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	<title>The Rev. Mark Templeman's Blog</title>
	<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com</link>
	<description>Church of the Holy Name - Episcopal - Swampscott, MA</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Conversations with God</title>
		<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2007/10/17/conversations-with-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking the other day about how I talk with God. Even from the earliest age I remember talking to Him the same way I would talk with a close friend. My prayers have never been in King&#8217;s English! That ran off the tracks very early on. They have had an informal quality and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scripture&#8230;A Map For Our Lives</title>
		<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2007/01/18/scripturea-map-for-our-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[C.S. Lewis writes in his classic book, Mere Christianity many profound and engaging topics about the Christian life. Here is a selection I have found most helpful in looking at how to approach the bible.
&#8220;I remember once when I had been giving a talk to the R.A.F., an old, hard-bitten officer got up and said, &#8216;I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Bleak Midwinter?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2006/12/22/a-bleak-midwinter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2006/12/22/a-bleak-midwinter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we celebrate this most blessed event, the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am reminded of the Christmas hymn, “In the bleak mid winter” by Christina Rossetti. The words seem simple but are quite profound. “What can I give him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Advent Dreams&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2006/11/21/advent-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My five year old son asked me the other day, “Daddy, what do you want for Christmas?” As the lump in me throat subsided I looked at him and smiled. He would not understand but I replied anyway, “I have every dream I have ever wanted because you are my son.”

Ten years ago, five years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Good Question&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2006/10/25/a-good-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago I asked a friend, &#8220;What is God doing in your life.&#8221; Her response was quick, &#8220;Good question. Not sure.&#8221;
We discussed it over a cup of coffee and she shared with me that God was far away and not up to much. &#8220;If he were wouldn&#8217;t I feel something?&#8221;
Maybe or maybe not.
Then I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Journey of Prayer&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2006/10/17/the-journey-of-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2006/10/17/the-journey-of-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Prayer does not equip us for greater works- prayer is the greater work. Yet we think of prayer as some commonsense exercise of our higher power that simply prepares us for God&#8217;s work. In the teachings of Jesus Christ, prayer is the working of the miracle of redemption in me, which produces the miracle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cross &#8220;Stitching&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.churchoftheholyname.com/2006/10/11/cross-stitching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, let&#8217;s jump into the deep end of the pool on this blog with a passage from the gospel of Mark 8: 34-37. &#8220;Jesus called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, &#8216;If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.&#8221;
The word gospel [...]]]></description>
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