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		<title>Steve Jobs, the Modern Prophet?</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2011/10/steve-jobs-the-modern-prophet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday a private memorial service was held at Stanford University&#8217;s chapel for Steve Jobs, the juggernaut of the personal computing world.  Jobs&#8217; passing has many of us reflecting on the work of one man&#8217;s life. His leadership provided for many visionary changes that have affected the world. Like the prophets from old, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crystal Cathedral: End of Mega Church Era?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reports out of Orange County, California have not been encouraging for the once mighty Crystal Cathedral. Robert Schuller founded the church and recently retired as the church&#8217;s senior pastor.  In turn, the church never fully recovered from Schuller&#8217;s pastoral departure. Though he stayed on the church&#8217;s governing board, two of his children took a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why 9 in 10 Believe in God but not Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many in the religious right have been running for the hills because this &#8220;godless&#8221; nation is become too secular.  The rhetoric of our nation&#8217;s direction is flawed by the growth of atheists and secularists is over played.  It seems a recent Gallup study confirmed what has simply is unknown to many: We are still a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church of England Attendance Up: What It Means for American Churches</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is God still dead in Europe? In the past few decades, report have shown that church attendance and membership are in steep decline in Europe.  However, last year a report confirmed stable church attendance among United Kingdom churches.    Now, the Church of England reports that attendance in cathedrals is up by 7% this year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Churches Stop Decline in UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years we have heard reports and studies tracking how churches are dying and God is slowly &#8220;disappearing&#8221; from Europe. Personal stories persist too. Despite what Fox News and other news outlets like to spin, there are counter reports that suggest otherwise. In 2007, the Wall Street Journal reported that churches are growing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lewis Fellows: Kansas City or Bust</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2010/10/lewis-fellows-kansas-city-or-bust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week was crazy.  I didn&#8217;t have any time to blog or tweet. I traveled to Kansas City, MO with the Lewis Fellows and spent some time with pastors of dynamic churches.  When I returned to New York, I went back to the airport to welcome Gary Long, our retreat speaker.  Saturday the church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Theology For Planning</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2010/09/a-theology-for-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A plan for the future is always a challenge, especially when it deals with money. The former CEO, Alan Schwartz of defunct investment bank Bear Stearns was apparently delusional in March 2008 when he stated that things were going fine with the faltering investment bank: “Bear Stearns&#8217;s balance sheet, liquidity and capital remain strong&#8230; Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mission of the Mission Statement</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2010/01/the-mission-of-the-mission-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mission statements are used by individuals, non-profits, companies, and even government.  Mission statements are supposed to focus or clarify an organization&#8217;s purpose or outcome.  It is easy for a mission statement to be confusing, too wordy, and just too long.  Instead of mission statements empowering people, mission statements can be used as corporate propaganda to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports of the Demise of Mainline Churches Have Been Greatly Exaggerated</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/12/reports-mainline-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fresh report from the Barna Group has yielded some surprising results: Mainline churches are not dying! I should be honest with you, nation wide, mainline churches are not growing either.  In the past decade, the six mainline church denominations (American Baptist Churches in the USA, Episcopal Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America;  Presbyterian Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Have Lost Our Sense of Stewardship</title>
		<link>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/10/we-have-lost-our-sense-of-stewardship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alanrudnick.org/2009/10/we-have-lost-our-sense-of-stewardship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Rudnick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Smith is often credited with creating much of our free market principles as we know today as capitalism.  Capitalism has created, at least in the West, a world where anyone can succeed if they work hard, save hard, and spend wisely.  Much of our understanding of our resources is viewed through the lens of [...]]]></description>
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