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		<title>Nothing Means Nothing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Nothing can separate us from the love of God – not even ourselves!” Graham Cooke &#160; This morning was one of those “God is right here with me” mornings. The sun shone bright in the blue sky, cardinal song drifted through the open bedroom window, the scent of something cooking in the apartment below me [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Singing in the Dark</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s still dark outside.  The clock says it’s morning, but the sky says it’s still night.  I look out at the darkness, sigh, and open the windows to let in some fresh air as I get ready for another day.  I’m not a morning person, especially when it’s so early that it’s still dark. But, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Creator Becomes the Created</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, Who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 &#160; The lights on the tree are dark. Wrapping paper covers the floor. The room is silent.  Another Christmas [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dying to the Past</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I heard Chuck Pierce say in a recent message, “A lot of people won’t look back at their past and ask the Lord to bring it up to their present moment. They want to look back at their past and live in the emotions of the past. You have to stand firm in your present [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Coming Out of the Dark</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 18:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Darkness. In the abyss, trying to claw my way out, but I don’t know how. The hook sinks into the space between my lower ribs, the fluttering warning begins, and the hook sinks deeper, dragging me further into the hole. My heart starts racing, my breaths become shorter and more rapid, the ache grows, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Light of the World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2022 21:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Winter Solstice.  Yesterday, December 21st, was the first official day of winter.  It’s been cold and snowing for several weeks now (at least in Northern New York where I am silly enough to live). Darkness envelopes us by 4:30 pm and doesn’t let the sun come up before 7:30 am.  Our days tend to be [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Looking Higher</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 23:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several months ago, I started an article about the December 21, 2020 conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.  I never finished the article, and today, I went back and re-read what I had written: I’ve read articles about the celestial event, and watched the sky all afternoon, begging the clouds to part so that I could [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our First Love</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During my morning Bible reading and prayer time, I like to listen to instrumental worship music.  I’m less likely to be distracted by what’s going on in another part of the house if I have music in the background.    My favorites are on some of the YouTube channels.  An ad pops up every time I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in Thankfulness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 20:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>In the Details</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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