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		<title>The future of this page?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m wondering what it is as well. I have about 4 unfinished posts hanging out here, but I&#8217;m in the process of considering what this blog might become, or starting a new blog. I&#8217;ll keep you posted, but in the meantime, sail on, sailors. Melissa Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=993&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#reLENTless: Day 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hebrews 1:8-12 (MSG) 8-9But he says to the Son, You&#8217;re God, and on the throne for good; your rule makes everything right. You love it when things are right; you hate it when things are wrong. That is why God, your God, poured fragrant oil on your head, Marking you out as king, far above your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=991&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>reLENTless: Day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel 9:1-14 (MSG) God&#8217;s Covenant Commitment 1-4 &#8221;Darius, son of Ahasuerus, born a Mede, became king over the land of Babylon. In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, was meditating on the Scriptures that gave, according to the Word of God to the prophet Jeremiah, the number of years that Jerusalem had to lie in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=987&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>reLENTless: Day 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew 6:1-6 (MSG) The World Is Not a Stage 1 &#8221;Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don&#8217;t make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won&#8217;t be applauding. 2-4&#8220;When you do something for someone else, don&#8217;t call attention to yourself. You&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=980&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s been a while &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never been good at doing something every single day for any length of time (except eating &#8212; I&#8217;m a champ at breakfast, lunch, and dinner). I get gung-ho about exercise programs, and lose it a few weeks into it. So Lent has been a challenge for me in the past. I&#8217;ve done well with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=968&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Losing Our Lives For Christ // Exploration 2011 Saturday Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Those who try to save their lives will lose them; those who lose their lives will save them.&#8221; Don&#8217;t you love those completely absurd-sounding lines from the Bible? The ones you have to read and re-read to even begin to grasp the meaning? I am so thankful that we have a holy book that is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=962&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Are Not Alone // Exploration 2011 Saturday Morning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I shared in my last post that I came to Exploration 2006 solo. I&#8217;ve never been one to have an issue showing up somewhere by myself. Even though I&#8217;m an introvert, I don&#8217;t have any issue with meeting and getting to know new people. I love traveling (one of the many fringe benefits of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=957&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What if I Can&#8217;t Remember My Baptism? // Exploration 2011 Friday Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we hear the phrase &#8220;remember your baptism,&#8221; it always feels a little awkward. I don&#8217;t remember my baptism; I was a newborn. (My formerly Southern Baptist husband has a much easier time with this task.) I deeply resonated with the video testimony shared tonight &#8212; what if I can&#8217;t remember my baptism?? Even with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=958&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All I Really Need to Know I Learned at Camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember seeing the poster before I knew it was a book: &#8220;All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.&#8221; The poster shared these incredibly deep thoughts: Share everything. Play fair. Don&#8217;t hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don&#8217;t take things that aren&#8217;t yours. Say [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=942&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What if Jesus Didn&#8217;t Die for Me? &#8211; Guest Blogger: Joy Wilson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He sat in a red chair and watched while I was raped.  I was only four, but I knew who he was.  Jesus didn’t do anything but speak into my mind, over and over, “I’m right here.  I’m not going anywhere.  You’re going to be OK.”  And I believed him as I slid into darkness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&#038;blog=9202165&#038;post=932&#038;subd=revcooper&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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