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		<title>Civil Disobedience&#8230; or not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We did not prevail at the Board of Adjustment appeal last Thursday (January 7, 2010).  It wasn&#8217;t even close.
The following day a reporter called me up and asked what was next.  I told him we were continuing on and we would have breakfast and worship service as normal this Saturday.
He asked if this was an act of &#8220;civil [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2010/01/10/civil-disobedience-or-not/</link>
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		<title>Christmas in the trailer park!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven
-Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ
It&#8217;s Wednesday evening and as we arrive at the trailer park we see the commotion. There is an excitement in the air outside. We are embraced by our friends at &#8220;Dejar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/12/25/christmas-in-the-trailer-park/</link>
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		<title>A Christmas Miracle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So we&#8217;re at CrossRoads UMC Friday afternoon and it&#8217;s a somewhat typical day&#8230; when a young woman, just 20 years old comes into the office and says her name is Ashley and asks if her dad, Dennis, still comes to our Saturday breakfast and worship service.
She said she knew Prodigal&#8217;s Home @ CrossRoads meant a great deal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/12/13/a-christmas-miracle/</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These days it is easy to get caught up in all the time and effort surrounding the issues we have with the City of Phoenix and those neighbors who are in opposition to our presence at CrossRoads UMC.
It&#8217;s easy to get riled up.
It takes effort to remember who we are and why we are here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/11/26/thanksgiving-day/</link>
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		<title>And the decision is&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The decision has been made that we are operating as a charity dining hall, and therefore are breaking zoning ordinance.  So, to feed the hungry and poor on church property, according to this ruling, is not an allowed function of the church.
But the process is not over.  We can appeal to the Board of Adjustment, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/11/09/and-the-decision-is/</link>
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		<title>Post-Hearing Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phoenix, AZ - October 23, 2009 - Beginning at 6:00 p.m. last night we presented our case to the City of Phoenix Planning &#38; Zoning Commission with regard to the question of having a worship service and breakfast meal with our partners, CrossRoads UMC, and the objection by neighbors in our doing so.
Speaking in support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/10/23/post-hearing-update/</link>
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		<title>20 churches &amp; an official hearing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has certainly been an active several months for us at Prodigal&#8217;s Home.  The BIG thing going on this week is a &#8220;formal interpretation hearing&#8221; with the City of Phoenix&#8230; more on that in a minute.
The more incredible thing to me is to see how God is moving through so many people and churches in developing pathways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/10/19/20-churches-an-official-hearing/</link>
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		<title>What the heck is a Shofar?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Tom Schermitzler was talking to everyone today about Rahab.  She was a prostitute.  And the great-great-grandmother of King David. And therefore in the lineage of Jesus Christ.
It was right in the middle of her brokenness God chose to use Rahab.  She didn&#8217;t need to get &#8220;cleaned up&#8221; first before He would ask her to serve.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/09/05/what-the-heck-is-a-shofar/</link>
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		<title>Will this be the end?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long several weeks.  I am grateful for all the support we have received from around the country (and even some calls from overseas!).
So are we going to have to stop?  Nope.  The City of Phoenix has acknowledged they did not realize the impact of their decision and have re-evaluated their position in what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/08/06/will-this-be-the-end/</link>
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		<title>Cease &amp; Desist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You have 15 days to cease &#38; desist activities of feeding the homeless.&#8221;
These are not words a pastor to the homeless wants to hear. Yet these are the words the City of Phoenix gave us last week.
This means we will not be able to serve starting July 25th.  It means on on this day 150 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prodigalshome.org/2009/07/13/cease-desist/</link>
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