is so busy—keeps so busy—that she doesn&#8217;t have time to sit, think, and pray. She explained that she had never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death and Banking</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/death-and-banking</link>
		<comments>http://bustedhalo.com/features/death-and-banking#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breadcrumbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eternity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expressions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[few days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[left behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live forever]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I attend a burial, the weather&#8217;s not good. Rain, cold, mud; the universe seems to provide a climate in tune with the mood of those gathered around the grave. The rain returned this week as I stood in the mud and watched my brother-in-law&#8217;s aunt laid to rest. She was young, only 67, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God Wants Your Body</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/god-wants-your-body</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ankles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deep breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitchen floor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[muscles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stretching postures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thighs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga yoga]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Winter in Ontario and I couldn&#8217;t touch my toes. I was plopped on the kitchen floor, legs spread in a &#8216;V&#8217; and hands stretched towards my feet. My spine was stiff. My muscles ached. I stared at my ankles and thought, ‘This cannot go on.&#8217; It wasn&#8217;t that I was out of shape. Rather, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for Nothing</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/time-for-nothing</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2002 16:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class motto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endless advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[father thomas keating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading scripture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We each have a breaking point. I reached mine one recent Sunday morning when, just before noon, I realized that I&#8217;d been awake for four hours and doing homework for four hours. I was reading about Lectio Divina (spiritual reading)—the practice of reading Scripture and meditating on a passage—and finding myself uninspired. Then came the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Perseverance</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/holy-perseverance</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2002 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Garry Wills was shocked. After the publication of his best-selling book Papal Sin , which documents recent papal shortcomings, Wills not only received the expected letters from angry Catholics demanding he leave the Church, but he also received letters from confused Catholics interested in how to remain faithful despite a flawed Church authority. Readers, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Deep</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2002 16:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lake was warm. I dropped into the water and pushed off from the dock. I swam into the sunshine, floated, and waited for Steve. He swam near and pointed down. He motioned to my mask and snorkel. He said, &#8220;Look.&#8221; I hesitated. I slid my chin beneath the water. Then, my lower lip. Soon, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chairs That Bind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2002 16:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, I owned one bowl and one spoon. I carried them from meal to meal?eating, washing, drying &#8211; and allotted them their own shelf in my otherwise empty cupboard. It was a low-maintenance lifestyle: I rode a bike, wore used clothes, and slept atop a futon. I aimed to own nothing. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Trash</title>
		<link>http://bustedhalo.com/features/this-is-trash</link>
		<comments>http://bustedhalo.com/features/this-is-trash#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[garbage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toronto stinks. Or at least it has since June 26, when the 6800 City of Toronto Outside Workers went on strike . This means that, until union and employer agree on a new contract, garbage collectors will be picketing the city instead of picking up its trash. This isn&#8217;t good. Torontonians toss nearly one million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here Comes the Bride</title>
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		<comments>http://bustedhalo.com/features/here-comes-the-bride#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2002 16:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summer&#8217;s here and weddings abound. While there&#8217;s nothing wrong with love, there&#8217;s plenty amiss with weddings. It&#8217;s a pressure cooker. Bride and groom are attacked with advice and guided towards pricey options. Money vanishes. Fights brew. It&#8217;s no surprise why couples elope. Still, weddings are rituals and most couples follow the rules: the traditions. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Au Naturel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my budding feminist years, Natural Family Planning seemed as useful as tossing a grenade into a dance hall and hoping no one would get hit. It was birth control at its most non-existent: a protective shield without the shield. At the time, I assumed the Catholic Church promoted it in order to keep women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Bed With Steve</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, my favorite morning ritual was to sit on my porch, drink coffee, and wave to the sad university students strolling to 8:30 classes. Then, I got married. I moved far away from my porch and surrendered coffee for green tea. One dawn, as I lay under the covers, I realized: I need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Nose, Big Consequences?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2002 16:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was an early April morning when I awoke to the news that an American pilot had bombed a Canadian training exercise in Afghanistan and killed four Canadian soldiers. I sighed and prepared for the fallout. It was quick. The killing was labeled &#8221; friendly fire&#8221; and Canadian radio call-in shows and coffee shops exploded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Picasso Patchwork</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2002 16:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Birnie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quilts, like all big projects, eventually become metaphors. It&#8217;s no surprise; quilts, like life, are enormous undertakings that should only be started after much careful consideration and, possibly, alcohol. Certainly, I knew how much work would be involved in making my first quilt?my mother&#8217;s entire existence seems consumed by her passion for the art form?but [...]]]></description>
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