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		<title><![CDATA[ Why was the center originally called Lothlorien? ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ When Liam and Precious Atchison first started the retreat center they began working with a number of people who had been deeply wounded by family members, churches, or leaders. They wanted to communicate that this retreat center would be a safe place where&nbsp;stories would be heard and healing and forgiveness would take place. Liam has been a lifetime fan of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings&nbsp;and thought that the retreat center was similar in some ways to the forest and refuge of the wood elves Tolkien describes in the first volume of the book. One of the principal characters in the story, Aragorn, described Lothlorien as a place where all who enter leave changed though some fear change (calling it perilous): &quot;Perilous indeed,&quot; said Aragorn, &quot;fair and perilous; but only evil need fear it, or those who bring some evil with them. Follow me.&quot;
Thus, Lothlorien is a place of healing and rest where evil is not permitted, and where those who experience it are com... ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Why is the household seminary called Emmanuel House? ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ While doing doctoral research Liam had discovered an old ministry paradigm used by the English Puritans in the sixteenth century called a &quot;household seminary.&quot; The household seminary was a personal educational model that involved experienced, mature, and scholarly pastors mentoring small groups of Oxford and Cambridge graduates who were preparing for pastorates. The Puritans built no seminary campuses, they carried out their biblical, theological, and practical ministry preparation in the homes of these mentors. Students accompanied their mentors each day as they carried out the tasks of ministry. Now over four centuries later and an ocean and a continent away, Liam shared with Precious a fresh idea that was influenced by these old models.
Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom was founded in 1584 by Puritan Sir Walter MIldmay. He designed the college as a &quot;seedbed of learned ministers&quot; and it employed one of the original household se... ]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[ Why do some people call it "Emma House"? ]]></title> 
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		<description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;&quot;Emma House&quot; was a nickname that was given by the first Kansas class. it was first used as part of the name for a concert benefiting the household seminary. The concert was called &quot;Emma House Live,&quot; and the Emma House name has stuck ever since. It has always been used with affection, again emphasizing community and family. It even shows up in the URL of this website: emmahouse.org .... ]]></description>
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