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		<title>Day 147 &#8211; Need Sight?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/26/day-147-need-sight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 03:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love the story of the man born blind in John 9, the one who Jesus healed by putting mud-pies on his eyes. Even though Jesus had healed blind people before, maybe the fact that this guy was born blind made the miracle all the more supernatural. Such a miracle didn&#8217;t do much to the &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/26/day-147-need-sight/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3197&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 146 &#8211; Free God from Stereotypes!</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/26/day-146-free-god-from-stereotypes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stereotype of God in the Old Testament is that He is a God of wrath. But there&#8217;s another side of God that I&#8217;ve become more familiar with the last few years. It&#8217;s the God who cares for the down and out, as Psalm 68 says: Sing to God, sing in praise of his name&#8230; &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/26/day-146-free-god-from-stereotypes/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3176&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">From the film &#34;Jesus of Nazareth&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Day 145 &#8211; Committing Treason with Your Kids?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/24/day-145-committing-treason-with-your-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 00:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was walking along the streets of Moscow back while it was still the capital city of the Soviet Union. I was in the city as a short-term missionary and was probably returning from the store when I heard these words coming from a tape my Walkman (the iPod&#8217;s grandfather): O my son Absalom! O &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/24/day-145-committing-treason-with-your-kids/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3166&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;David Mourns&#34; by Guy Rowe. Joab chastises weeping David.</media:title>
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		<title>Day 144 &#8211; Who is Jesus?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/23/day-144-who-is-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 02:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone&#8217;s debating about who Jesus is in John 7. The crowd wonders, &#8221;How can we know He&#8217;s Messiah? Where He&#8217;s From The debate at first (and then later) focuses on where Jesus came from &#8211; because (as everyone knows) the Messiah can&#8217;t possibly come from Galilee (vs. 41, 52). In fact, no one will know where &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/23/day-144-who-is-jesus/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3149&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 143 &#8211; Is God Refining Your Silver, Your Gold?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/22/day-143-is-god-refining-your-silver-your-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 03:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote yesterday about the difficulties that our family and many of our friends have endured over the last few years. So today&#8217;s Psalm was especially meaningful: Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip. For you, &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/22/day-143-is-god-refining-your-silver-your-gold/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3138&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 142 &#8211; To Whom Shall We Go?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/21/day-142-to-whom-shall-we-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 03:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few years have been tough on a lot of my friends. It feels like our halcyon 20s and 30s dissolved into the difficult 40s and 50s. Really difficult. I endured a painful job situation followed by 22 months of  unemployment &#8211; after having stepped into the gap when my husband lost his position &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/21/day-142-to-whom-shall-we-go/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3121&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">To Whom Shall We Go by matti sirvio (click for web site)</media:title>
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		<title>Day 141 &#8211; The Bread of Life</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/20/day-141-the-bread-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 03:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have discovered that if I really want to be heard, I repeat myself. Alot. If my kids don&#8217;t do what I say, they get so annoyed at the repetition that they stop to inform me so. Then I finally have their attention and can ask them one last time to do what I want. &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/20/day-141-the-bread-of-life/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3086&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Early third century depiction of eucharistic bread and fish, Catacomb of San Callisto, Rome.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Early third century depiction of eucharistic bread and fish, Catacomb of San Callisto, Rome.</media:title>
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		<title>Day 140 &#8211; The Obscure Miracle (or Not)</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/19/day-140-the-obscure-miracle-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 01:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The strangest things jump out as I read sometimes. Today I noticed a miracle that I&#8217;d never seen before: Jesus had a transporter. After Jesus feeds the 5000 in John 6, the disciples get in a boat to go across the Sea of Galilee to near Capernaum. Matthew and Mark say that Jesus stayed back &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/19/day-140-the-obscure-miracle-or-not/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3041&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Star Trek Transporter (must be in public domain since there are so many pix of it out there)</media:title>
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		<title>Day 139 &#8211; Who&#8217;s a Christian?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/18/day-139-whos-a-christian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 03:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holiday Longing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Jesus sure says a lot in the second half of John 5. He is addressing the religious leaders who have just decided to kill him for blasphemy &#8211; for calling God His Father. As I reviewed Jesus&#8217; speech, I found a few topical threads to ponder. First,  Jesus is going to judge men in &#8230; <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/18/day-139-whos-a-christian/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3036&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 138 &#8211; Do You Want to Get Well?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/18/day-138-do-you-want-to-get-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holiday Longing</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Jesus saw him lying there, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” ... If the man REALLY wanted to get well, wouldn't he use every ounce of energy he had to pull himself over to that pool? <span class="more-link"><a href="http://holidaylonging.com/2012/05/18/day-138-do-you-want-to-get-well/">Continue reading &#187;</a></span><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.com&#038;blog=4288436&#038;post=3020&#038;subd=holidaylonging&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">The-Pool-of-Bethesda2</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The-Pool-of-Bethesda by William Hogarth 1697 - 1764</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Jesus Heals a Man by the Pool of Bethesda - from a Bible Storybook (original source unknown)</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Jesus speaking to man at Bethesda pool (original source unknown)</media:title>
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