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		<title>New Christian Studies Courses at UNBC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who have been following the development of the Certificate of Christian Studies at UNBC the last couple of years, you may be interested in knowing about the future.  No, not the whole &#8220;future&#8221;, just the future of Christian Studies.    The course offering will be expanding from six courses to seven, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ever seen a 1,600 Year Old Manuscript of the Bible?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to look at a 1,600 year old manuscript of the Bible?  If so, you can now go to Codex Sinaiticus and view digital images of the actual pages of the ancient codex.  It is pretty impressive, especially since the actual pages themselves are stored in various locations around the world and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Spirituality @ UNBC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few of you have been inquiring about the reading requirements for the Christian Spirituality course at UNBC this September.  Well it is your lucky day &#8211; the course textbooks are listed here, and the weekly readings are listed below. Week Topic(s) Reading(s) Assignment(s) 1 Seasons of the Soul Living Intentionally Any 10 of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009-10 Christian Studies Courses at UNBC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who like to plan in advance &#8230; the University of Northern British Columbia has recently announced the next two classes in the Certificate in Christian Studies program:  Christian Spirituality, starting in September 2009, and Life and Teachings of Jesus, starting in January 2010 (I will be teaching both). More information and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundations 2 (God) &#8211; Further Resources</title>
		<link>http://wessner.ca/?p=315</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who are taking the second four-week Foundations course at Westwood, a pdf of yesterday&#8217;s PowerPoint presentation is available here (just in case you weren&#8217;t able to write the notes down fast enough!).  Download as PDF Related Posts:Foundations 1 (the Bible) &#8211; Further ResourcesFaculty Videos, YouTube, and iTunes U &#8211; PresentationRecovering Relationships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Options in Christian Distance Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had a number of conversations lately with people who have been thinking about &#8220;going to Bible school&#8221;, but doing it online rather than moving to a new town to attend a traditional school. One resource that I consistently recommend is Baker&#8217;s Guide to Christian Distance Education.  The site &#8220;features over 500 online degrees, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No really, what is Christian Spirituality?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you have wondered what exactly it is that people are talking about, when they use the phrase &#8220;Christian spirituality&#8221;?  The word &#8220;spirituality&#8221; pops up all over the place (for example, if you search for &#8220;spirituality&#8221; on Amazon.com, it returns over 174,000 books!) and it is certainly one of the current buzz words in North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cloud is Rising &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had the great experience of working with some of the staff and faculty at Columbia Bible College, as they work through a process of exploring online education, from an institutional perspective.  I have attached a copy of my presentation, called &#8220;A cloud is rising: exploring web-based learning as an opportunity for Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundations 1 (the Bible) &#8211; Further Resources</title>
		<link>http://wessner.ca/?p=194</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Studies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who are taking the first four-week Foundations course at Westwood, here are some resources you can refer to if you want to study the topics some more: The Aleppo Codex Codex Sinaiticus The Bible: The Holy Canon of Scripture The Development of the Canon of the New Testament How Accurate is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Spirituality Statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who are interested in the current state of religion and spirituality in Canada, check out these statistics and commentaries: Who&#8217;s Religious? (Statistics Canada) Canadian Weekly Religious Service Attendance (Statistics Canada) The Comeback of Organized Religion in Canada (Reginald Bibby) It takes a while to read through the numbers and analysis, but [...]]]></description>
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