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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend shared on his Facebook page yesterday the news that dozens of Christian worshipers were murdered in Nigeria yesterday.  CBS News writes: &#8220;Terror attacks across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect killed at least 39 people Sunday, with the majority dying on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass as blood [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1405&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2 He was in the beginning with God;  3 all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.  4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1401&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Angel Visits Mary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,  27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin&#8217;s name was Mary.  28 And he came to her and said, &#8220;Hail, O favored one, the Lord [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1395&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advent 4 &#8211; Turning the World Upside Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Thus says the LORD of hosts: &#8220;Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets, since the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.  10 For before those days there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1392&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advent 3 &#8211; Hope in a Dark World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the second year of Darius the king, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet,  2 &#8220;Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1384&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advent 2 &#8211; Hope In the Darkness, Part 2: Dealing With Institutions</title>
		<link>http://getstarted.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/advent-2-hope-in-the-darkness-part-2-dealing-with-institutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.  And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, &#8220;Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.  Tell [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1375&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advent 1 &#8211; Hope In the Darkness Part 1: Hope for Individuals</title>
		<link>http://getstarted.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/advent-1-hope-in-the-darkness-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.  Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, &#8220;Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!&#8221;  The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1370&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BlogSurfing Find: A Fresh Take on Mary</title>
		<link>http://getstarted.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/blogsurfing-find-a-fresh-take-on-mary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recommended by friend and Anglican priest Christina V, this article talks about who Mary the mother of Jesus really was and what she was really like.  Not quite the way she is portrayed in many churches&#8230; not quite the kind of role model Christian women are often told to emulate.  Rather, an amazing woman of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1367&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hope in the Darkness&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advent Candlelight Services Saturdays Nov 26, Dec 3, 10, and 17 Light Supper 5:00PM / Service 6:00PM Church of the Atonement 618 Washington Avenue, Carnegie All are welcome<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1357&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CD Surfing Find: &#8220;Not Guilty Anymore&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a church music director I&#8217;m always listening for new (and new-to-me) music, and every now and then I&#8217;ll come across a song that hits the sweet spot: a solid Christian message and good quality songwriting.  This is my latest discovery.  Give a listen to Not Guilty Anymore by Aaron Keyes. It doesn’t matter what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=getstarted.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1171192&amp;post=1354&amp;subd=getstarted&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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