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	<title>The Anglican Priest</title>
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	<description>(Formerly Maney’s Musings) 2 Timothy 1:14</description>
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		<title>From the Morning Scriptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One lesson we can learn from Jesus' feeding of the 4000 is that we are to follow his example and be abundantly generous to those in need, both spiritually and materially. Neither should we worry about having the means to be generous because we can always count on our Lord to provide for us and to multiply our generosity toward those in need. When we begin to understand this, it makes being his disciple easier for us because we realize that being his disciple is not about us but rather about bringing glory to Christ. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/16/from-the-morning-scriptures-18/</link>
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		<title>Frugality During Lent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lent is a season for self-reflection and self-denial, a time where we actively attempt, with the Spirit's help, to put to death our sinful nature and desires. Here Augustine reminds us that even on feast days during Lent, we should be mindful of this and practice circumspection in our consumption. Doing so helps us to be ever vigilant in our battle against our fallen nature.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/16/frugality-during-lent/</link>
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		<title>Charity and Mercy are the Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If God is love, charity should know no limit; for God cannot be confined. Any time is the right time for works of charity, but these days of Lent provide a special encouragement. Those who want to be present at the Lord&#8217;s Passover in holiness of mind and body should seek above all to win [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/16/charity-and-mercy-are-the-things/</link>
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		<title>Christ Our High Priest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me turn to my true high priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Having fulfilled God&#8217;s plan, he passes into the heavens and enters into the presence of the Father to make him turn in mercy to the human race and to pray for all who believe in him. John the apostle, knowing of the atonement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/16/christ-our-high-priest/</link>
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		<title>Our Need for a Physician</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unhappy ones, what can the law do without grace? What can the earth accomplish without the spittle of Christ? Run to the Physician and wash your face. Long for Christ, confess Christ, believe in Christ; the Spirit will be added to the letter, and you will be saved.
—Augustine, Sermon 136.1.5
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/16/our-need-for-a-physician/</link>
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		<title>A Lenten Prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Permit us not, O Lord, to hear your word in vain. Convince us of its truth, cause us to feel its power and bind us to yourself with cords of faith and hope and love that never shall be broken. We bind to ourselves today, you our God: your power to hold us, your hand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/16/a-lenten-prayer-2/</link>
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		<title>Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life has gotten in the way of me writing and/or posting anything today. Will be back tomorrow.
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/15/life/</link>
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		<title>A Prayer for Mercy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[O Lord, we ask you favorably to hear the prayers of your people; that we, who are justly punished for our offenses, may be mercifully delivered by your goodness, for the glory of your name; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/13/a-prayer-for-mercy-2/</link>
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		<title>Notable and Quotable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sighed and you [God] heard me. I wavered and you steadied me. I traveled along the broad way of the world, but you did not desert me.
—Augustine, Confessions, 6.5.8
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/12/notable-and-quotable-14/</link>
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		<title>The Nature of Prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prayer is an offering that belongs to God and is acceptable to him: it is the offering he has asked for, the offering he planned as his own. We must dedicate this offering with our whole heart, we must fatten it on faith, tend it by truth, keep it unblemished through innocence and clean through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/12/the-nature-of-prayer/</link>
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		<title>From the Morning Scriptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you continue to observe a Holy Lent, think on this. Who is it that you are serving? Are you willing to lose yourself so that others might be able to gain Christ? As Paul reminds us, not everyone will accept our gracious invitation to enter into a life-giving relationship with Christ. But that is not the point of the passage above. What Paul is reminding us is that the way we live our lives and conduct ourselves around others is a sermon in itself. You do not have to be a minister to be a preacher. You do not even have to be a good speaker. You simply need to live your life the way Christ lived his. When you are able to live your life for Christ instead of yourself, that will be enough to attract people's attention and help make them ready for you to tell them about your secret.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/12/from-the-morning-scriptures-17/</link>
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		<title>Remember Whose You Are</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recognize to whom you owe the fact that you exist, that you breathe, that you understand, that you are wise, and, above all, that you know God and hope for the kingdom of heaven and the vision of glory, now darkly and as in a mirror but then with greater fullness and purity. You have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/12/remember-whose-you-are/</link>
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		<title>Benefits of the Godhead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So let us believe also in the Holy Spirit. He is God, you see, because it is written, &#8220;God is Spirit.&#8221; Through him we have received the forgiveness of sins, through him we believe in the resurrection of the flesh, through him we hope for life everlasting. But take care you don&#8217;t fall into error [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/12/benefits-of-the-godhead/</link>
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		<title>Boasting That is Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boasting of God is perfect and complete when we take no pride in our own righteousness but acknowledge that we are utterly lacking in true righteousness and have been made righteous only by faith in Christ. Humanity, there is nothing left for you to boast of, for your boasting and hope lie in putting to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/11/boasting-that-is-good/</link>
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		<title>Why Read Scripture?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since we were too weak to discover the truth by pure reasoning and therefore needed the authority of sacred writings, I now began to believe that you [God] would never have conferred such preeminent authority on the scripture, now diffused through all lands, unless you had willed that it would be a means of coming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/11/why-read-scripture/</link>
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		<title>From the Morning Scriptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The God who loves and created Jacob loves you too. He knows your future. He knows your hopes and dreams and fears. He promises to be with you in your journey here on earth and bids you not to be afraid, even when things look terribly bleak or dark. Do you trust God enough to believe him? Will you accept his offer and respond in obedience to God and his promises? This Lenten season think on these things. Talk to other faithful souls and share your "God moments" to help you realize that God is indeed with you. Read Scripture to learn (or be reminded of) God's power and purposes. Read to learn about the efficacy of God. Doing so will help you grow in your trust and obedience to this wondrous God of ours.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/11/from-the-morning-scriptures-16/</link>
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		<title>Lead Good Lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let us lead good lives and while we lead good lives let us not think that we are without sin. Living a life that is praiseworthy includes begging pardon for things that are blameworthy. This is the example that David gave us when he confessed his sins to God [over his adulterous affair with Bathsheba [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/11/lead-good-lives/</link>
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		<title>The Need for Discernment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are certain imitations of true virtues as also of vices which play tricks with the heart and bedazzle the mind&#8217;s vision. As a result, the appearance of goodness often seems to be something which is evil, and equally the appearance of evil seems to be something good. This is part of our wretchedness and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/11/the-need-for-discernment/</link>
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		<title>The Wearied Christ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jesus is wearied with his journey, that he may refresh the weary.
—Ambrose, Of the Christian Faith, 5.4.54
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/11/the-wearied-christ/</link>
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		<title>How Much More?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If Christ gave himself up to death at the right time for those who were unbelievers and enemies of God, how much more will he protect us with his help if we believe in him! So if he died for his enemies, just think what he can do for his friends!
—Ambrosiaster, Commentary on Paul&#8217;s Epistles
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/11/how-much-more/</link>
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		<title>Baseball&#8217;s Chief Geek Picks 2010 Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Fox News:
Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols and baseball&#8217;s other greats have barely  begun spring training, but a mathematician from New Jersey already knows  what kind of season they&#8217;ll have. And if you&#8217;re a Mets fan, never mind what Yogi Berra said. It&#8217;s over  and it ain&#8217;t even started yet. The Amazin&#8217; Mets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/10/baseballs-chief-geek-picks-2010-winners/</link>
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		<title>Thank You, Young Soldiers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that often we do not realize what we have until it is gone or taken from us? I suspect one answer to this perplexing question is that it is a product of alienation that our sin and self-centeredness has caused, an alienation that often exists between God and us and between humans. I know that when I was a young man, I thought I had better things to do and think about other than my parents and their experiences. I simply didn't realize how impoverishing that was.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/10/thank-you-young-soldiers-2/</link>
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		<title>From the Morning Scriptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here Paul talks about the essence and nature of Christian love, how believers should act toward one another. The specific context is whether believers should eat meat sacrificed to idols. But the general issue that Paul addresses here is what should believers do with their Christian freedom? As usual, Paul counsels us to look out for the other person before we seek to satisfy our own desires. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/10/from-the-morning-scriptures-15/</link>
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		<title>Augustine Reflects on How He Came to Know the Truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think Augustine's experience is representative of many people's experience of coming to know God's truth. It certainly is of mine. As a young man, Augustine was obsessed with proving things empirically and refused to accept the validity of knowledge based on beliefs. But as he tells us here, God slowly and gently led him to the realization that a good deal of our knowledge is second hand, which perforce cannot be believed and appropriated without an act of faith. As he reminds us, we cannot even know directly about our parents' lives before we are born. We have to take them at their word when they tell us about themselves. The insight into this truth apparently laid the groundwork for his acceptance of God's truth contained in Scripture. May this help you in your own Lenten journey.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/10/augustine-reflects-on-how-he-came-to-know-the-truth/</link>
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		<title>Requirements for Membership to the Old Methodist Societies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these [Methodist] societies: &#8220;a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.&#8221; But wherever this is really fixed in the soul it will be shown by its fruits. It is therefore expected of all who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/10/requirements-for-membership-to-the-old-methodist-societies/</link>
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		<title>Moral Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who can hurt such a man? In prosperity he makes moral progress, and in adversity he learns to know the progress he made. When he has an abundance of mutable [changeable] goods he does not put his trust in them, and when they are taken away he gets to know whether or not they have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/10/moral-progress/</link>
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		<title>The Greatest Gift Possible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God has given us the greatest gift possible and in profusion. What is this gift? It is the Holy Spirit.
—Chrysostom, Homilies on Romans 9
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/10/the-greatest-gift-possible/</link>
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		<title>Pray for the People of Nigeria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From one of God&#8217;s great saints, Archbishop Ben Kwashi. Please take the time to read it and then pray for the people of Nigeria.
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/09/pray-for-the-people-of-nigeria/</link>
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		<title>From the Morning Scriptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this story for multiple reasons. First, we notice the reaction of Joseph's brothers. They were too afraid to speak when they learned this was their brother whom they had tried to kill and ultimately sold into slavery! I imagine they were expecting the worst. They were expecting him to exact revenge on them for their evil deeds. But no! Joseph forgave and embraced him. He made their reconciliation possible. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/09/from-the-morning-scriptures-14/</link>
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		<title>John Wesley Muses on the Nature of Christianity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Garden desiring me to preach, I did so, on these words of the Epistle of the day: &#8220;Whoever is born of God, overcomes the world.&#8221; To that plain account of the Christian state which these words naturally led me to give, a man of education and character seriously objected, (what is indeed a great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/09/john-wesley-muses-on-the-nature-of-christianity/</link>
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		<title>Striking the Rock of Christ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Commenting on Moses striking the rock in the wilderness to produce water for the Israelites (Exodus 17:1-7)] When Christ was struck on the cross, he brought forth the fountains of the New Testament. Therefore it was necessary for him to be pierced. If he had not been struck, so that the water and blood flowed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/09/striking-the-rock-of-christ/</link>
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		<title>Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have often reminded you, my dear sister, about the remembrance of God, and now I tell you again: unless you work and sweat to impress on your heart and mind this awe-inspiring Name, you keep silence in vain, you sing in vain, you fast in vain, you watch in vain. In short, all [your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/09/keeping-the-main-thing-the-main-thing-2/</link>
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		<title>Kentucky Student Reportedly Wrapped in Toilet Paper, Set on Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This simultaneously disgusts and saddens me. I am an SAE alumnus and am proud of that fact. My fraternity overall is an honorable one. I did my fair share of crazy things as a "frat rat" when I was in college. My fellow pledges and I looked like walking cornflakes after hell night. But this goes beyond crazy. This isn't harmless fun. This is vicious, mean-spirited, and just plain evil.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/kentucky-student-reportedly-wrapped-in-toilet-paper-set-on-fire/</link>
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		<title>Notable and Quotable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Biblical teaching and personal experience combine to teach that suffering is the path to holiness or maturity. There is always an indefinable something about people who have suffered. They have fragrance which others lack. They exhibit the meekness and gentleness of Christ. One of the most remarkable statements Peter makes in his first letter is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/notable-and-quotable-13/</link>
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		<title>From the Morning Scripture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we see a picture of people following Jesus, desperate to touch him or have him touch them or their loved ones. But why? Because they have seen or heard about his healing power and they want in on the benefits. They want him to heal them or their loved ones. I do not say this critically because who among us does not desire Jesus to touch and heal us of our sicknesses? But this is not ultimately the stuff that makes for a healthy relationship because it tends to be one way in nature, not bi-directional.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/from-the-morning-scripture-2/</link>
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		<title>The War Christians Fight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You have heard guarded against great sins like adultery or murder. You do not steal other people&#8217;s goods. You do not blaspheme. You do not give false testimony. All these are mountainous sins. But what about the small ones? You have gotten rid of the mountain; take care lest you be buried by the sand.
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/the-war-christians-fight/</link>
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		<title>A Prayer for the Third Sunday in Lent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almighty God, you know that we have no  power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/a-prayer-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent/</link>
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		<title>A Great Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You will find it a great help [to] say over and over to yourself and to your God, &#8220;Lord, I am yours; I do yield myself entirely to you, a I believe that you take me. I leave myself with you. Work in me all the good pleasure of your will, and I will only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/a-great-help/</link>
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		<title>An Abudance That Leads to Obedience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Canticle (5:1), the bridegroom invites us, his friends, to &#8220;drink deep and get drunk&#8221;. That is the context for all our discipline, our ascetic efforts, our self-sacrifice. God himself, like a shrewd taverner, has come to us first, to seduce us from the narrow path of worldly duty, to know the sweetness of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/an-abudance-that-leads-to-obedience/</link>
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		<title>Desiring God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen, O Lord, to my prayers. Listen to my desire to be with you, to dwell in your house, and to let my whole being be filled with your presence. But none of this is possible without you. When you are not the one who fills me, I am soon filled with endless thoughts and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/08/desiring-god-2/</link>
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		<title>With Friends Like These&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is how I remember the incident [of stealing pears with friends]. My delight in stealing came not from what I stole but from the fact that I stole. Still, I doubt that I would have enjoyed doing it alone. Friendship sometimes causes us to sin just for the fun of it. Someone cries &#8220;Come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/06/with-friends-like-these/</link>
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		<title>From the Morning Scriptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think God put these stories in the biblical narrative to remind us how different God is from us, how vast is the separation and alienation between God and us that our sin has caused. As you ponder these stories during this Lenten season, ponder too the wondrous love of God, a love that manifested itself in the cross of Jesus Christ. Give thanks to the One who loves you and gave himself for you so that you might have a hope and chance to live with him by faith in this life and one day live directly in his Presence forever without being afraid. ]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/06/from-the-morning-scriptures-13/</link>
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		<title>From the Morning Scriptures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now before we get all uppity and self-indignant over Joseph's brothers, I would suggest that we are just like them. For example, have you ever thought to yourself that you really aren't all that bad? You know. After all, you probably aren't a murderer. You haven't sold anybody into slavery. You are likely not a terrorist or a pathological liar or sociopath. The most you've probably done pales in comparison to all the heinous crimes we read about every day in the news.]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/05/from-the-morning-scriptures-12/</link>
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		<title>Show Me Your God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you say: &#8220;Show me your God,&#8221; I will say to you: &#8220;Show me what kind of person you are, and I will show you my God.&#8221; Show me then whether the eyes of your mind can see, and the ears of your heart hear. God is seen by those who have the capacity to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/05/show-me-your-god/</link>
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		<title>Living With the Right Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your entire life and all the things you use during life should seem to you as a hotel might seem to a traveler. It should certainly not be treated as a place for settling down. You may have covered a part of your journey but there is still some traveling to do.
—Augustine, Commentary on Psalm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/05/living-with-the-right-perspective/</link>
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		<title>A Lenten Prayer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[O you who behold all things, we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed; blot out our transgressions, be merciful to us sinners and grant that our names may be found written in the book of life, for the sake of Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/05/a-lenten-prayer/</link>
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		<title>Justification—A Great Thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think how great a thing it is to be persuaded and have complete confidence that God is able not only to set an ungodly man free from punishment but also to make him righteous and count him worthy to receive these immortal honors.
—Chrysostom, Homilies on Romans 8
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		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/05/justification-a-great-thing/</link>
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		<title>A Soldier of God</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My prayer is not the whimpering of a beggar nor a confession of love. Nor is it a trivial reckoning of a small tradesman: Give me and I shall give you. My prayer is the report of a soldier to his general: This is what I did today, this is how I fought to save [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/05/a-soldier-of-god/</link>
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		<title>California City Worker Volunteers for Layoff to Save Colleague&#8217;s Job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News:
There were no tears when Sharon Singleton got called into her boss&#8217;  office to be told her job had been eliminated.  Those came later. While Singleton, one of 11 employees let go by the city of Lathrop, Calif., took a day off to figure out her next step, her colleague was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/04/california-city-worker-volunteers-for-layoff-to-save-colleagues-job/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Extra Small&#8217; Condoms for 12-Year-Old Boys Go on Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come to think of it, I guess Christian sexual ethics are outdated, old-fashioned, and anachronistic if we think God is an anachronism and out of touch with his creatures. But if God is not an anachronism, and his teaching is timeless and true, then believers had best not let our critics shut us up or shame us into an unhealthy silence over this issue (and others). Instead, we had better become well versed in the Christian vision of marriage and sexuality and be able to articulate it plainly and compellingly. The future of our children is too important to sit idly by and wring our hands in despair. If God is real, and we Christians know he is, he will help us fight this fight. And let's not kid ourselves. If we join this fight it will be costly, and we will need all the help we can get. But love always is a costly thing, isn't it?]]></description>
		<link>http://maneynet.org/blog/2010/03/04/extra-small-condoms-for-12-year-old-boys-go-on-sale/</link>
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