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		<title>the small stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/01/26/the-small-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim gustafson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How has your ministry been able to thrive in these tough economic times?” someone asked the leader of a nonprofit organization. “It’s because of the small gifts,” he said without hesitation. “The big gifts dry up when things get tough. But we have a lot of people who make small donations, and they give faithfully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>i am hunger</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/01/20/i-am-hunger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roxanne robbins</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a previous article, I wrote about four severely malnourished siblings that I have been daily feeding. The children—Joshua, Mirika, Ashaba, Katseme— look drastically different now that they’ve been receiving nutritious food on a regular basis. Their stomachs are no longer bloated and their skin is no longer covered with sores. And their hair is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>can you keep a secret?</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/01/19/can-you-keep-a-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/01/19/can-you-keep-a-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew 6:1-4: Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>discipline of secrecy</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/01/09/discipline-of-secrecy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sheridan voysey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m an exhibitionist,” said the surrealist artist Salvador Dali. “Life is too short to remain unnoticed.” And actress Marlene Dietrich once released an album made entirely of the applause recorded at her cabarets—which she frequently played for her friends. The desire for praise is never far from any of us. We want people to applaud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>no brown m&amp;m’s</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/12/23/no-brown-mm%e2%80%99s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/12/23/no-brown-mm%e2%80%99s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marvin williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When rock band Van Halen was riding the wave of popularity, they insisted that a bowl of M&#38;M’s be provided for them backstage at their concert venues. Yet every brown M&#38;M had to be removed from the bowl. If the band arrived and found even a single brown M&#38;M in the bowl, they would cancel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>justice</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/28/justice-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marvin williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephane Hessel, a 93-year-old philosopher, concentration camp survivor, and former member of the French Resistance, has written a booklet, Be Indignant. Since the publishing of the tract and its 11 printings, he has inspired the nation to fight for social justice. Hessel said to the French: “Don’t be complacent. Don’t simply accept the widening gap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>happy thanksgiving!</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/24/happy-thanksgiving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Psalms 128:1-14: Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>india</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/15/india/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/15/india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pohfangchia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[India is a fascinating and colorful country. It is the seventh largest country by geographical area, and the second most populous country with over 1.2 billion people. Its history spans more than 4,500 years. According to a report published by the Government of India, despite significant economic progress in the country, a quarter of the nation&#8217;s population [...]]]></description>
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		<title>why do we burn out?</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/14/why-do-we-burn-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/14/why-do-we-burn-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burned out? Exhausted? Needing work breaks more and more often? Perhaps these are signs that you really needed a sabbatical, or a getaway. More so, it’s a gentle prompting that true ministry begins with true receiving. I am currently reading through a wonderful book on spiritual formation titled Deep-rooted in Christ by a Korean-American pastor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>autocorrect?</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/06/autocorrect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/06/autocorrect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marvin williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Zimmer, linguist, lexicographer, and language columnist for The New York Times, recently wrote an article about how incorrect the autocorrect text feature on our smart phones can be. He told how Hannah had received a text message from her father, which read: “Your mother and I are going to divorce next month.” No sooner [...]]]></description>
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