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		<title>Reframe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where do we look for material that helps us to better understand how the biblical story should make a tangible difference in our own everyday lives? Not everyone has the capacity or inclination to enroll in formal theological education. And even those who can, often find such courses either too academic or disconnected from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=381</link>
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		<title>Technology Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Technology is everything invented after you were born!” Allan Kay It was 1987. The year of the share market crash. David Lange was re-elected PM and our first child was born (no connection between these two events, in case you’re wondering). It was a momentous year. And somewhere in the mix was a seemingly innocuous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=378</link>
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		<title>Solidarity At The Stadium</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The air was thick with excitement. It was downtown Wellington on a damp and wintry Saturday night. The All Blacks had just thrashed the British and Irish Lions in a rugby test of epic proportions. After a magnificent start by the Lions, the All Blacks had taken the match by the scruff of the neck [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=375</link>
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		<title>Gold Watches And Disaster Recovery Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Making provision for life beyond the “employed years” is a reality of modern developed countries. Generally speaking, for pre-modern societies, low life expectancy rates meant that most people died before attaining an age where they were unable to contribute productively. And those who did “grow old” were taken care of by their families. However, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=370</link>
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		<title>An Interest In Savings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to be taught early on in life the power of delayed gratification – that is, the ability to resist the temptation of an immediate reward or pay-off, for a later reward or pay-off. “A dollar a day”, “saving for a rainy day”, and “look after the cents and the dollars will take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=364</link>
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		<title>Investing In The Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon and Tarsha are in their early thirties. They have a three year old daughter and are expecting another child in a few months time. The couple has carefully saved just over $60,000 in the eight years they have been married. Currently, this money sits in a couple of term deposits with their bank. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=357</link>
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		<title>Making provision for the future &#8211; part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My birthday is in a few days time. It’s not one with a big juicy “0” on the end, though I have had the pleasure of attending a few decadal celebrations this past year – most of them beginning with 5, 6, or 8. I mention my birthday not in order to draw attention to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=353</link>
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		<title>The Clapham Sect: A Mission Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-five years ago I had recently embarked on my theology studies – initially by distance, through a couple of North American seminaries. In one particular course, I wrote a paper which I entitled “The Clapham Sect: A Mission Community”. My first lines were: Mention the name William Wilberforce to anyone with even the briefest of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=349</link>
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		<title>I’ve been ruminating about … driving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make. Better that I get if off my chest right now. If an examination was taken of my driving habits over the decades, I may well fail. The truth is, when I’m driving I can be both intolerant and impatient. (Not that these particular sins of mine are exclusive to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=345</link>
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		<title>I’ve been ruminating about…cellphones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the word has finally got out. I own a cellphone – again. After three and a half blissful years, I relented eighteen months ago. I went and bought one of the little devils. My $39 special is nothing flash. There’s not a lot that is particularly “smart” about it. But it is adequate for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ruminations.co.nz/?p=340</link>
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