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	<description>Whether it is religion or sports, you can be sure that Pastor Iovine will write about it.</description>
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		<title>At 11:15pm &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2009/01/03/at-1115pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The doorbell rang at 11:15pm last night. I was upstairs in the bedroom reading and listening to music. Grudgingly, I put on my walk-around slippers and went to answer the door. Upon opening the door, the woman standing on the other side didn&#8217;t look very well. She looked rather, how can I put this nicely, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Death Penalty for Raping Children</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2008/06/25/no-death-penalty-for-raping-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I can&#8217;t hold it in. The Supreme Court ruled today that people who rape children are not eligible for the death penalty. This Court has lost all touch with reality. Now, as a clergy man, being in favor of the death penalty may not put me in the vein with other clergy people. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Never Knew</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 13:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading this morning&#8217;s NY Post, I ran across a story dealing with a MTA bus driver who is up in arms over the agency ordering her to wear pants instead of a skirt. But it is the driver&#8217;s reason as to why she wants to wear a skirt instead of pants: It&#8217;s against her religion. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wow!</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/05/18/wow-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 14:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if you caught it, but the Daily Mail newspaper of England had a terrific photo of lightning hitting the Empire State Building this week. It is just a magnificent picture that really has no theological meaning. Powered by Qumana]]></description>
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		<title>No &quot;Anti-Christ&quot; @ NY Times</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/04/03/no-anti-christ-ny-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny story in today&#8217;s NY Post &#8211; an atheist is all up in arms that the New York Times rejected his proposed log-on name of &#8220;Anti-Christ.&#8221; The Times said it was offensive.]]></description>
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		<title>What Doesn&#8217;t Fit Here&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/03/30/what-doesnt-fit-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/03/30/what-doesnt-fit-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Ann Marie) Ciarcia, wife of former Yorktown Town Engineer Dan Ciarcia, was returning from a night of clubbing with her daughter, Alexa, 15, and Emily Cornish on Sept. 18 (2006) when she drove the wrong way on the (Saw Mill River) parkway and crashed head-on into another car shortly before 5 a.m. She admitted that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone Gotta Spank This Kid</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/20/someones-gotta-spank-this-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, the title of this post isn&#8217;t very &#8220;pastoral,&#8221; but the issues raised in this article in this morning&#8217;s Bergen Record lead me to that conclusion. A 16-year old Kearny, New Jersey high school student is suing his school district because a teacher brought religion into the classroom. No one will defend the teacher&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Your Faith</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/12/living-your-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illinois Senator Barack Obama announced his presidential ambitions this weekend during a speech in Springfield, Illinois. Senator Obama spoke of his faith as being central to his life. As a pastor, this made me smile. Faith should not be something we pull out on Sunday mornings when we walk into church. It should be something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today is a Great Day!!</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/12/today-is-a-great-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/12/today-is-a-great-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a great day &#8230; well, for at least comics readers in Northern New Jersey. The Bergen Record today started printing their daily comics in color!! OK. That may not be earth shattering news, but for comics readers in Bergen County, it is a great day.]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes the News Is Just Sad and Weird</title>
		<link>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/09/sometimes-the-news-is-just-sad-and-weird/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stmatthewsnj.org/blog/2007/02/09/sometimes-the-news-is-just-sad-and-weird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Iovine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just checked the top news stories over at Fox News&#8217; website. Here is a screen capture of the top stories: Three stories deal with the sad Anna Nicole Smith case: the police don&#8217;t know why the former model died; a sick videotape of her last moments has sold for a half a million dollars; and [...]]]></description>
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