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            <title>Authentic Missional Community: Me, We, Thee</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[How can each of us move from a focus on &quot;me&quot; to &quot;we&quot;? And how can our church move from a focus on &quot;we&quot; to Thee?]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:21:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Better Christians: New Year Resolutions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What is your life saying about Jesus to those who know you? What changes could you make in how you live that would help you on your journey as a follower of Christ?]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:39:00</pubDate>
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            <title>More Christians: Presbyterian Evangelism</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=232</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How are we going to encourage folks to join us on the journey to meet and to know Christ?]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Rebooting Mission</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=231</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With the visit of two missionaries at Silver Spring on November 20th, how can we best understand &quot;mission&quot; in our time and in our place?]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:50:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Climate Change</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=230</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We know that churches like Silver Spring have been declining. And yet, the climate has changed in our culture, leaving more people prepared to hear our Reformed understanding of the Gospel.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:39:00</pubDate>
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            <title>God's Family</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=228</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Throughout history, folks have tried to distinguish those who are in God's family and those who are not. On September 11, 2001, the danger of those attempts was on full display.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:58:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Behind the Scenes</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=226</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What was the context of the Session's decision in June to change the Sunday morning schedule, beginning in September?]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:28:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Winds of Change</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=225</link>
            <description><![CDATA[While we coped with the results of destructive winds that hit Silver Spring on May 26, winds of change were blowing through the Presbyterian Church USA.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:01:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Death and Resurrection</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=224</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The message from the Festival of Homiletics that I attended in mid-May was clear: the Church as we've known it is dying. But there are signs of new life as well.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:21:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Gathering Future</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=223</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We've held 4 &quot;preview&quot; services of The Gathering at Silver Spring. May is the month to consider our next steps in our journey towards a whole new way to worshp God.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:06:00</pubDate>
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            <title>We're Open Easter Sunday!</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=222</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We would love to have you worship with us on Easter Sunday, April 24 at 8 or 10:45 a.m. It's a good Sunday to come back if you've been away for a while. And you do NOT have to be a member!]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:12:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=221</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This Lent, we will be spending time reflecting in worship and classroom on the symbolic meaning of several styles of crosses used in Christian art.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:25:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Gathering at Silver Spring</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=220</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We began a journey towards a new way to worship God on Sunday, February 6--a journey that continues at 9:30 am the first Sunday of every month through June.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:43:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Giving Gifts to Jesus</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=219</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On the Sunday after Christmas, I asked the congregation to consider gifts they could give to Jesus. Now, I'll ask you to consider the same.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:47:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Postmodernity: An Introduction</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=218</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We've been talking a lot about change at Silver Spring. How is that change related to a larger change in our culture--the emergence of postmodernity?]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:34:00</pubDate>
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            <title>What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=217</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you've been away, or haven't ever been at Silver Spring, come check out the new things God is doing here!]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:09:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Universals</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=216</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Watch the Silver Spring youth playing soccer with folks in the neighborhood.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:35:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Following the Haiti Trip by Video</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=215</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Check out our videos from Haiti on Youtube at pastordonsteele. New ones daily]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:48:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Jesus Loves the Little Children</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=214</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As part of our Sunday morning worship service, we sing together.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:16:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Frustrations</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=213</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Getting to Haiti proved challenging, but seeing the struggles here put it all in perspective.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:53:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Tracking Silver Spring in Haiti</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=212</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The group in Haiti will be trying to file videos from our time in Haiti.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:30:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Push to Change</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=211</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What are the factors pushing the changes at Silver Spring.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:39:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Final Annual Report</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=210</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is my final annual report as Associate Pastor.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:13:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Message to the Deacons and Stephen Ministers</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=209</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Our Deacons and Stephen Ministers do so much to live out the calling of Christ for us to be loving towards one another. I send this last message in gratitude for them.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:43:00</pubDate>
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            <title>My Last Sermon</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=208</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On February 7 I preached my last sermon. Some folks could not be there and asked if I could share it.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:39:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grateful Heart</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=207</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I give thanks for the opportunity to preach this last sermon.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:34:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Dissolution of Call</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=206</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With much gratitude, I leave Silver Spring to serve in West Virginia]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:42:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Don't Quit!</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=205</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I found this on a bookmark - it has a good message.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:21:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayers of Robert Raines</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=199</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As we celebrate Christmas, I want to share some special prayers by a gifted writer and person of faith. May they bless you deeply as you open your heart to God this Christmas Season. The best gift of any season is faith.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:46:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayers of Robert Raines</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=198</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As we celebrate Christmas, I want to share some special prayers by a gifted writer and person of faith. May they bless you deeply as you open your heart to God this Christmas Season. The best gift of any season is faith.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:40:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Learning the Language</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=203</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Like missionaries in another country, we have to learn the language of our times so that we can communicate the good news of Jesus Christ.]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayers of Robert Raines</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=197</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As we celebrate Christmas, I want to share some special prayers by a gifted writer and person of faith. May they bless you deeply as you open your heart to God this Christmas Season. The best gift of any season is faith.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:38:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Bluebirds of Happiness...</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=204</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The blessings of beauty and the unexpected gifts of God.]]></description>
            <author>Barbara Chalfant</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:45:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayers of Robert Raines</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=196</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As we approach Christmas, I want to share some special prayers by a gifted writer and person of faith. May they bless you deeply as you open your heart to God this Christmas Season. The best gift of any season is faith.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:35:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayers of Robert Raines</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=195</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As we approach Christmas, I want to share some special prayers by a gifted writer and person of faith. May they bless you deeply as you open your heart to God this Christmas Season. The best gift of any season is faith.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:33:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  December 6, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=202</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Reports from Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:07:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayers of Robert Raines</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=194</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As we approach Christmas, I want to share some special prayers by a gifted writer and person of faith. May they bless you deeply as you open your heart to God this Christmas Season. The best gift of any season is faith.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:32:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Church Music and Ecclesiastes</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=201</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The objections raised concerning new songs of praise are nothing new, proving, in the words of the writer of Ecclesiastes that &quot;there is nothing new under the sun&quot; (1:9)]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:35:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayers of Robert Raines</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=193</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As we approach Christmas, I want to share some special prayers by a gifted writer and person of faith. May they bless you deeply as you open your heart to God this Christmas Season. The best gift of any season is faith.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:29:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Mom's Stories</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=200</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Telling stories that heal...]]></description>
            <author>Barbara Chalfant</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:56:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  November 17, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=192</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Report from Lt. Stephanie Melton in Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:39:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Knowing what is most important...</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=191</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When you to-do list is out of control God often shows the way...]]></description>
            <author>Barbara Chalfant</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:18:00</pubDate>
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            <title>November 16 Book Study</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=190</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Kingdom of God Is Like...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:42:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  September 30, 200</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=189</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Report from Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:51:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  October 30, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=188</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Report from Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:47:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Spring Forward in Faith</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=187</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Rev. Steele issued a challenge in his October 18 sermon that the congregation increase giving in 2010 so that Silver Spring will &quot;spring forward&quot; as it begins its 276th year of ministry]]></description>
            <author>Don Steele</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Scriptures: &quot;...as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on the cheek.&quot;</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=183</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Words of Life]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:38:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  October 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=186</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Report from Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:23:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Scriptures: &quot;...as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on the cheek.&quot;</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=182</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Words of Life]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:31:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  October 2, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=185</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Report from Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:22:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Scriptures: &quot;...as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on the cheek.&quot;</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=181</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Words of Life]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:27:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  October 2, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=184</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Report from Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:17:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Scriptures: &quot;...as gentle and powerful as a little girl's kiss on the cheek.&quot;</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=180</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Words of Life]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:23:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton -  September 2,7,8 and13, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=179</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Log from Stephanie Melton]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:38:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grace Disguised</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=173</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healing from Loss]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:58:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grace Disguised</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=172</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healing from Loss]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton - August 22, 27 and 30, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=178</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Log for Stephanie Melton]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:30:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grace Disguised</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=175</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healing Through Pain]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:55:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grace Disguised</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=171</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healing from Loss]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:53:00</pubDate>
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            <title>1st. Lt. Stephanie Melton - August 15 and 18, 2009</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=177</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Log from Iraq]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:21:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grace Disguised</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=170</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healing from Loss]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Prayer for September 11, 2009 Service</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=176</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Prayer used at our Service of Remembrance]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:55:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grace Disguised</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=169</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healing from Loss]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:48:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Our Diamond</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=174</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thinking about the loss of of Mr Silver's Spring.]]></description>
            <author>Barbara Chalfant</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:03:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Grace Disguised</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=168</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healing from Loss]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:40:00</pubDate>
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            <title>De Mello Wisdom</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=167</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The wisdom of Anthony De Mello]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:52:00</pubDate>
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            <title>De Mello Wisdom</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=166</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The wisdom of Anthony De Mello]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:45:00</pubDate>
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            <title>De Mello Wisdom</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=165</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The wisdom of Anthony De Mello]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:23:00</pubDate>
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            <title>De Mello Wisdom</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=164</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The wisdom of Anthony De Mello]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:19:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Seeking Happiness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=163</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advice on Happiness from Frank Pittman and Proverbs 11:25]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:29:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Seeking Happiness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=162</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advice from Frank Pittman and Proverbs 11:25]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:28:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Seeking Happiness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=161</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advice from Frank Pittman and Proverbs 11:25]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:24:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Seeking Happiness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=160</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advice from Frank Pittman and Proverbs 11:25]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:22:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Thankfulness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=159</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. John Lentz Talks About Thankfulness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:25:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Relationship Advice</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=154</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healthy Conflict - Part II]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:34:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Love</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=158</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. John Lentz Talks About Love]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:22:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Relationship Advice</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=153</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Healthy Conflict - Part I]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:32:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Humility</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=157</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. John Lentz and Humility]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:18:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Relationship Advice</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=152</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Some questions a couple may ask themselves in preparing for the next level of commitment.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:28:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Doing Good Deeds</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=156</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advice from Dr. John Lentz on Doing Good]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:14:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Relationship Advice</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=151</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Levels of love - what kind of love are you exhibiting?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:20:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Reading the Bible</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=155</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advice from John Lentz on Reading the Bible]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:11:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Relationship Advice</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=150</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Helps for Relationships]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:48:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Biblical Interpretation</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=149</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Melton's notes on his class on the PCUSA Theological Statement on Biblical Interpretation - Model C]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 11:36:00</pubDate>
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            <title>If Grace Is True</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=145</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is there a hell?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 14:04:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Biblical Interpretation</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=148</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Melton's notes on his class on the PCUSA Theological Statement on Biblical Interpretation - Model B]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 11:34:00</pubDate>
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            <title>If Grace Is True</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=144</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is there a hell?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 11:02:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Biblical Interpretation</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=147</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Melton's notes on his class on the PCUSA Theological Statement on Biblical Interpretation - Model A]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 11:13:00</pubDate>
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            <title>If Grace Is True</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=143</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is there a hell?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 10:59:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Biblical Interpretation</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=146</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dr. Melton's notes on his class on the PCUSA Theological Statement on Biblical Interpretation - Model A: &quot;In errancy&quot;]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:05:00</pubDate>
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            <title>If Grace Is True</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=142</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is there a hell?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:58:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Serenity Prayer</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=141</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The prayer of Reinhold Niebuhr continues to give peace]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:20:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Father of the Social Gospel</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=140</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A story about Walter Rachenbusch]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:45:00</pubDate>
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            <title>It Is Christ Who Calms the Storm</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=139</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sharing the Good News]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:32:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Christian Absurdity</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=135</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Something for April Fools' Day Week]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:32:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Spiritual Self</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=138</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thoughts by Abraham Twerski]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:37:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Spiritual Self</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=137</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thoughts by Abraham Twerski]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:34:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Spiritual Self</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=134</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thoughts by Abraham Twerski]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:29:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Spiritual Self</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=133</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thoughts by Abraham Twerski]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:26:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Waiting at the Door for Hope</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=136</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thoughts about a calico cat and the &quot;Widow of Zarephath.&quot;]]></description>
            <author>Barbara Chalfant</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:33:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Spiritual Self</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=132</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thoughts by Abraham Twerski]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:22:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Love Poems from God</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=131</link>
            <description><![CDATA[St. Francis of Assisi]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:51:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Love Poems from God</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=130</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;If You Love&quot;]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:43:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Love Poems from God</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=129</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;Vulnerable&quot;]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:35:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Love Poems from God</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=128</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In honor of St. Valentine and in recognition of our love for God.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:08:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Prayer for the Day</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=127</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We give ourselves to God today.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:37:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Prayer for the Day</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=126</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Start your day with a prayer to be a blessing.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:27:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Pleasure: God's Gift</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=125</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Pleasure is a gift from God.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:30:00</pubDate>
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            <title>God Is Wildly Creative</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=123</link>
            <description><![CDATA[God has the same joy of creating as we do.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:06:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Following Jesus As He Said</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=122</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Following Jesus]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Serving the Common Good - A Response of Faith</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=121</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We don't tend to see too many atheist groups in soup kitchens]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:33:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - VIII</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=120</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Bible - VIII]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:17:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Faith is Jumping</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=119</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Midrash Story of the Parting of the Red Sea]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:11:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - VII</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=118</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Bible - VII]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:43:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Case for Creationism</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=117</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;What are humans that you would create us just a little lower than God?&quot; - adapted from Psalm 8: 4-5]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:37:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Doing Something Just for God</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=116</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What can we do just for God this Advent and Christmas season?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:04:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Righteous Anger</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=115</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Anger]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:01:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Hello, God?</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=114</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What message is God trying to get to you?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:46:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=112</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:41:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=111</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:40:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=110</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:39:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=113</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr: &Atilde;&cent;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;I used to pray that I be saved from eternal death, but now I pray to be saved from shallow living.&Atilde;&cent;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:45:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=109</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:38:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=108</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:36:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=107</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:31:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Tree Full of Angels</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=106</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Macrina Wiederkehr]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:29:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Rabbi's Gift</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=105</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Rabbi's Gift]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:33:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Wild at Heart</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=104</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is Christ more like Mother Teresa or the warrior William Wallace?]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:20:00</pubDate>
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            <title>We Belong to Someone</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=103</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We Belong]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:21:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Prayer for the Day</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=102</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Thanks be to God for those who serve our country and the movement of the Holy Spirit this past election day.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Election Day</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=101</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Being an Agent of Change]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:50:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - VI</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=100</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Bible]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:13:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Biblical Living</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=99</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Living the Bible Literally - More in December]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - V</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=97</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bible]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:33:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - IV</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=96</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bible]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:31:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - III</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=95</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bible]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:29:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Simplify Our Life</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=98</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We Don't Need More of Anything But God]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:36:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - II</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=94</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bible]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:26:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Bible - I</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=93</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bible]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:23:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Forgiveness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=91</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Making a Decision to Forgive]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:41:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Praying for Change</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=92</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Perfection]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:56:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Garbage Trucks</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=90</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Dumping Frustrations]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:13:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Addictions and Grace</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=89</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Addictions Can Be Doorways to God]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Snakes of Criticism</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=88</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Moses and Snakes]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:02:00</pubDate>
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        <item>
            <title>Snakes of Criticism</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=87</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Moses Lifted Up Grace In The Wilderness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:56:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Utah Wilderness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=82</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Utah Wilderness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:18:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Utah Wilderness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=84</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Utah Wilderness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:25:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Finding A Path</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=86</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Walking in Faith Rarely Means Seeing Everything Clearly]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:00:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Utah Wilderness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=81</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Utah Wilderness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:16:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Utah Wilderness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=79</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Utah Wilderness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:52:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Utah Wilderness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=83</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Utah Wilderness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:20:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Stephen Ministers</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=85</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Call to Serve]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:00:00</pubDate>
        </item>
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            <title>The Wilderness in Utah</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=78</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Utah Wilderness]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:39:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Spiritual Intimacy in Marriage</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=77</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Share your faith with your beloved - it is an untapped source of love.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:16:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Maine Shoreline</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=75</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Waves]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:51:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Maine Shoreline</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=76</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Waves]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:58:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Gratitude</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=73</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Heart of Gratitude Grows and Blesses]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:43:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Maine Shoreline</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=74</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Beautiful Maine Shore]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:46:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>A New Mexico Sunrise After a Cold Night</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=72</link>
            <description><![CDATA[October in New Mexico]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:23:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Stooping Low Enough to Hear God</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=71</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Serving Those In Need Draws Us To God]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:45:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Commitments</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=70</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Making a commitment leads us to goodness we could not see]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:39:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>An Exstinct Volcano</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=69</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A volcano outside of Stika, Alaska]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:16:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>God Making Us Into Heros</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=68</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Pondering the new &quot;Batman&quot; movie]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:02:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Smokey Mountains</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=67</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Fog and Greenery]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:09:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Finding Our Way</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=65</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Path to Integrity Leads Through Suffering]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Flowers on the Pacific Coast</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=66</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Northern California]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:36:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Sunset in New Mexico - Part III</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=64</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Part III]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:32:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Sunset in New Mexico - Part II</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=63</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Part II]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:24:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Sunset in New Mexico</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=62</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Part I]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:16:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>God is good, but not tame</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=61</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Don't turn your backs on sunsets and the ocean]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:41:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Whale's Tail</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=60</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Off the Coast of Maine]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:26:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Riding the Pacific on a Kayak - III</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=59</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Part III Riding the Wave]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:04:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Riding the Pacific on a Kayak - II</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=58</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Part II - The wave approaches.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:02:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Riding the Pacific on a Kayak - I</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=57</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Part I: On the water]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:58:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Loss and Gain</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=56</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Anytime we grow, we lose something.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:30:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Stephanie</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=55</link>
            <description><![CDATA[2nd Lt in Kentucky]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:56:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Wilderness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=54</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Every Now and Then a Surprise]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:39:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Church Family</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=53</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Visiting]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:35:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Navajo</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=52</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Navajo Lands]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:30:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Up the Grand Canyon</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=51</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hiking]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:28:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>More view of the Grand Canyon</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=50</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Angel's Window]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:23:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Grand Canyon</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=49</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Right under my feet]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:31:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Surprised By Joy</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=47</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Road signs to joy]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:46:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>The Grand Canyon</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=46</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Easier to walk down than up!]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:02:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Special People Remembered</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=45</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Remembering Lloyd Lineweaver, Barb Worden and Pat Kirby]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:10:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Yellowstone</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=44</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A visit to Old Faithful]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:13:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Oregon and the 48 states</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=43</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Beginning in 2005 I have been working my way towards visiting all 48 states on my motorcycle.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:49:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>People are the real beauty</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=42</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Traveling across the country, it is the people that really touch me.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:38:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Little Big Horn</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=41</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Making Peace]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:19:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Conspiracies of Goodwill</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=40</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sometimes it is funny how people do kind things.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:56:00</pubDate>
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        <item>
            <title>Family</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=39</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Visiting with relatives.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:42:00</pubDate>
        </item>
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            <title>Infamous Angel</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=36</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I recently used this song in worship - May 25, 2008 - and folks wanted to see it again. It is joyous song about going home, going home to love, going home to God. Bless as I prepare to hit the road away from home.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:08:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Trip Across the Country - 2008</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=35</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Motorcycle Diary #1]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Trip Across the Country</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=33</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Beginning June 6, 2008, I will be heading to California by motorcycle. I will be keeping a diary and devotional for you to read. If I am savvy enough, there will be pictures!

Dr. Melton]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 20:15:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Advent</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=31</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare for the new person God is slowing and loving bringing into being.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Sanctuary</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=30</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare for the new person God is slowing and loving bringing into being.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Current</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=29</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare for the new person God is slowing and loving bringing into being.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Vacation</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=28</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare for the new person God is slowing and loving bringing into being.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Big Tent</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Even before I knew that Billy Graham was raised a Presbyterian, I respected him.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title>Are you there, God?</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=26</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Katherine Paterson's most famous book, Bridge to Terabithia, was made into a move this last year. I didn't see the movie for fear it would not do justice to the book, which was very good.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>The Cellular Church</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=25</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cells are what keep most any church alive. That is just as true at Silver Spring as in any congregation...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Ten (Possible) Reasons for the Sadness of Thought</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Every October the Houghton Mifflin company publishes its annual edition of The Best American Spiritual Writing. It is a collection of dozens of magazine articles and book excerpts that have spiritual themes.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>It's all about Joy</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When we sense God is near the feeling we often have can best be described as joy. God does stir up other emotions for sure, but the pleasure of God equates to our joy.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>A Troubling Passage</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I had no idea there were such malevolent passages in the Bible until I went to seminary and read them for the first time. Psalm 137 is one of the most troubling...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Guilt</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It is a terrible feeling to realize we have done something wrong. These are times when we cannot deny that we have sinned.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>How Long, O Lord?</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Psalmist repeats that question four times. The plead flows out with tearful urgency. Anyone who has ever had an experience when the minutes felt like hours and days felt like weeks, can understand...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Like trees planted by streams of water</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Book of Psalms is the place we hear about every emotion that can be expressed. There is anger, resentment, desperation, longing, contentment, liberation and joy - just to name a few. Whatever it is we are feeling, odds are very good that if we open the Book of Psalms and listen, we will hear something that resonates with our soul.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Trials and Temptations</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=18</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Somehow we got it into our theology that God purposely makes life hard for us. Somehow we got the notion that God sets traps, plants temptations, organizes trials, doing all kinds of things to make sure we fail at faith and fall flat on our face.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Forgiveness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=17</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;Those who say 'I love God,' and hate their brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.&quot;]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Daily Bread</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Six years ago I had just finished eating breakfast when my daughter called me on the phone. She said, &quot;Turn on your TV.&quot; Most of us can still recall what we were doing as the tragedy of September 11, 2001 began to unfold.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Our Father...</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=15</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As the prodigal son brought joy to his father when he returned home we bring joy to God when come to God in prayer. It matters little what we say, what matters is the turning: &quot;I will go to my Father.&quot;]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Lord, grant us eyes to see</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=14</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For the month of August, I will have a prayer for each Tuesday that I pray you can ponder for the week. Ponder it more than once. Let is sink deep in your soul.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Purpose in Life</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For the month of August, I will have a prayer for each Tuesday that I pray you can ponder for the week. Ponder it more than once. Let is sink deep in your soul.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Burdens on the road to life</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=12</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For the month of August, I will have a prayer for each Tuesday that I pray you can ponder for the week. Ponder it more than once. Let is sink deep in your soul.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Forgiveness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=11</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For the month of August, I will have a prayer for each Tuesday that I pray you can ponder for the week. Ponder it more than once. Let is sink deep in your soul.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Why does life have to be so hard?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Why do the things that are most important to us often have such pain involved? Having children, building loving relationships, pursuing life-long dreams..]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Lend each other a hand when we're falling</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=9</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A few years ago I had the honor of officiating at a funeral of the father of a member of our church. In preparing for the funeral, the daughter told me that one of the things that meant so much to her and her family was the fact that her father was never alone...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Forgiveness</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=8</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A few years ago I discovered a wonderful, classic book titled, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, by Hannah Whithall Smith...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Unless a Seed Dies</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=7</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sometimes we have it in our minds what is good and if we do not get what we want exactly like we planned, we can turn away from what life gives us with disappointment. And, the truth is, sometimes what we do get is less than ideal.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Words Have Power</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=6</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Words have power. We see certain words and that usher in a flood of anger, courage, hope. Words like Talliban, F.D.N.Y, children. And, they don't have to be a lot of words either...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Actors without a Script</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=5</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We are actors in a drama with no book of words. It has not pleased God to provide us with the book of words. He has brought us into the light, but has also left us in the dark. 'O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord.']]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Thomas Wingfold</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=3</link>
            <description><![CDATA[During this season of Pentecost, we are called to be the Church and go out into the world and share the Gospel, baptizing, teaching, making disciples...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Tell them I AM WHO I AM sent you</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=4</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the book of Exodus, the third chapter, God asks Moses to go to Egypt to bring the Hebrews out of bondage. Moses says to God...]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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            <title>Beginnings</title>
            <link>http://www.silverspring.org/blog/?id=2</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Beginning June 5, 2007, and each week thereafter, we will have a weekly devotion titled, &quot;Tuesday Morning,&quot; on the Silver Spring Presbyterian Church website. Each Tuesday morning we invite you to open up the website and read something we pray will nourish your soul for the week.]]></description>
            <author>Stephen Melton</author>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:00:00</pubDate>
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