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		<title>2012 Iowa Caucuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick analysis of the Iowa caucus returns:
It seems the big winners in Iowa are Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.  Though Mitt Romney will place first or second, he has been consistently pegged as the establishment front-runner so a close first-place finish, or a second-place finish, may be seen as an  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another look at Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is about the Incarnation &#8212; the humiliation of Christ in taking on flesh, becoming one of us, with redemption fully in view.  On one hand, it is the beginning of Easter.  It&#8217;s the beginning of the historical event in which God entered creation so as to redeem and heal that creation, as  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided not to do a Christmas letter this year as I didn&#8217;t feel like I had enough exciting news or fun anecdotes on 2011 to mail out, but more recently decided I might as well still do a blog update for the year in review.  This will be more of interest to friends and family, so casual blog  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God With Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll admit it. I’m a sucker for stories of reconciliation. Especially ones that somehow weave a glimpse of future perfect reconciliation into a happy ending. If you’re not exactly sure what I mean, think of the line near the end of “The Return of the King” when Samwise Gamgee exclaims, “Gandalf! I  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constructive Conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time the small group study that meets at my house was together, we studied the difference between &#8220;peace-making&#8221; and &#8220;peace-keeping&#8221; in the Sonship course.  (That was actually 8 days ago, but I am just now getting around to updating my blog…)
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The core material for the discussion was an audio  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>apple.com</title>
		<link>http://www.joelwnelson.com/2011/10/apple-co/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Calling on God to Testify&#8230; Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1 and Part 2&#8230;
“If God is good, why does pain exist?” is a common question asked by those who find it hard to believe the God of the Bible could allow difficult or unexplainable things to happen. Variations of this question were frequently asked in the United States after  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling on God to Testify&#8230; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from part 1:
Has God proven his love in human terms? And is it necessary that he do so?
Yes, God has proven his love in human terms. God entered this world in the Second Person of the Trinity taking on human flesh and becoming a man (while also remaining fully God) in the person of  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling on God to Testify&#8230; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the popular CBS crime drama, Criminal Minds, Derek Morgan is a FBI agent who is strong, confident, yet very compassionate.  Nearly every episode depicts him as a strong hero, boldly kicking down doors and finding the bad guys, while also compassionately noticing the pain of those around him.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What breaks the cycle?</title>
		<link>http://www.joelwnelson.com/2011/09/what-breaks-the-cycle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been said that &#8220;hurt people hurt people&#8221;.
Those who have experienced pain are the most likely to dish it out… maybe in a form of retribution, or else so accustomed to it that it comes naturally.
Yet in this fallen world, it is unfortunately inevitable that each one of us will at some point or  [...]]]></description>
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