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		<title>Is there is a time to stop being polite?</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/05/there-is-a-time-to-stop-being-polite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 01:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of God stirring in our hearts and calling us to rise up,  I want to introduce you to a lady named Leymah Gbowee. Leymah is a peace activist in Liberia. She led a women&#8217;s prayer movement that was pivotal in ending the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003, and now speaks on behalf &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/05/there-is-a-time-to-stop-being-polite/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What connections are you making?</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/what-connections-are-you-making/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John taught an excellent sermon the other week that continues to encourage me.  He spoke from John 15 and how we stay connected to God through His word, His presence and one another.  I have been thinking quite a bit about what it looks like to stay connected to God with one another.  Here are &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/what-connections-are-you-making/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is there anything to help me to slow down and enjoy life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good friend gave me a poem one time when they noticed I was whirling around in my usual active mode.  It has been a real blessing to me and I trust it will for you too.  You see, you can&#8217;t rush reading through a poem.  It paints a picture, not only in your mind&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/is-there-anything-to-help-me-to-slow-down-and-enjoy-life/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My friend Jan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each time I talk with Jan I want to write a post.  I keep putting it off because I want the post to be perfect.  Procrastinating doesn&#8217;t accomplish anything though, and who am I trying to kid anyway with pseudo perfection? What I want to say about Jan is that several times, through her excellent &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/my-friend-jan/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Wait to Be</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/why-wait-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a walk yesterday with a woman who has boldly responded to God’s call on her life.  She is an author and speaker and when a fellow author called her Devotional Diva – she let the name stick.  She knew God’s call on her life to write and speak was big. She shared how &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/why-wait-to-be/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trading despair for contentment &#8211; good deal!</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/trading-despair-for-contentment-good-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The women at my church are discussing a series of books by Graham Cooke called the Way of the Warrior.  I highly recommend these books and have mentioned them before in my blog entries.  I am in the third workbook at the moment, Coming into Alignment.  To give you some background on the book this is &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/04/trading-despair-for-contentment-good-deal/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So heavenly minded, finally we are some earthly good</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/03/so-heavenly-minded-finally-they-are-some-earthly-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all heard the phrase, “So heavenly minded they are no earthly good.”  What about this phrase instead, “So heavenly minded that we are finally some earthly good.”  What if living our days seeking first God’s kingdom, drawing so near to Him that we don’t try to fight for our own good, but His!  &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/03/so-heavenly-minded-finally-they-are-some-earthly-good/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A New Perspective</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/01/a-new-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of the night, when I couldn’t sleep nor distract myself with things any longer, I cried out to God for His light.  I asked Him to show me what was behind my worries in my current situation of having another root canal.  The sheer frustration of the waste of time and money ebbs and &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/01/a-new-perspective/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t know if I can face that again?</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/01/i-dont-know-if-i-can-face-that-again/</link>
		<comments>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/01/i-dont-know-if-i-can-face-that-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking towards next week and anticipating yet another root canal, the thought popped in my head, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I can do it.&#8221;  Right after another thought popped in, &#8220;Whose strength are you looking to?&#8221; I would love to tell you that it all gets easier.  In some ways it does because there is history &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/01/i-dont-know-if-i-can-face-that-again/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Majesty of God</title>
		<link>http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/01/the-majesty-of-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hebrews 1:3  &#8221;He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.&#8221; In my effort to think about God more than about myself, I shared my desire to learn about the majesty of God with my prayer partner.  She told me &#8230; <a href="http://shell.cowpersmith.org/2012/01/the-majesty-of-god/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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