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		<title>firewalkers</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/02/01/firewalkers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennifer benson schuldt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firewalkers fascinate me. These people have a special something that allows them to look down at a bed of hot coals, unbuckle their sandals or peel off their socks, and step right in. Some see it as a rite of passage, a way to conquer fear, or a way to uncover some hidden vein of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>enemies</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2012/01/16/enemies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim gustafson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am forced to preach under something of a handicap this morning,” said Dr. Martin Luther King on a November day in 1957. His physician had instructed him to stay in bed, but King insisted on speaking. Paraphrasing the words of Jesus, he declared to the congregation at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>desire for vengeance</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/12/28/desire-for-vengeance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Olson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I once spoke with a father whose son had been brutally murdered by a family friend. In the years that followed, he talked of his burning desire for revenge. He knew that bitterness had overtaken his heart and crowded out that which was good. Although he wanted to turn this festering burden over to Jesus, [...]]]></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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		<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>are you prepared to die for what&#8217;s right?</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/10/28/are-you-prepared-to-die-for-whats-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/10/28/are-you-prepared-to-die-for-whats-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9443</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31 NIV). Do you see an injustice? Than have confidence in God and stand up to defeat it. I have many times. You know what; you might be surprised who will stand up with you. One time in a tree planting camp, a foreman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bold as a lion</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/10/26/bold-as-a-lion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marvin williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[William Seeker, a 17th-century clergyman, is quoted as saying, “Another singular action of a sanctified Christian is to prefer the duty he owes God to the danger he fears from man. Christians in all ages have prized their services above their safety. ‘The wicked flee when no man [is pursuing]; but the righteous are bold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>why me, Lord?</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/10/05/why-me-lord/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/10/05/why-me-lord/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>an odj community member</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=9012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Romans 8:10-17: Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>he who hesitates</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/25/he-who-hesitates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/25/he-who-hesitates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marvin williams</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, amid the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the US, a leading politician summed up the response to the disaster with these words: “One of the problems that we’re facing at the federal level and at the state level and at the local level is a total system-wide failure, because people making decisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>so close, yet so far</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/18/so-close-yet-so-far-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/18/so-close-yet-so-far-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>winn collier</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tom Shadyac, the director of the films Patch Adams, Bruce Almighty, Liar Liar, and the Ace Ventura series, recently purchased an old downtown church building in my hometown. He converted it into a shelter for the homeless. When I asked him about his impulse to create The Haven, Tom recounted his college years in Charlottesville, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>active faith</title>
		<link>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/16/active-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/2011/09/16/active-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>regina franklin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ourdailyjourney.org/?p=8647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Did you know that?!” When my student responded with disbelief at what he had learned in researching his social justice project, my heart leaped with excitement. Teaching in a private prep school, I look for ways to help my students see beyond their somewhat sheltered world. My delight was short-lived, however, when he continued by [...]]]></description>
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