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	<title>Intern Minister Mira Mickiewicz &#8211; &#8220;Listening to the Earth&#8221;</title>
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	<title>Rev. Bill Sinkford &#8211; &#8220;Still, Small Voice&#8221;</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The lengthening dark invites us to turn inward, seeking comfort and the miracle of hope. Listening is perhaps the greatest gift we can offer one another. We cannot be loved, if we cannot be known. How can we listen each other into speech, into comfort and into joy?]]></description>
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	<title>Intern Minister Mira Mickiewicz &#8211; &#8220;You&#8217;re Welcome!&#8221;</title>
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	<title>Rev. Tom Disrud &#8211; &#8220;Getting to Thanks&#8221;</title>
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	<title>Rev. Bill Sinkford &#8211; &#8220;Beacon of Hope: Celebration Sunday&#8221;</title>
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	<title>Rev. Bill Sinkford &#8211; &#8220;Called to Account&#8221;</title>
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	<title>Rev. Mary Gear &#8211; &#8220;You, Me and We&#8221;</title>
	<link>https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/podcast/rev-mary-gear-you-me-and-we/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Intern Minister Mira Mickiewicz &#8211; &#8220;Ancestors of Blood and Spirit&#8221;</title>
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	<title>Rev. Bill Sinkford &#8211; &#8220;The Cost of Scarcity&#8221;</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Rev. Bill Sinkford &#8211; &#8220;Freely Bound&#8221;</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2018 22:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Our liberal religious faith is grounded in covenant, the promises we make and the promises we keep. The freedom of this way of being religious is easy to affirm. The equally important practices of confession, compassion and compromise can pose more of a challenge. What does our covenant demand of us?]]></description>
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