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		<title>At the Cross, God Forgives Us Completely</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>My latest meditation from the Gospel of Matthew. Do click on the link below to listen. While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and when he had [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>In which Rest is an Essential Part of the Creative Process</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The first chapter of Genesis explodes with creativity! God creates sun, moon and stars; banyans, baobabs and butterflies; macaws, mice and mastodons from a smile in his brain. He creates the world in exuberance because that is his nature. He is a Maker, a creator. And all of us are inherently creative, because we all [&#8230;]</p>
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