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		<title>Thoughts on Sabbath</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 23:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our weekly Commune service last night I offered reflections on keeping the Sabbath. Using a beautiful translation by Everett Fox of the Torah we remembered how, after God looked over the world and declared it &#8220;exceedingly good,&#8221; God rested &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/05/thoughts-on-sabbath/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Week Reflection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enter Holy Week Loud hosannas give way to silence into which the Word was breathed at the beginning of time ordaining the sacred to flow through the chaos of misdirected musings Silence gives way to lament for the rage &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/04/holy-week-reflection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Refreshment on the Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing as much work in front of my computer as I do, I find it helpful at times to go to places on the web where I can find refreshment and renewal. Rather than frequent pilgrimages to news sites where &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/03/spiritual-refreshment-on-the-internet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Office &#8230; Online!</title>
		<link>http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/03/the-daily-office-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m back and apologize for not posting another round of spiritual practices last week. Much of my time was occupied with grief and crisis counseling, planning and conducting two funeral services, along with tending to my flock and usual duties. &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/03/the-daily-office-online/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lectio Divina: Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We met in a small room off the sanctuary before worship one Sunday afternoon. I was facilitating group lectio divina for the first time and of my six companions five had only recently returned to church after many years away. &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/02/lectio-divina-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lectio Divina: Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/02/lectio-divina-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my personal prayer life, I find lectio divina an effective practice for quieting down, focusing, and reaching a more contemplative place in my prayers.  It’s often difficult for many of us to carve out the time to intentionally pray, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/02/lectio-divina-part-i/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On The Eve of Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In worship last Sunday, when I asked in the children’s message what we do in Lent, someone said, “You give up your favorite things.” I, however, heard “You give up your favorite sins,” much to the delight of many in &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/02/on-the-eve-of-lent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of a Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How I would have loved to be a fly on the wall as Col. P.H. Anderson read the letter below from a former slave. The colonel had asked the emancipated Jourdon Anderson to return from Ohio to Tennessee to again &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/02/the-power-of-a-letter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Responsibility to Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s article for the church newsletter is a call to action in solidarity with the people of Syria who are under assault by their government. Here&#8217;s the extended version: As I write this the city of Homs in Syria &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/02/the-responsibility-to-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To be Married to an Artist&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/01/to-be-married-to-an-artist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nanette is in Israel on a 10-day trip with Andover Newton Theological School and Boston University. Take a moment to read her blog, where you&#8217;ll find rich insights and incredible photographs. This picture captured my attention like none other. It&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.thesavides.com/steven/%pagetitle%/2012/01/to-be-married-to-an-artist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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