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	<title>a believer's journal &#187; god</title>
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	<description>looking at the world through the eyes of faith in Jesus</description>
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		<title>happy new year</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/12/29/happy-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humility is the first step Acknowledging that you cannot Pull the right strings, making life dance to your beat, or Push the right buttons to guarantee the future You have in mind. Now is the time! the time to release pride and fear, the time to Embrace the God who embraces you, to Welcome the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>well said &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/09/20/well-said/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Christian View of War By Oliver &#8220;Buzz&#8221; Thomas &#8220;Pray for our troops.&#8221; Millions of signs and bumper stickers carry the message, and part of me likes it. But part of me keeps waiting for another bumper sticker â€” the one I still haven&#8217;t seen. Whether Jesus would drive an SUV, I&#8217;m still not sure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the face in the mirror</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/09/19/the-face-in-the-mirror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You should review the short documentary film made by a New York City high school student: A Girl Like Me. A September 19 editorial by Leonard Pitts led me to the site. As he writes, Be warned: if you have a heart, the new doll test will break it. Our culture does a very poor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a view through the trees</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/09/02/a-view-through-the-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favorite posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like this photograph. It is different from most of my other Monhegan photos &#8212; no stunning cliffs rising from the sea, no waves exploding on the rocks guarding the shoreline, no colorful lilies or picturesque lighthouses or interesting people &#8212; just this view through the trees. Is it a photograph of the sea or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>making sense, moving forward</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/08/23/making-sense-moving-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tolerance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world that is so different from the world of the generations that have preceded us. The pace of change is dizzying. The amount of accessible &#8212; unavoidably accessible! &#8212; information is overwhelming. We bear the burden of knowing too much, almost more than we can bear to know. It is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>be patient</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/07/11/be-patient/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[personal life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be patient &#8230; Do not let the burden of the enormous task ahead of you overwhelm you and debilitate you. Yours is not the responsibility of the end result, but only of the next step. Do what you can, what God has equipped you to do. Do that faithfully, one step, one piece, at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>no excuses</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/07/06/no-excuses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock_climbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are no excuses, only choices. I shared that observation with our church family this last Sunday as part of the report given by our mission trip team. We had just returned from eleven days in West Virginia &#8212; we, being four adults and six high school students. That observation was underlined once more for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>something worth waiting for</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/04/12/something-worth-waiting-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2006/04/12/something-worth-waiting-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are impatient people. We are used to solving problems, not living with them. If we canâ€™t solve the problem, we move on to something else. If we canâ€™t â€œfixâ€ the relationship, we move on to someone else. But sometimes, things take time. Things like raising children, building character, growing faith, building trust. Sometimes, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a road in the wilderness</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2005/12/03/a-road-in-the-wilderness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2005/12/03/a-road-in-the-wilderness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 03:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prepare in the wilderness a road for the Lord! Clear the way in the desert for our God! The Lord comes from the wilderness. God comes to us out of the desert &#8230; not from the midst of our cities and towns. God is not domesticated, but wild! The Lord is not confined to or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>who am I?</title>
		<link>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2005/07/02/who-am-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.firstcongucc.org/weblog/2005/07/02/who-am-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[child_of_god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who am I? I may spend an inordinate amount of time and energy and worry trying to &#8220;make a name&#8221; for myself &#8230; when I already have a name. God has given me my name: my name is &#8220;child of God!&#8221; I am a human being, made in God&#8217;s own image, and my highest calling, [...]]]></description>
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