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		<title>Could Love Be My Forte?</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/26/could-love-be-my-forte/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Heather Allen -
Love is not my forte. But I am clearly not alone. I was practically run over by a monster truck. While slowing down to make a turn, I inconvenienced him. His wild gesturing and finger raising left me with that impression anyway. The word love is used to encompass many feelings, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Fun or Fret?</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/22/summer-fun-or-fret/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa Lusk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Teresa G. Lusk -
Summer is great for our kids to rest and enjoy the days! For parents who must work, however, it is a fret when they have to find reliable childcare. As a child who was left to the care of others, I would like to share valuable information and questions as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A False Worship</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/19/a-false-worship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Medrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nina Medrano -
When the Black Gold Casino had their Grand Opening just across the Texas/New Mexico border, my brother invited me to join him and his wife. Never having been inside a gambling casino, I was curious as to what the whoopla was all about, so I went.Upon entering the casino my senses were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Think I Can&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/15/i-think-i-cant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Thornton -
Returning from the bathroom and twirling to snap into position by my classroom door, I caught a glimpse of Natalie sobbing at her desk; Anne patted her haplessly on the shoulder. Immediately I shut the door for privacy and hurried to squat and rub her other shoulder. “What’s wrong?”“Her uncle passed last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Glove in God&#8217;s Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/12/a-glove-in-gods-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Medrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nina Medrano -
With baseball season and our annual baseball game around the corner, there is much talk around our office about breaking in new baseball mitts.First, we rub leather lather soap all over the mitt. Then we place it on a dry kitchen towel on top of a cookie sheet and put it in the oven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorful Jewels</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/08/colorful-jewels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caro Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Caro Jackson -
Traveling along the roads of Texas this spring and early summer has proven to be a feast for the eyes, especially those known as the backroads. Having recently rebounded from terrible drought conditions, which had occurred throughout the state for the past several years, the roadsides have come alive with color and texture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Hold These Truths</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/07/05/we-hold-these-truths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marty Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marty Norman -
Believe it or not, back in my former life and younger years, I taught American and world history. To me, settling in among the pages of history was one of the most exciting adventures in life—it still is. To relive and re-look at the brave men and women who have molded this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Go to Church</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/06/28/why-i-go-to-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caro Jackson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Caroline Jackson -
We often wake up on Sunday and think that God won’t mind if we miss a morning in church because He knows our hearts anyway. I discovered recently why this doesn’t work for me and why I try to faithfully attend.In the midst of glorious music announcing that Christ had indeed risen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>His Eye is on the Sparrow</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/06/21/his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/06/21/his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marty Norman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thechristianpulse.com/?p=5337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marty Norman -
Most of us are familiar with the words from Matthew 10:21. But if we have ever heard the song by the same name, we are moved by the haunting melody in a new way, “His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he’s watching me.”I first heard the song two years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He Heals the Broken-hearted</title>
		<link>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/06/17/he-heals-the-broken-hearted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thechristianpulse.com/2010/06/17/he-heals-the-broken-hearted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Medrano</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nina Medrano -
Life is a series of relationships. Some are good, some bad, some long-term, some short-term, some that warm the heart, and some that grieve the soul.I remember when I thought I was so in love that I overlooked the fact that I was in a harmful relationship. Oftentimes, in a harmful situation [...]]]></description>
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