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		<title>U2charists combine U2 music and worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wellington - It started one Sunday when Deacon Charles Cannon noticed the iPods and Sidekicks coming out in church.
&#8220;I realized pretty quickly that the kids were disconnected during the service,&#8221; Cannon said of the teenagers in his youth group at St. David&#8217;s Episcopal Church. &#8220;I learned they didn&#8217;t know what was going on in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U2 church service reaches out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The so-called U2charist, named after the band and the Eucharist - or Holy Communion - originated in the US.]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/11/u2-church-service</link>
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		<title>Bono Preaches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bon was presented with the Chairman’s Award at the prestigious 38th NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles.  His acceptance speech brought people to their feet.]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/10/bono-speech-at-naacp-awards</link>
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		<title>The role of Scripture in U2 music and lyrics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many U2 songs include either direct quotations or allusions to specific passages of scripture.]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/8/u2-scripture-lyrics</link>
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		<title>Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is the Church that once shunned U2 now claiming them as its own?  More than two decades into worldwide success, have the boys from Ireland actually found what they’re looking for? ]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/7/u2-spiritual-journey</link>
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		<title>Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Get Up Off Your Knees is a thoughtful and provocative collection of sermons by a group of preachers from across the international church spectrum who have been moved to theological reflection on the art and work of U2. ]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/6/preaching-u2-lyrics</link>
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		<title>One Step Closer: Why U2 Matters to Those Seeking God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christian Scharen (a Lutheran pastor and instructor of practical theology at Yale) points to the many biblical, theological and spiritual themes found in U2's lyrics to explain why this band "matters to those seeking God."]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/4/one-step-closer</link>
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		<title>Pastor finds what he is looking for: U2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn't the traditional ringing of the bells, opening prayer and Gloria Patri that had parishioners at the Federated Church of Ashland clapping and cheering yesterday morning.

It was letting congregants rock out to Bono in their pews that had everyone all jazzed up.]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/3/u2-charist</link>
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		<title>Hymns replaced by U2 lyrics at church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what is more rock concert than Book of Common Prayer, a live band will belt out U2 classics such as Mysterious Ways and Beautiful Day as worshippers sing along with the lyrics, which will appear on screens.]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/5/u2-worship-service</link>
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		<title>The gospel according to U2 and Bono</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BONO has declared that he is not a man of the cloth, unless that cloth is leather. But the words of the charismatic U2 front man are nevertheless ringing out from pulpits across the United States.]]></description>
		<link>http://u2-charist.com/9/the-gospel-according-to-u2-and-bono</link>
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