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		<title>Eros and Aphrodite</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my beautiful Butterfly on Valentines Day.   Eros stands upon the tower wall.   Far below the city moves, and the wheel turns gently on it’s path.   Determined to seek, inspired to find. His heart beats with one desire–   The vision of his sweet Aphrodite.   His gaze finds rest on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=284&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And He Called Their Name Adam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I made some comments on the Genesis story and how the Hebrew might point to a deeper reality somewhat obscured by our English translations. I shared my post with an online community of Christians with whom I interact from time to time. Many enjoyed the post and resonated with the ideas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=257&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Embodied Spirituality and the Sacred Feminine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who know the Enneagram, I relate strongly with the type 5, but also with 6 and 7, all of which fall into the head center (the other centers being heart and gut). As such I live most of my life in my own head, a fact that my wife will confirm [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=254&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Empire and Institution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 06:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Sean recently wrote a piece called Heartbreak Empire in which he discusses the biblical narrative as a critique of Empire Building. My comment on his post was getting a little lengthy and so I decided to post it on my own blog instead. Thanks once again for a thought provoking and well written [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=234&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Childlike Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 05:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first attempt to reflect on my experience of belief. I want to try, as far as I can, to avoid discussing theological concepts or models of belief. Reflecting simply on what I have experienced as a believer. In this first post I recall growing up believing in God. For introducing me to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=230&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unexpected</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 04:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick lament for distance felt A quiet prayer for Presence The Wind is blowing where it wills none can know its’ way. sitting reading thinking Singing average day average life. Spontaneous Combustion Sparking faith to meet the Spirit. Heart ablaze with Love’s sweet kiss. How Amazing Unexpected. By Jacques Rothmann<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=226&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Sight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in a world of shadows Looking through a glass so dark Peering out through veiled eyes Trying to see the spark Love is Holy Love is True Love alone can see us through Bumping into half blind travelers Holding out our hands Fingers tracing scars of darkness Wounds of living in these lands Nomads [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=222&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reconsidered</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I deleted some posts from my blog. It’s the first time since starting the blog that I’ve removed something I previously wrote. There are many things on this blog that I’ve written and then changed my mind about. I haven’t deleted these, but allowed them to stand as developments in consciousness and thought. However, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=220&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m keenly aware of God today. Like a warm fire His presence has accompanied me since I left home today. With each breath I feel the joy of Him fill my chest as peace radiates from deep within me. When I stop to feel the fire in my soul it immediately gives rise to praise, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jacobsstruggle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12234740&amp;post=218&amp;subd=jacobsstruggle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spirit Songs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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