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	<title>Our Daily Journey &#187; joy</title>
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		<title>just a shade</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/01/15/just-a-shade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom felten</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the movie Inception, technology allows people to tap into others’ minds by dream invasion. Dom Cobb, the flawed hero in the flick, lost his wife Mal when she committed suicide due to the delusional effects of memory inception within a dream state. Mal, however, keeps vividly appearing to Dom when he’s in a dream [...]]]></description>
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		<title>in the first light</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/12/12/in-the-first-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=10321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Christmas draws near, it&#8217;s worth remembering that we celebrate not just the coming to mankind of Immanuel, the Light of the world, but the complete story of His birth must take us ultimately to His Cross—His sacrificial death that paid the price demanded because of our sin. It is in the light of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>thankfulness at midnight</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/11/07/thankfulness-at-midnight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you imagine? You’ve finally hit the sheets after a tough day, hoping for some respite from your stresses, your anxieties, your conflicts, possibly some physical pain. Yet, as so often happens when sleep doesn’t come swiftly, you lie awake. Have you ever noticed that a bad tooth, e.g., can feel worse when you try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dying for peace</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/10/09/dying-for-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom felten</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hadn’t seen him in years. He called my name and walked over to me at the grocery store. After some small talk, I asked how he was doing. He said, “Last year I was dying,” and went on to explain that stress had nearly killed him. His heart and body had been breaking down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>at the end of the day . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/13/at-the-end-of-the-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/13/at-the-end-of-the-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know what I&#8217;m supposed to do in life. But over the past 8 months, there has been a lot of wrestling in my heart over whether it should be in strong agreement with what I truly stand for or become independent from what I once believed in. It&#8217;s tough. Perhaps you’ve seen the word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>painful truth</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/12/painful-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennifer benson schuldt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My 4-year-old son and I were watching television when we saw a commercial for skin cream. A woman’s face appeared and then the camera zoomed in, revealing a rather serious set of crow’s feet. But it didn’t stop there. Computer animation gave us a peek beneath the surface of her skin—into her very pores. Finally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sing</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/07/sing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/07/sing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winn collier</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For 160 years, the Free Church of Scotland has not allowed hymns or any instrumental music to be played or sung in their public worship. In 1843, the Free Church split from the Presbyterian Church of Scotland; and ever since, the Free Church has allowed only psalms to be sung—and only to be sung a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>among us</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/01/among-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/01/among-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roxanne robbins</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For 2 months in Uganda, I was without a car and had to travel by foot or by using public transportation. I squeezed into crowded matatus (minivan taxis) and weaved through traffic on the backs of boda bodas (motorcycle taxis). Many times, when no ride was available, I walked in the pouring rain. Moving about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>safety net</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/08/21/safety-net/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/08/21/safety-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Olson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=7555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine bought a trampoline for his young boys. After he had assembled it, his sons excitedly begged him to let them give it try. He reluctantly let them climb onto it but told them to be careful because he hadn’t installed the safety net around the trampoline. So his boys cautiously crept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>even better</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/08/17/even-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/08/17/even-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. T. Sim</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=7542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The text message from my brother was terse: “Dad just passed away. Come to ward now.” My 84-year-old father had vacillated between life and death for 2 months. He finally took his final breath. Dad had lost his battle with cancer, and losing him deeply saddened me. And yet I also rejoiced, for he hadn’t [...]]]></description>
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