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	<title>Comments on: Cyber Padre or Suburban Pastor?</title>
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	<description>everything could&#039;ve been tofu</description>
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		<title>By: Quadro/PsycH</title>
		<link>http://revsmilez.com/2008/05/16/cyber-padre-or-suburban-pastor/#comment-27</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;They like Jesus and hate church&quot; I like the idea of church, just not a huge fan of the institution of church.

I wish you the best of luck in your continuing ministry, my local church recently cut their youth pastor because they couldn&#039;t see the benefit to outreach like this.

Thanks for everything padre]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;They like Jesus and hate church&#8221; I like the idea of church, just not a huge fan of the institution of church.</p>
<p>I wish you the best of luck in your continuing ministry, my local church recently cut their youth pastor because they couldn&#8217;t see the benefit to outreach like this.</p>
<p>Thanks for everything padre</p>
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		<title>By: RazielBass</title>
		<link>http://revsmilez.com/2008/05/16/cyber-padre-or-suburban-pastor/#comment-20</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very nice :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very nice :)</p>
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		<title>By: Arun/ImmortalZ</title>
		<link>http://revsmilez.com/2008/05/16/cyber-padre-or-suburban-pastor/#comment-19</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awesome read as usual Padre. I shall pass the link around :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome read as usual Padre. I shall pass the link around :)</p>
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		<title>By: revsmilez</title>
		<link>http://revsmilez.com/2008/05/16/cyber-padre-or-suburban-pastor/#comment-16</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know for sure.  On the one hand, I think good relationships yield opportunities for ministry in any context.  On the other hand, I&#039;ve been a part of squads before, and I&#039;ve never seen anything quite like RT.  That probably has something to do with median age and technical difficulty, but I think it has more to do with the characters involved, the communication tools they developed, and the culture they created.  

So here&#039;s my guess: Allegiance, with its brick wall learning curve and (some-times) brutal teamplay, weeds out the thin-skinned and the uncommitted.  Cadet gives candidates more opportunity than is usual to preview the culture of the squads, helping them to pick a food fit. RT recruits/attracts the best attitudes and gives them the tools they need to build connections that go deeper than the game.  Good ground (alleg), well tilled (cadet) and carefully watered (rt), yields a bumper crop.  Of the three, careful watering is the most important contributor to growth.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know for sure.  On the one hand, I think good relationships yield opportunities for ministry in any context.  On the other hand, I&#8217;ve been a part of squads before, and I&#8217;ve never seen anything quite like RT.  That probably has something to do with median age and technical difficulty, but I think it has more to do with the characters involved, the communication tools they developed, and the culture they created.  </p>
<p>So here&#8217;s my guess: Allegiance, with its brick wall learning curve and (some-times) brutal teamplay, weeds out the thin-skinned and the uncommitted.  Cadet gives candidates more opportunity than is usual to preview the culture of the squads, helping them to pick a food fit. RT recruits/attracts the best attitudes and gives them the tools they need to build connections that go deeper than the game.  Good ground (alleg), well tilled (cadet) and carefully watered (rt), yields a bumper crop.  Of the three, careful watering is the most important contributor to growth.</p>
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		<title>By: Henrik/Cort</title>
		<link>http://revsmilez.com/2008/05/16/cyber-padre-or-suburban-pastor/#comment-15</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article, Padre! Already passed on the link to some friends. :)

I&#039;m wondering if you would also feel accepted in other gaming communities though, or if the Allegiance community is different in this respect. (Average age maybe?)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article, Padre! Already passed on the link to some friends. :)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m wondering if you would also feel accepted in other gaming communities though, or if the Allegiance community is different in this respect. (Average age maybe?)</p>
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		<title>By: parcival</title>
		<link>http://revsmilez.com/2008/05/16/cyber-padre-or-suburban-pastor/#comment-12</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found it very moving Padre, `yt (&quot;thanks&quot; in the Allegiance language :-) ) for everything you do here!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found it very moving Padre, `yt (&#8220;thanks&#8221; in the Allegiance language :-) ) for everything you do here!</p>
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