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	<description>Encouraging &#38; Building Up the Church</description>
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		<title>THE SECRET GARDEN</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I pick it up.  A large, beautiful, Folio edition, green bound and illustrated. Caress it, remember it, wondering where is the copy I read as a child? Maybe a daughter has it on her shelves – or more likely in her boxes hidden in our attic cupboards. So I lift the unread copy from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re:FRESH Re:NEW Re:TREAT</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A DAY FOR RETREAT ideas for what to do! Sometimes (often, most of the time)  I need rest – physical, emotional, yes, but mostly spiritual time away from normal everyday busy-ness.  I need to make time for meeting with God over a longer period, time for spiritual renewal and self-examination.  In Jesus’ time, long walks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FINDING FUN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The book stared back at me. Dared me to pick it up. Buy it, even. It’s blue – always a favourite colour. And written on the front in large capitals: START YOUR OWN HAPPINESS PROJECT – GUIDE INSIDE. New year. New me? &#160; Can I ever feel HAPPY again? Resigning from my beloved work in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CONCERNING THE MORNING AID</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; from my journal: October 2010 &#160; Psalm 22: “Concerning the morning aid” This, the title of Psalm 22 in the LXX: concerning the morning aid. It’s a psalm of deep, intense pain. A psalm Jesus knew, for He shouted the start of it from the depths of His immense agony. A psalm He fulfilled, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowdrops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 2010      Three weeks after The Day There will be snowdrops again. There will be snowdrops again. I have to believe it. One day soon, the tiny tips will push through, struggling, light seeking, upward bound. First, there will be snow. Frost and freeze. Rain. Anything the elements can throw on a winter’s day. A [...]]]></description>
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