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                    <description>What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe?</description> 
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                    <title>tumbling away....</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/7377277</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Trying Tumblr now - webdasein.tumblr.com. Sadly, this blog's name was taken. We'll see how this adventure goes....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:03:00 -0500</pubDate> 
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                    <title>On the American Economy, Government Regulation, and the Kingdom of God</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/7091949</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[I was just reading Jim Wallis' book quot;Rediscovering Valuesquot; in which he lays out lessons we can learn from the recent financial crisis, and he talks about the difference between legitimate investment amp; speculation. The book wasn't tremendously original, I thought, but it's surprising to me how many people would disagree with Wallis' point. Many, including virtually the entire modern Republican Party, argue for a form of quot;trickle-downquot; economics where people who've earned the most through their investments have the right to keep all their earnings, since they are the drivers of our economy, through business creation and through investment. That may have been true 20 years ago, when the market moved a lot slower and most of the complex financial products of today didn't yet exist. However, we live in a brave new financial world now: - a world of 24/7 cable financial news (where the market is more...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:01:00 -0500</pubDate> 
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                    <title>On Truth</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/4979155</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[If all truth is God's truth, that means it is not ours, or at least ours only by gift. There are three sins of the mind: 1) Refusal to ask hard questions. 2) Denial that hard questions can be answered. 3) Over-confidence in one's own answers to them. Before we go speaking the truth in love, we must go seeking the truth in love. I view God's truth like the limit of a function. I pray that I am on an asymptotic approach....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:09:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>urban planning conundrums</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/4889959</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Just reading an interesting discussion on FB about how a housing project in a Southern city should be bulldozed and replaced because someone was robbed nearby. This seems to me to be missing the point. There were gunshots near a school in north Dorchester on July 4th weekend - should north Dorchester be bulldozed and replaced? You can't solve human problems by shuffling people around the city....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:07:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>fun work im exchanges</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2683865</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[quitepest (3:26pm): 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333338333333333333333333388888333 (3:27:50 PM): sorry i was carrying my computer down the stairs evanadonovan (3:28:07 PM): hahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahhahahahahaha (3:28:13 PM): sorry i was laughing uncontrollably...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:09:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>caught in a cage</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2662527</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Evan: The New Yorker article on Cage was really good. It made me want to listen to Cageapos;s music. Sarah: You can listen to his "4 minutes and 33 seconds" any time you want. Evan: Oh shush....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:09:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>a confession</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2559063</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[I am ever prone to think that worship is a concert, that serving in ministry is volunteering for a club, that a sermon is a lecture, that prayer is thinking happy thoughts, that church is about myself. God save me from my need to be the one who chooses You, the one who determines when You are relevant, the one who decides how You can meet my needs. Return me to the freedom that comes only from utter dependence on You....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:09:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>Evanapos;s Eggplant Parmesan</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2559065</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[We had some leftover ricotta from the lasagna I made last week, so I decided to use it in eggplant parmesan. I cooked with my gut on this one - no recipe needed, except for a hint on oven temp and time. Shout-out to Sarah for frying the eggplant slices; thatapos;s probably my least favorite part to do. 1 large farmshare eggplant 1 egg breadcrumbs marinara sauce ricotta cheese grated manchego cheese parmesan cheese basil and pepper to taste Thinly slice the eggplant, chopping off the ends. Use the egg to get an even coating of breadcrumbs on both sides of each eggplant slice. Fry the eggplant slices until golden brown in a large skillet. (I just used a neutral oil, but you could try olive oil. Make sure to dab off some of the oil after they are done frying.) Start pre-heating the oven to 350. Put down a...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:09:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>Evan's Eggplant Parmesan</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/4339591</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[We had some leftover ricotta from the lasagna I made last week, so I decided to use it in eggplant parmesan. I cooked with my gut on this one - no recipe needed, except for a hint on oven temp and time. Shout-out to Sarah for frying the eggplant slices; that's probably my least favorite part to do. 1 large farmshare eggplant 1 egg breadcrumbs marinara sauce ricotta cheese grated manchego cheese parmesan cheese basil and pepper to taste Thinly slice the eggplant, chopping off the ends. Use the egg to get an even coating of breadcrumbs on both sides of each eggplant slice. Fry the eggplant slices until golden brown in a large skillet. (I just used a neutral oil, but you could try olive oil. Make sure to dab off some of the oil after they are done frying.) Start pre-heating the oven to 350. Put down a...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:09:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>facebook post or they might be giants song?</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2414337</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[The Earth is round as we all know, but the Earth is also very porous. From digging of oil wells, mining coal, gold, all sorts of metals in this wonderful world of ours and not to mention the underground tunnels and cities. The Earth is porous as I mentioned. Itapos;s almost honeycombed under the land we live on. The Earth inside is very high-pressured by its design. This is why we have volcanos. The pressure has to go somewhere right? Oil is all over our Earth, and as porous as it is, oil moves about the Earth. Underneath the rock shelves that seperate it and the waters and humans, The pressure is quite high. ~Guy Devinney, on "Global Disaster Relief on Facebook" page...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:09:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>a batch of puns</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2260663</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[On the occasion of Sarahapos;s baking bread, 8/31/10 Inasmuch as ye have done unto the yeast of these... You knead dough? I need dough. Early to bread, early to rise....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:08:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>on having</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2113163</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Evan: Iapos;m so lucky to have you. Sarah: Me too. Evan: Youapos;re so lucky to have you? Sarah: No... Evan: If I didnapos;t have me, I wouldnapos;t have anything....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:07:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>functional programming</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2058405</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Ceaseless monads - Windowless rooms On which the sun yet shines....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:07:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>on the goodness of grants</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2051735</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Sarah: You know how there are some grants that you put a lot of effort into, and there are others that are a long shot, so you donapos;t do as much? Evan: Yeah, makes sense. You should have a grant grader, someone who could give your grants a grade, from A to F. Sarah: I think that would be stressful though. Evan: But it would actually be less stressful, because the foundation is looking at different criteria than just the goodness of the grants. This way, even if you didnapos;t get a grant, youapos;d feel good because you got a good grade from the grant grader....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:07:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>on tomorrow morning</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2048921</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Sarah: We should take our trash out...No, I guess we can do it tomorrow morning. Evan: Yea, we regularly take our trash out tomorrow morning. Sarah: Every tomorrow morning we take our trash out? Evan: I guess thatapos;s an abuse of language. What would Wittgenstein say?...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:06:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>On ABCapos;s new show quot;Hugequot;</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/2039607</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Evan: Theyapos;ve segregated all the fat actors onto one TV show...Fat people in Hollywood are where black people in Hollywood were 50 years ago. Sarah: America needs a fat Sydney Poitier....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:06:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>On ABC's new show quot;Hugequot;</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/4339593</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Evan: They've segregated all the fat actors onto one TV show...Fat people in Hollywood are where black people in Hollywood were 50 years ago. Sarah: America needs a fat Sydney Poitier....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:06:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>why contribute to drupal?</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1918726</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[In my day off yesterday, I had a productive time contributing to Drupal core, especially to the Bartik theme, which is being considered for inclusion. In light of that, as I was walking home on this beautiful spring day in Boston, I just decided to list 5 key reasons why you should contribute to Drupal, or to another open source project: Itapos;s fun to learn things. Itapos;s fun to solve problems. Itapos;s fun to help people out. The work you contribute back to the community can be multiplied many-fold by the others in the community. In turn, their work can provide a base for further work. Sometimes, it can even be beneficial to your job prospects. But you should never contribute strictly on the basis of #5 - if you donapos;t contribute primarily to derive some kind of pleasure from it, then I donapos;t think your contributions will bear as...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:04:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>can we help Africa?</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1912444</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[A friend of mine from work linked this image of a starving child from the Sudan on Facebook this morning, and commented "Ask me how to help kids in Africa. Or pray - thatapos;s the best thing actually." Here was my reply: pemiwayapos;s comment on that photo is shocking, but I think thereapos;s truth to it. As a species, we are very good at using knowledge of other peopleapos;s suffering to distract us from our own. Sarah  I watched a play last night that speaks to that. Of course, I know that you are far from doing nothing. And prayer is not "doing nothing" either, though it is often hard for me to believe it does anything. The main thing I wonder is how we can send money to Africa or other parts of the world without doing harm. So much foreign aid ends up in the hands of...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:03:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>the story of my life in Christ</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1911694</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[The other day, I needed to write out a version of my testimony. At first I struggled to do so, but soon I found the sentences flowing into a familiar pattern. I remembered this is a story I have been learning to tell all my life, the story of my life in Christ. Here is the story, as I told it: Iapos;ve been a Christian for as long as I can remember. My mom says she remembers that when I was four I said to her, "Jesus died for our boo-boos." I donapos;t remember this, though. I do remember that every year at VBS, I was one of the first people to pray to accept Jesus Christ as Savior. I thought maybe God needed to do something He hadnapos;t already done. Later on, I realized it was more important to know that I trusted in Christ than to be able...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:03:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>meditation</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1904342</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[What does that strange comment of Christapos;s mean when He says that those who followed Him would do greater works than He? Possibly it means that, while Christ, in His earthly ministry, was rejected by most of His hearers, now that He is lifted up and has given His Spirit to the Church, He has committed to us the "ministry of reconciliation." Thus, we are empowered by Christ to reconcile whole cultures unto God....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:03:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>the prismatic view of Christapos;s redemption</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1903488</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[On this dark Tuesday, as we seem to retreat away from spring, I am pulled back to the Chattanooga sunlight: Four years ago, I stopped in Greyfriarapos;s and saw Aimee Wilson and said, "I see our salvation like a shining crystal, Many lights diffracting from the one Christ - His holy halo, His pure flame." Our gifts to God are given back, perfect, each time we turn our wills toward Him. His image echoes in our bodiesapos; weakness and we are saved to show His likeness. The Word became flesh, the flesh became Spirit, the Spirit fills the Church....]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:03:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>three truths</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1894046</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Knowledge is power. ~Francis Bacon Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. ~Proverbs 9:10...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:03:00 -0400</pubDate> 
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                    <title>in defense of theology (8 propositions)</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1864821</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[Many people these days say, "We need less theology and more discipleship." Here is why I think that their well-intentioned words are misguided. Good theology is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for discipleship. To say less theology will help us serve God better is like saying less mathematics will help us build safer bridges. Orthodoxy, in its original and proper sense, means to give the right glory to God. If Athanasius had joined Antony in the desert rather than sully himself with theological dispute, we might all be Arians now. In studying the Scriptures, nothing is tangential, though some teachings are more central. All must be understood in relationship to Christ, according to the classic Reformation principle: "Scripture interprets Scripture." Since at this time, God cannot be seen by human eyes, His written revelation is a principal means by which the Spirit reveals Him to us, and the objective...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:02:00 -0500</pubDate> 
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                    <title>mysteries of atheism, pt. i 1/2</title> 
                    <link>http://evandonovan.tigblog.org/post/1855895</link> 
                    <description><![CDATA[(A response to a friend of mine whose comment got eaten by my blog. I will try to get this resolved soon.) I donapos;t necessarily think that atheists in general are negative people, just because their belief system is based on a negative proposition. But in our world, the negative atheists are the vocal ones -- probably because the other ones have more important things to do. The "One Body of Christ" group would have its problems even if all the atheists decided to leave -- and some of the atheists and agnostics are actually great contributors to group discussion. Thatapos;s why I ended my post by saying "Christians can always debate other Christians" - because having a belief system of positive propositions doesnapos;t necessarily make you a positive person. It can just mean youapos;re negative about more minor things. I certainly donapos;t believe that the key thing is for...]]></description> 
					<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:02:00 -0500</pubDate> 
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