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		<title>AlbanLearning Blog Combining with AlbanRoundtable Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We at Alban are constantly learning better ways to serve the needs of congregational leaders.
One of the most important things we have learned in the past year, is how important it is for us to move in our educational endeavors beyond being known only as a provider of quality information about Lifelong Learning.
As a result, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW WEBINAR: Clergy Care in Uncertain Times</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/12/03/new-webinar-clergy-care-in-uncertain-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In these uncertain times, clergy stress, fatigue, and spiritual needs usually take a back seat to managerial and budgetary deliberations and decisions.  Why not start the new year right by focusing on clergy wellness and self-care, your own or your pastor's or priest's?]]></description>
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		<title>Alban&#8217;s Response to The Economic Situation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although we had been paying attention all year to worrying signs about the economy—especially the impact of high gas prices and the collapse of the housing market—we still weren’t sure what to expect when we began to construct our business plans this Fall. Enough uncertainty had been introduced to make us reluctant to continue to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Event Tomorrow 1 p.m.</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/10/13/web-event-tomorrow-1-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still Time to Sign Up!




WEB EVENT:

Ministry and Mission in Uncertain Times



 Tuesday, October 14, 2008
1 PM Eastern Time
Join Alban senior consultants Alice Mann and Susan Beaumont and Alban senior staff in a one-hour online conversation about the current climate of general uncertainty and economic stresses and what this means for congregations and their leaders. By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who has time to be thoughtful?</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/10/06/who-has-time-to-be-thoughtful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://albanlearning.org/?p=138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I always look forward to autumn &#8212; the weather, the trees changing, a new  &#8220;school&#8221; and program year getting underway.  And then autumn arrives, and from  now until next summer, I suddenly recall, will be one banana peel after another,  navigated at breakneck speed.  Ready or not, it&#8217;s already time to start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital Congregations as Communities of Practice</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/09/29/vital-congregations-intentional-communities-of-practice-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[printer-friendly version
 by Wayne Whitson Floyd
What is a vital congregation? Is it simply a community of fervent conviction and shared belief about who we are, where we came from, why we’re here, and the direction the world is going? Or is congregational vitality to be measured by the emotional intensity of worship and songas evidence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith &amp; Everyday Leadership</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/08/21/faith-everyday-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reinventing the 21st Century Church

September 	 9, 	2008 – 	September 	 11, 	2008
Roslyn Retreat Center , Richmond, Virginia
Facilitator:  	Wayne Floyd
Note: Seminar begins at 12 noon on day 1 and concludes with lunch on day 3.
This retreat introduces you to the exciting new curriculum developed by the Alban Institute, “Faith and Everyday Leadership.”
Are you someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coaching news from the &#8220;other&#8221; AMA</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/07/25/coaching-news-from-the-other-ama/</link>
		<comments>http://albanlearning.org/2008/07/25/coaching-news-from-the-other-ama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMA Study Finds More Use of High-Level Coaching 
by Agatha Gilmore
Thu Jul 10, 2008
Today, many organizations aim to grow by accelerating talent development as much as possible. According to a new study by the American Management Association (AMA), coaching has become one increasingly popular way to do it.
The study, &#8220;Coaching: A Global Study of Successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Your Way Home in Preaching, Teaching, and Soul Tending</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/06/30/writing-your-way-home-in-preaching-teaching-and-soul-tending/</link>
		<comments>http://albanlearning.org/2008/06/30/writing-your-way-home-in-preaching-teaching-and-soul-tending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kentiragroff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Kent Ira Groff
Do you ever think, “I’ve got to write this”? But other times, “I get to write this!” Sometimes duty takes over: Sunday’s sermon, newsletter deadline, persistent e-mails. How can we move through &#8220;got to&#8221; into &#8220;get to&#8221;?
During a writing funk, two things occurred to me.
First, if I find bits of grace in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy ground in cyberspace</title>
		<link>http://albanlearning.org/2008/06/26/holy-ground-in-cyberspace/</link>
		<comments>http://albanlearning.org/2008/06/26/holy-ground-in-cyberspace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann Fontaine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the perennial concerns raised about online learning is that some sorts of education simply must occur face to face &#8212; that group process, for instance, or the forming of strong interpersonal bonds, or the intimacy of peer to peer mentoring, requires the physical proximiity of teacher to student, and students to one another, [...]]]></description>
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