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		<title>&#8220;What Did You Give?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[About now, your family room probably is ankle-deep in wrapping paper, ribbons, and shiny bows torn off of, what only a few minutes ago, were beautifully wrapped Christmas presents. “What did you get?” we ask each other as the gift-giving comes to a close and we survey the merry damage. “What did you get?” is&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Waiting For?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Advent draws to a close, for Anglicans worldwide it marks the end of penitential season of devotion, prayer…and waiting.  Through these disciplines we reflect on many things but, in the end, we are faced with the question, “What are we waiting for?” The coming of Jesus – the Christ child, God incarnate, Emmanuel –&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>This Thanksgiving: &#8220;Taste and See&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine setting before your invited guests a sumptuous, abundant Thanksgiving feast…only to watch them pass the overflowing platters and bowls without taking even a sample but, instead, offering the same, tired excuses. Too often, Christians are guilty of this same behavior in our relationship with God. Today – every day – we have an amazing&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Is THIS Abundant Life??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next month Episcopal Charities&#8217; Trustees will consider a critically important question during their board meeting: &#8220;What does abundant life mean to them?&#8221;  A key part of our mission is bringing a message of hope to thousands of people across the Diocese of Chicago who, until now, thought the abundant life Jesus spoke of in John&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;One&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever someone asks for advice on how to write a good fundraising letter, I ask them how many they will send out.  &#8220;Oh, about 5,000,&#8221; some answer.  &#8220;Only a few hundred,&#8221; others say.  For those who want to impress (or who work for large nonprofits (-: ) they&#8217;ll boast, &#8220;Thousands!&#8221; The correct answer is the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Real Sacrificial Board Giving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At our Annual Conference for the board members and executive staff of our ministry partners, our presenter &#8211; Dr. Kathryn Tyler Scott &#8211; uttered this memorable, poetic challenge to take service on a nonprofit board seriously.  &#8220;It is your job,&#8221; she began&#8230; &#8220;&#8230;to preserve your organization for a time you will not see, and for&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Called to Serve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Bible two types of people follow Jesus: 1) those who are inadequate, and 2) those who are inadequate but don&#8217;t know it (yet).  The first group &#8211; people like Zacchaeus, blind Bartimaeus, the Roman centurion with an ill servant, and others &#8211; are aware of their inability to help themselves and come looking&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Of Cars &amp; Christians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The automobile&#8217;s purpose is not fulfilled in the gas station.  While the services it receives there are absolutely essential, cars are not meant for gas stations.  Their purpose is only fulfilled when they&#8217;re on the road heading somewhere. Likewise, Christians do not fulfill their purpose in church.  While the support, teaching, and rituals a Christian experiences&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I want to see&#8221; Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A: 5 Q: What is 4+1? In this example it&#8217;s silly to know the answer before the question. Yet, this is the way many people address social issues.  We come up with the answer before we know what the problem is. Not with Jesus.  In today&#8217;s devotional from Mark 10 Jesus interacts with his disciples&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I want to see&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Jericho, on his way up to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing by a blind beggar on the side of road who screamed, &#8220;Jesus, have mercy on me!&#8221;  Jesus called for the man and asked him the most unlikely of questions, &#8220;What do you want me to do for you?&#8221; What?  Could Jesus not tell the&#8230;]]></description>
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