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		<title>Better Than Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a contribution to the January synchroblog which is being done in partnership with Provoketive Magazine.  The theme is Hope.  You can go to Provoketive Magazine and read all of the synchroblog posts and I’ll also put links to each person&#8217;s individual blog post at the end of this post as they become available. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2160&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Relationship Status With Jesus and Religion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First let me say that I thought some people were too harsh in their criticism of Jeff Bethke&#8217;s viral video “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus”.  At the same time, I don&#8217;t have a problem with people stating and discussing what they don&#8217;t like or disagree with in the video/poem. (I think artists should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2150&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Epiphany: Blessing of the home.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Tomorrow is officially Epiphany (although some will celebrate on Sunday). Do you celebrate Epiphany? If so, how? If not, you may want to consider starting the tradition &#8220;Blessing of the home&#8221;. There is more than one way to perform the tradition.  Here is one way that I like: Have some incense burning, a sprig from a bush, some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2105&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Human Potential</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[applying to colleges]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My youngest son is a high school senior this year and has spent a lot of time in the last several months applying to colleges.  Of course that means that he had to write several essays.  I have really enjoyed reading his essays and have learned some things about him that I didn&#8217;t know.  Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2092&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peace On Earth</title>
		<link>http://gracerules.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/peace-on-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<title>Quotes Worth Repeating: I would like to ask God</title>
		<link>http://gracerules.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/quotes-worth-repeating-i-would-like-to-ask-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Sometimes I would like to ask God why s/he allows poverty, suffering, and injustice when s/he could do something about it. But I’m afraid God would ask me the same question.” – Author Unknown<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2011&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expect the Unexpected</title>
		<link>http://gracerules.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/expect-the-unexpected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a contribution to the Advent Synchroblog &#8220;Jesus Is Coming: What Do You Expect?&#8221;  I&#8217;ll put links to other&#8217;s contribution at the end of this post as they become available. I have expectations!  I definitely have expectations! They consist of me expecting a bunch of stuff to happen that will make life better. Not just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2069&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a contribution to the November synchroblog &#8220;Calling us out of numbness&#8221;  I will post links to the other contributions at the end of this post as they become available. There is immense silent agony in the world, and the task of man is to be a voice for the plundered poor, to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2060&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Beautiful Mess</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is part of the October Synchroblog &#8220;Down We Go&#8221;.  This month&#8217;s theme explores the idea of Jesus calling us to go down into the low and messy places of life–intersecting with the lepers, the lonely, the outcasts, the marginalized &#8211; to live a life of humility, love, and interdependence. There is a lot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2043&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes Worth Repeating &#8211; Walk To The Edge</title>
		<link>http://gracerules.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/quotes-worth-repeating-walk-to-the-edge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. -Mary Anne Radmacher- (Photo from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/neurokinetikz/36414867/ )<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gracerules.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3944975&amp;post=2033&amp;subd=gracerules&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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