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		<title>The Bread We Need</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What an unexpected joy it has been to visit the churches of Santa Cruz; to peak in on their congregations and taste the flavors of each community.  It has been a long time since I have payed a visit to so many different houses of worship.  My first year of college, I flitted around the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=369&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What does hesitation mean?&#8221; Alex often does this.  He will pull a thought out at random from the corners of his 6-year-old mind.  Only seldom are these emerging thoughts related to the moment at hand. &#8220;Hmm.  Hesitation.&#8221; I answer,  &#8220;Well, it means pausing before you do something.  It means stopping and thinking instead of just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=365&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roots of Redwoods</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[redwood &#124;ˈredˌwoŏd&#124; noun.  either of two giant conifers with thick fibrous bark, native to California and Oregon. They are the tallest known trees and are among the largest living organisms. • Two species in the family Taxodiaceae: the California (or coast) redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens), which can grow to a height of 325 feet (110 m), [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=361&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eyes Made For Seeing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stories of George MacDonald have blessed and washed my imagination this year.  Language is pliable and responsive in his hands and he renders common experiences in such a way as to cause the reader to feel she is experiencing the thing for the first time.  This is an excerpt from my favorite scene in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=346&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Urgings of the Wind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ruach of God is with us.  Spirit. Breath. Winds&#8230; There is nothing quite like the sweet, clean air of the ocean, the cold, velvety inhale of open-air.  I have been thinking a lot about breath lately in my studies of Acts and the Holy Spirit.  I&#8217;m enchanted by the Hebrew, ruach, meaning spirit, breath, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=336&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eternal God, hallowed be your name. Early in the morning, before we begin our work, we praise your glory. Renew our bodies as fresh as the morning flowers. Open our inner eyes, as the sun casts new light upon the darkness. Deliver us from all captivity. Like the birds of the sky, give us wings [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=329&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Drums by Tanya Davis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some art for a sunny day.  This makes me grin because it reminds me of a boy I know.  Watch and enjoy!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=322&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fairy Land</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two most important kids in my life right now are named Abby and Alex.  I pick them up from school and then we go on grand adventures together.  Sometimes we do homework or set the table or even have arguments.  But mostly we have adventures.  We have a palace in the park where a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=309&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take the day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Saturday and I am resting.  Easier said than done.  I seem to remember a time when resting, taking an intermission to lean into whatever feels life-giving, was a well developed habit in my life.  Unfortunately, like most good habits, excuses and lousy justifications crept into that sacred space and claimed it for other things.  Today [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=288&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rhythms of Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebekah Boettcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall is settling into its familiar patterns and colors and so am I.  There are some new rhythms to life, but they are tempos that I catch easily and hum under my breath like they have always been there waiting for me to start tapping away to.  It is good to live in a house [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbotch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9997175&amp;post=277&amp;subd=bbotch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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