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		<description><![CDATA[Okay . . .  I am opening with a disclaimer!  Please understand, I am all for supporting the economy and I do not envy what it takes to keep a business afloat in these tough times. However, I invite you and your family to join me in asking a tough question about the society in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=202&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Invitation to Come Closer to Jesus:  Sharing the Lenten Journey with Our Children</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her very helpful book Sharing the Easter Faith with Children; Carolyn Brown shares a parent’s quandary, “I can manage Christmas, shepherds, wise men, a baby born in a barn?  No problem.  But, I do not know what to tell my child about crucifixion and resurrection at Easter.  I hardly know what to tell myself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=188&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude as an Antidote to the “Nag Factor”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many different kinds of prayers.  One is intercession, where we ask God for help on behalf of others.  Another is adoration or praise where we simply adore our crucified and risen Savior.  Thanksgiving, confession and prayers of petition are also forms of our response to God.  We all pray prayers of petition or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=176&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Great Ways to Use Our New Moravian Family Resource</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glad Tidings! As parents, remembering that our children are the property of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 20: 28: I Peter 1:9, we will bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4) and take all possible care to preserve them from every evil influence.  For this reason we will seek [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=171&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children and Giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What will capture the heart and mind of a child?  Upon what values will children make decisions?  Such questions are foundational for any “organization” that wants a child to be “hooked”, always “buying into” what they offer and even sell, “getting and having them for life”.  Lisa Mullen in her article Giving &#8211; Who&#8217;s Minding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=156&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing the love of God and His creation…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as the taco meat was beginning to simmer, I received a knock on the door.  When I opened the front door I knew immediately who the two young men were representing in their dark suits and white button down shirts.  I did not have to read their clearly marked nametags to know the reason [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=148&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lord is Risen! (Now I can have chocolate again!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annual church seasons serve as regular reminders of certain aspects of Christianity. Reminders are beneficial, but it seems that the 40-day Lenten practice is incomplete to many in our modern world. Interestingly, a relatively new understanding of the number forty in biblical context suggests that the number represents “a very long time.” But suddenly, in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=145&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using Loving Hearts and Splash! in Your Congregation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How refreshing it is to see so many wonderful resources to help families grow together in a faith journey!  Our own Moravian publication Loving Hearts United is a perfect example and has been recommended several places.  Some of our churches are deciding to give this piece to new members or to families on the birth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=140&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Problem in Parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem in parenting is that the life that you have given is now not yours to live, While the one who will live it knows not yet the gift it is. Your child, In whom so much of you is Your heart, soul, strength, mind, and DNA Is not yours.  It is a risky [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=133&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Practicing the Faith at Home:  Journeying through Lent to Easter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year a smiling teenager said to me, “Guess what I am fasting from for Lent?” I hazarded a few guesses.  “Nope . . . T.V.!” she proclaimed proudly. “No T.V. for forty days and forty nights!”  Her excitement about a new way of journeying towards Easter made me think more about how we, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=moravianfamily.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9330913&amp;post=126&amp;subd=moravianfamily&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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