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	<title>Breaking Silence</title>
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	<description>a time has come for us all</description>
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		<title>Jesus and Non-Violence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day a friend posed this question:  Is non-violence a viable strategy to reach Muslims for Jesus?
The answer lies in my experience, which shattered long held prejudices and suggested something entirely different…
For five brief, but powerful days I found myself in Saudi Arabia talking to Muslims about one thing &#8211; non-violence and Jesus.  Yeah, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=107</link>
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		<title>Shu Takeyama and the Atomic Bomb Part II &#8211; Blood Stains the Rising Sun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the earliest moments of my childhood I was fascinated with war.  Whether I was building a fort, recreating the glorious battles of old with plastic army men or simply daydreaming, I longed for the heroics of battle.  The summers of my youth were spent in the jungles of our local creeks as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=96</link>
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		<title>Sun god</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where is the sun god in the simmering summer after the September before?
I search in secluded sanctuaries amongst the philosophers spouting theories
of enemies and terrors raging against the boundaries of my country ‘tis of thee.
I pound the steamy roads of brick or asphalt that lead to downtown cafes
where people pound down the elixir meant to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=87</link>
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		<title>Shu Takeyama and the Atomic Bomb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 5, 2008
Shu Takeyama died on October 11, 2002 from internal injuries caused by an accident on his beloved Ducati motorcycle.  He was one of my closest friends.  He was my brother.
Perhaps our friendship was somehow fated or ordained.  As a child, Japan was always near my heart.  I was fascinated by every aspect of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=67</link>
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		<title>Dear President-Elect Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 4, 2008
The Honorable Senator And
President-Elect Barack Obama
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington D.C., 20510
Dear President-Elect Obama:
We have no reason to think this letter will ever it make it before your own eyes, other than perhaps because of the message it contains.  We have no prescriptive policy advice for you or legislation we deem essential.  Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=53</link>
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		<title>Political Thoughts For a Church in Flux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Election day is quickly approaching and everyone wants to know who everyone else is voting for.  But most people don’t really want to know who you are going to vote for — instead most seem to have preconceived notions about you and the boxes they think you fit in to.  That’s the funny [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=45</link>
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		<title>How I Became a Muslim on September 11, 2001</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends:
I became a Muslim on September 11, 2001.  I know that this is a strange statement, a very strange statement indeed, but please bear with me while I explain what I mean.  As you read below you will see that my life was a bit out of control on that day.  My perspective on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=14</link>
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		<title>A Vision on Missionary Ridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[May 4, 2008 – Durango, Colorado
About 7 miles and 2500 feet of climbing from my house is a ridge that was the site of a very large forest fire in Durango about 6 years ago.  I rode my bike up there last fall and was struck by its desolate beauty.  I had planned for some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=12</link>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Break Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends:
For the past many weeks we have been bombarded with political advertisements, mass emails and forwards which plead with us to cast our votes for a particular candidate.  More often than not, the writers, politicians and various political action committees play upon our worst fears to illicit our valued vote.
In the midst of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.breakingsilence.org/?p=10</link>
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