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		<title>Planning for Christian Education Formation released</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new book by GRACE members Israel Galindo and Marty Canaday, Planning for Christian Education Formation: A Community of Faith Approach (Chalice Press) is immediately available in print and e-book format.]]></description>
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		<title>Best books critique ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Gumm offers a well-written review and critique of The Hidden Lives of Congregations.]]></description>
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		<title>Galindo&#8217;s new book reviewed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can read a review of Galindo&#8217;s new book, Perspectives on Congregational Leadership at the Resource Center website. While there, visit other spots on the website for updates on resources for you and your congregation. Especially if your church is not a member of the Resource Center, explore the website for information on the huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utterly shameless self-promotion</title>
		<link>http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/1718</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new book, Perspectives on Congregational Leadership: Applying systems thinking for effective leadership has just been released. In sociology the term “positive deviance” identifies the behaviors that bring about effectiveness and success in those situations where something that should not work, does. At heart positive deviance answers the question, all things being equal, why do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shameless self promotion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The upcoming book by GRACE members Israel Galindo and Marty Canaday, Planning and Organizing for Christian Education Formation: A Community of Faith Approach (Chalice Press) will be released in March of 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to Margaret on her Book of the Year recognition!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Margaret Marcuson on the recognition of her recently released Leaders Who Last as the Book of The Year from Healthy Congregations. Well done, Margaret!]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership in Ministry Workshops summer newsletter</title>
		<link>http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/1621</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current issue of the Leadership in Ministry Workshops newsletters is now available. In this issue: “The ‘Cue Card’ Chorus,” by Bob Dale “An ‘Anti-cult’” by Elizabeth Norton “Review of Becoming Your Best,” by Bill Pyle “Midwife for a Subtle Paradigm Shift,” by Mary Jane Ott “Another Book on Church Growth?” by Betty Pugh Mills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer book contest 2</title>
		<link>http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/1618</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a second opportunity for all you bibliophiles to get a free book for your summer reading. Our contest prize is Sacred Schisms: How Religions Divide, by James R. and Sarah M. Lewis (Cambridge 2009). The book claims to be the “first book-length study or religious schisms as a general phenomenon.” As a lifelong Baptist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes for an effective leadership team?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I consult with leaders of organizations, including churches, in these anxious times, I’ve noticed something new. The new is a shift in focus on the part of leaders from personal to team. Leadership, by its nature, is an isolating enterprise. Leaders need to stand apart, sometimes they stand alone, and often leadership is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking the truth in love</title>
		<link>http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/1592</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>igalindo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m revisiting some of the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Few have written better on the matter of community. I came across his thoughts on speaking the truth in love in community that I find timely. I’ll confess I remain perpetually puzzled at people’s inability to be frank with each other. I spent too many of [...]]]></description>
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