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	<title>2011 Advent Meditations from Myers Park Baptist</title>
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		<title>Haphazard by Starlight~December 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ANDREW DAUGHERTY.  British poet U.A. Fanthorpe was the first woman nominated as Professor of Poetry at OxfordUniversity. Her poem BC:AD captures the unremarkable circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus. This was the moment when Before Turned into After, and &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=182">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Eve~December 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ELEANOR BRAWLEY. I am handed a candle as the crowd piles in, chatting of parties and wearing furs. A man enters torn jacket unshaven unwashed. After the fourth verse of Oh, Come All Ye Faithful we line up and &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=179">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Over the Walls~December 23</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=176</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARY KRATT. “Go through, go through…”  Isaiah 62: 10 Jericho and Jerusalem, Maginot and Mason-Dixon, Berlin, jails and borders, gated neighborhoods, razorwire, boulders of prejudice everywhere we are. Jesus  -  that  infant/boy/man  stands to dissolve  these walls, those spikes between &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=176">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chasing the Light~December 22</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=173</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY JENNIFER PARKER.  Luke’s beloved Christmas story is one heard often, with staging that seems it could have been written by aNew Yorkplaywright who sets the scene in an undulation of history that spotlights an ordinary couple’s midwinter journey to &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=173">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Prayer of the Lizard~December 21</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=170</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY STEVE SHOEMAKER. There is curious detail of the Adoration of the Magi by Fabriano from the fifteenth century. The cow is there, the donkey is just out of sight. The oldest of the magi is bowing before Jesus. Two &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=170">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not Forsaken~December 20</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=168</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY DIXIE PINSON. Forsaken; a desolate word, bringing to mind feelings of isolation and abandonment. In Advent the proclamation is “Not Forsaken.” Contemplate feeling “sought out, not forsaken.” These are life-giving words along with compassion, salvation, justice, and peace. Isaiah’s &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=168">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Serendipity~December 19</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=164</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY JANET MILLER.  On a trip out of town last fall, I woke before sunrise. I left my husband sleeping peacefully and went in search of coffee and a good spot to read. The hotel lobby was empty, except for &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=164">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Live the Questions~December 18</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=161</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY CAROL REID.  It was 1988—the early days of glasnost and perestroika. At the end of an educational collaboration in Amherst the Soviets gave us Americans a quote with their signatures. It was a quote from the Austrian poet Ranier &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=161">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Love~December 17</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=158</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY TIM MARTIN.  The Apostle Luke describes the gift of the Christ child as a blessing, the ultimate gift of divine love.  But, it’s hard for us not to turn to the last page of the story and reflect on &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=158">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change of Plans~December 16</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=155</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ANDREW DAUGHERTY. Change is hard.  Change startles us even as it surprises us. Change that comes in bulk often startles us most.  Moving to a new town.  Going to a new school.  Graduating.  Getting married.  Having children.  Changing jobs.  &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=155">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grace asks Little, Love asks Much~December 15</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=150</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY CHARLIE ELBERSON.  The story tells of a young women, a virgin, living in a small town.  She receives an unexpected male visitor who says,  “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” According to the story the girl is…perplexed. &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=150">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Light Hearts and Quiet Wonder~December 14</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=146</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY LAURIE WINSTON.  Have yourself a merry little Christmas… let your heart be light… Ah, to let my heart be light. So often I find myself craving the lightness and the wonder of childhood, and never more so at Christmas. &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=146">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Overwhelmed and Overjoyed~December 13</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=142</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ASHLEY HARDY. Rhett and I were so overwhelmed when our first son, Forrest, was born with some very serious, yet undiagnosed, medical issues.  I kept asking God for strength, for guidance, trying to have faith.  It was my last resort.  &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=142">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>God with Us~December 12</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=139</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY RACHAEL DAUGHERTY.  &#8220;But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.&#8221; I chuckle to myself reading this part of the story.  Here Mary is having a conversation with an angel, and &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=139">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just Joy!~December 11</title>
		<link>http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=136</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ANDREW DAUGHERTY. Spiritual advisors have long said to preacher types, “If you are going to be a prophet, you better have a lifelong membership with U-haul, because you will be doing a lot of moving around.”  In other words, &#8230;<br /> <a href="http://myersparkbaptist.org/news/?p=136">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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