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		<title>Inspired!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, YOU did it!!  Between all of the contributions from folks on the website and the generous support of Grace Cullman and St. Luke&#8217;s in Birmingham, Fr. Joel will be going back to Kenya with the money he needs to begin building his health care clinic. AMAZING!  There are so many stories within this story, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YOU ARE AWESOME!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of you, we raised over $700 in one day for the Ngunya Health Clinic!  I just wanted you to know that you are making a difference.  Malcolm and I, and more importantly, Joel are grateful and encouraged.  Thank you for saying &#8220;yes&#8221; to life! Let&#8217;s keep on spreading the word.  Blessings.]]></description>
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		<title>Will you be one of the 1,500?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have a direct influence on the world around me, and I choose whether that influence is positive or negative.&#8221;  My then 15 year-old daughter Kiki wrote upon returning from a mission trip to Kenya. Kiki has inspired me to give back to the country that influenced her so greatly. My friend and classmate, Father [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easter hope&#8230; radiant Light of Love holding hungry babies caressing harried hands laughing through sorrow embracing hope-filled plans defying gloomy headlines breaking war-torn strife reaching beyond boundaries crushing doubt and fear calling us to care listen&#8230;love believe&#8230;dare. A Hope-Filled Easter to you, yours, and all!  May we believe, behave, and BE as Easter people.  Amen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy-Hellish Saturdays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year, I often wonder what it was like for the disciples to have been so physically close to Christ.  What joy to  have been in that All-Loving Presence&#8211;in the morning drinking tea together, walking down dusty roads, sitting at his feet while he taught. And then I try to imagine how it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seline</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It was a great loss when Seline died.  Even though she was only 24 years old, she was already a leader in the church.&#8221; Joel said with great sadness.  &#8220;You see, she was educated up to the eighth grade and she could read.  As I mentioned, not many people back home can read.&#8221; Joel leaned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responding to God&#8217;s Invitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you, but sometimes I get a little turned around about who&#8217;s in charge.  The other day I was with my spiritual director and I made the (embarrassingly) audacious claim, &#8220;When I invite God to participate, something beautiful happens.&#8221; Being the kind and wise soul she is, Karen didn&#8217;t burst out laughing.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attending seminary at VTS  offers me the opportunity to spend time with people from around the world.  I admire these brave souls who have left family and the familiar to enhance their education.  Over meals, at worship, or simply walking on campus I am reminded of the expansiveness of God&#8217;s great land&#8211;and the many languages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Will to Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coffee cup and candle in hand, I traipsed down to &#8220;Mary&#8217;s Grotto,&#8221; (Named for a finer Mary, than me).  Much has changed since my last trip home.  The redbud next to the deck nodded a cheery &#8220;Welcome back!&#8221; with its showy plume of purple finery.  Previously barren trees swelled with the pride of a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incomprehensible</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Bea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of the day had been spent reading and reading.  I did stop to eat, only to return to my room and read some more. I studied Augustine of Hippo wondering why he needed to go on for 60 pages with what seemed  could&#8217;ve been said in 10.  I sensed there were nuances I was [...]]]></description>
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