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	<title>Mountain View Church of Christ &#187; Ladies</title>
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		<title>Ladie&#8217;s Retreat- Ponderosa 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/09/ladies-retreat-ponderosa-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/09/ladies-retreat-ponderosa-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rayoungclan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ladies]]></category>

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		<title>Stress: Weathering the Storm</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/04/stress-weathering-the-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/04/stress-weathering-the-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 02:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My dad is a preacher. I borrowed the following story from one of his bulletins (which was also borrowed from another bulletin by Allen Smith). The following quote comes from Kim Sherer: &#8220;One night while my young son, Ryan, was sleeping, a storm began brewing outside. After a loud clap of thunder, I heard him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer: Still Talking to God, No Matter His Answer.</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/04/prayer-still-talking-to-god-no-matter-his-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/04/prayer-still-talking-to-god-no-matter-his-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie C</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[disappointment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=1557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In C.S. Lewis’ The Magician&#8217;s Nephew, the Lion, Aslan, sends a young boy, Diggory and his friend, Polly, on a mission. They find themselves hungry and without food when they set up camp for the night. Diggory and Polly discuss their need for food, not grass, with the flying horse, Fledge, that is carrying them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting on God&#8230; Hurry Up Already!</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/02/waiting-on-god-hurry-up-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/02/waiting-on-god-hurry-up-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waiting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=1167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A common expression in military life is “hurry up and wait”. Whether waiting for deployment orders, leave dates, redeployment (home coming from deployment), school or promotion applications, our lives are a constant waiting game. Becoming a wife and mom is something I waited (sometimes not so patiently) to be for a long time. Now that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building A Home: Being a Homemaker</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/01/building-a-home-being-a-homemaker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/01/building-a-home-being-a-homemaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building a home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wife]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=1124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Many of us can remember being asked. Maybe some of us even became one of the things we answered. The most blessed part of my life is that I became a wife and mother, which is the one occupation I always knew I wanted. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Home in Heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/01/building-a-home-in-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/01/building-a-home-in-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building a home]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=1106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We just bought our first house.  It was really important to me that our new house felt like a home.  I spent hours in Home Depot, Lowes, Sears, and JCPenny trying to find the right curtains.  Bed, Bath, and Beyond and Hobby Lobby had to have the picture frames, paintings, and candles I was looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Home – Learning to Laugh</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/01/building-a-home-%e2%80%93-learning-to-laugh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2011/01/building-a-home-%e2%80%93-learning-to-laugh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin H</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[building a home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew 11]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=1009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was dating my future husband I took everything seriously.  Anything he did or said that wasn’t centered on me was the start of a fight.  I was convinced that he was out to hurt me.  One day I was particularly upset and couldn’t stop crying.  I was ready to end our relationship.  Rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving Life as an Army Wife</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/12/loving-life-as-an-army-wife/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/12/loving-life-as-an-army-wife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=1084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“He’s at such a fun age,” everyone told me regarding my toddler as we prepared for the holidays. While I can agree, each joyful experience is also overshadowed by a bit of sadness. This holiday season, we are missing a very important part of our little family: Daddy. You see, my husband is a soldier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life – A Time for Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/12/life-%e2%80%93-a-time-for-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/12/life-%e2%80%93-a-time-for-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=1006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may have read in my other articles, I am the mother of two young toddler boys.  I spend most of my days working from the moment I get up until the moment I crawl back into bed, which is why I was caught off guard, last week, when someone told me that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving is a Commandment</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/11/loving-is-a-commandment-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/11/loving-is-a-commandment-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandra V</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commandment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[LOVING &#8211; A COMMANDMENT When electricity was in its infancy, people tried every way possible to make life easier with it. The household iron became a tool that could be heated via a cord plugged into an electrical outlet. Before electricity, this heavy iron with a handle had to be heated by the fire. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loving God: Submission to His Will</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/11/912/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/11/912/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's faithfulness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parent]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am the mother of a strong willed child. Or maybe, he’s just a two year old boy. He pushes the limits, challenges the boundaries, and alters the routine as often as possible. Each day, he attempts to get away with each of these, even though he didn’t succeed all the previous days. But how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children of God: Loving our Father</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/11/children-of-god-loving-our-father/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/11/children-of-god-loving-our-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greatest commandment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loving]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=908</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew 22:36-40 (NIV) &#8220;Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?&#8221;  Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/10/choosing-forgiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/10/choosing-forgiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda J</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ladies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Choosing Forgiveness The sunrise recently was beautiful, as it frequently is in Colorado Springs. It started as a brilliant red glow on the eastern horizon making the few clouds look like they were a consuming fire. The color gradually spread westward toward the mountains turning the clouds a range of hues from pink to lavender. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiveness: Celebrating the Return</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/10/forgiveness-celebrating-the-return/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/10/forgiveness-celebrating-the-return/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Asking for forgiveness involves a lot of trust.  Whether you’re asking a person you love or God, you have to trust that the person or God will forgive you. Luke illustrates this through the prodigal son and father.  The prodigal son wants his inheritance, so he asks his father for his money.  This seems especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Many Sisters</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/my-many-sisters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/my-many-sisters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda J</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sisterhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My Many Sisters It is my great fortune to have been born into a family with three sisters. Our mother was a great role model and taught us the importance of family and learning to love and care for each other. These include common goals, interests and trust. My two daughters share the sisterly love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Sisterhood</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/the-value-of-sisterhood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/the-value-of-sisterhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sisterhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was blessed to grow up in a loving, Christian family. My parents stressed the importance of family and my dad often told us to stick up for each other. In spite of our differences through the years, the petty squabbles and disagreements, my brothers, sister and I grew and remain close to each other. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being a Graceful Sister</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/being-a-graceful-sister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/being-a-graceful-sister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M C</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sisterhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have four brothers.  The relationship between sisters is completely foreign to me.  I always look to the story of Ruth and am amazed at the love she shows to her fellow “sister.”  Although they aren’t sisters—in fact, they share the often-haphazard mother- and daughter-in-law relationship—Ruth respects Naomi and puts her mother-in-law over her personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sisterly Love</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/sisterly-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/09/sisterly-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin H</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew 12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sisterhood]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I think about my younger sister a million different images run across my mind.  We have such a history together.  She knows all of my most embarrassing moments but doesn’t share them with anyone else.  She knew me as a teenager and yet still speaks to me today.  She remembers all of my mistakes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telling Others</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/08/telling-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/08/telling-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda J</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[telling others]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvcoc.org/?p=767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[    Telling Others  Christ tells his disciples in Matthew 28 to make disciples of all nations. If we are also to be Christ&#8217;s disciples we must do no less. I suggest we need to start in our own homes with our own children. We are losing a large number of our children to the world, especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show, Then Tell</title>
		<link>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/08/show-then-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvcoc.org/2010/08/show-then-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Light of the Heart Devotionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evangelism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you know that I am a writer—mostly of children’s nonfiction books and articles, with some unpublished fiction. One of the fundamental rules of writing is “show, don’t tell.” If you write, “The girl was happy,” that is telling us what her emotions are. But if you say, “The girl skipped down the sidewalk, [...]]]></description>
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