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	<description>looking at the world through the eyes of faith in Jesus</description>
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		<title>killing bin laden</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2011/05/04/killing-bin-laden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bin laden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[image of god]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Osama bin Laden did evil things. Yes, he despoiled the image of God that was put in him as well as in each of us. But if we allow his choices to change our choices, to make us people ready to kill &#8212; for the sake of &#8220;closure,&#8221; for the sake of &#8220;justice,&#8221; for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>kilauea erupts</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2011/03/07/kilauea-erupts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[personal life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the natural world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hawaii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kilauea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volcano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I were on the big island two months ago and visited Volcanoes National park. We saw some lava flows but nothing like this!]]></description>
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		<title>becoming our own worst enemy</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/09/10/becoming-our-own-worst-enemy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/09/10/becoming-our-own-worst-enemy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bin laden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iraq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was directed by a college classmate to this Ted Koppel editorial. The post title is mine, my summary of Koppel&#8217;s argument. We are threatened. We live in a world that is not safe. We do have enemies. But it is most unfortunate when we do our enemies&#8217; job for them. Then it is us, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>illegal to love your neighbor in arizona?</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/04/23/illegal-to-love-your-neighbor-in-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/04/23/illegal-to-love-your-neighbor-in-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim wallis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an excerpt from a recent report by Jim Wallis from Phoenix, Arizona. May the followers of Jesus in our own day echo the words of Peter and John and the other apostles: &#8220;We must obey God, not men.&#8221; I got up at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning to fly to Phoenix, Arizona, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>easter sunrise 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/04/05/easter-sunrise-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/04/05/easter-sunrise-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the natural world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[easter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunrise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/?p=468</guid>
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		<title>full moon at dusk</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/03/25/full-moon-at-dusk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2010/03/25/full-moon-at-dusk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the natural world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cedar falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo]]></category>

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		<title>merry christmas!</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/12/23/merry-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/12/23/merry-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stoney]]></category>

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		<title>check out my updated recommendations page</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/10/14/check-out-my-updated-recommendations-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/10/14/check-out-my-updated-recommendations-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My Recommendations page includes new listings for music and books I enjoyed this summer.]]></description>
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		<title>heaven can wait</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/10/14/heaven-can-wait/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/10/14/heaven-can-wait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[personal life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the natural world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heaven revelation new_earth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don’t expect to go to heaven. At one time I did. At one time, making myself worthy of heaven was the focus of my life. From early childhood, I learned what it meant to ask Jesus into my heart with the hope of spending eternity with him in heaven. I learned to live for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a spring delight</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/05/22/a-spring-delight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2009/05/22/a-spring-delight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 19:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the natural world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sabbatical]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been experimenting with our new digital camera, the camera I plan to use extensively this summer during my sabbatical. This is a photo of the phlox and daylily shoots growing at the foot of our mailbox.]]></description>
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