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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&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=968&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;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&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=962&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;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>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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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&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=957&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;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&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=958&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;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&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=942&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;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>
		<link>http://revcooper.com/2011/10/10/what-if-jesus-didnt-die-for-me-guest-blogger-joy-wilson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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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&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=932&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Starting from Scratch &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://revcooper.com/2011/10/03/starting-from-scratch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a good cook. I&#8217;m not a bad cook either. Mostly, really, I just don&#8217;t like to cook. But I do enjoy baking. And although I have no shame in accepting help from Betty, Duncan, or Sara (that&#8217;s Crocker, Hines, and Lee if you were wondering), there is something fun and exciting about making [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=918&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outlaw Preachers, I don&#8217;t need you anymore.</title>
		<link>http://revcooper.com/2011/09/29/outlaw-preachers-i-dont-need-you-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s true, Outlaw Preachers. I don&#8217;t need you anymore. Last year, when I began being included in tweetings, facebookings, and beginning to form relationships online with many of you, I needed you desperately. I lived in the middle of nowhere. I wasn&#8217;t doing a ton of ministry that required major theologizing, and I certainly wasn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=923&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Undesired Life of a Nomad</title>
		<link>http://revcooper.com/2011/08/14/the-undesired-life-of-a-nomad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never done the same thing for more than 2 years in a row. Yes, college was 4 years, but 2 of those years I was working for the newspaper, Sidelines, and the other two I was working for a church. Plus, classes changed every semester. Friends came and went. And of course, grade [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=917&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Goose Festival: Coming Full Circle</title>
		<link>http://revcooper.com/2011/07/05/wild-goose-festival-coming-full-circle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rev. Melissa Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weekends ago I went to Wild Goose Festival at Shakori Hills here in NC. I was blessed that the event was so close, and that my wonderful husband covered for me at camp so I could be gone (generally it isn&#8217;t possible to take a full day off from camp, much less [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=revcooper.com&amp;blog=9202165&amp;post=912&amp;subd=revcooper&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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