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		<title>&#8220;You of little faith, why did you doubt?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve heard this story many times throughout our years. I relate to it..over and over again. Jesus had just, I mean minutes before, fed the five thousand with the five loaves and fishes. The disciples had witnessed the miracle right before their eyes. It wasn&#8217;t the first time they&#8217;d seen him do miracles, and it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=180&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seeds of life fighting to bring a harvest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year we see life springing up all around us. Trees have recloaked their skeletal frame with fresh, green, lacy beauty. Bushes pruned back last winter, have sprouted new branches to replace those lost to pruning. Flowers long ago died off into the ground are reappearing through the ground to make their spring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=174&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do people reject God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find myself thinking about this question often lately, &#8220;Why do people reject God?&#8221;. Everything I&#8217;ve heard over the years sounds something like this; &#8220;If God really loved us, He would not let this happen.&#8221; &#8220;I asked God for _____ and He didn&#8217;t come through.&#8221; &#8220;If God is love, I&#8217;m not feeling it.&#8221; &#8220;If being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=139&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perseverance</title>
		<link>http://tinachowning.com/2009/05/07/perseverance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows my daughter, knows that she is epitome of perseverance. As Webster defines it, perseverance is &#8220;steadfastness in doing something despite the difficulty or delay in achieving success&#8221;. When you have a brain tumor and you don&#8217;t want to be just another statistic, you have choices to make. You can take your health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=138&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams, Hopes and Visions</title>
		<link>http://tinachowning.com/2009/02/28/dreams-hopes-and-visions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love days like today.  The sun is shining.  The sky is a vivid blue.   And, the wind is blowing just enough that our pipe organ-type wind chimes are echoing into the house a melodic tune.  The sun is dancing off the water in our pool and reflecting off our ceiling in the house.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=125&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;This happened so the power of God could be seen in him&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week my husband again had surgery.  How is it that we have gone from never being sick to this crazy year we have had?  If you saw my husband you would not believe he had anything wrong with him.  Although we are not totally out of the woods yet, he continues to bounce back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=119&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brace for impact!</title>
		<link>http://tinachowning.com/2009/02/18/brace-for-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are the now famous words of Captain Sully before landing an airliner in the Hudson River&#8230;&#8221;Brace for impact&#8221;.   In reading the personal accounts of the passengers, many wondered if they were living the last moments of their lives. Upon hearing these instructions echoing throughout the plane, they had no idea what to expect.  It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=94&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t plant seeds today, if you are still living in yesterday.</title>
		<link>http://tinachowning.com/2009/02/09/you-cant-plant-seeds-today-if-you-are-still-living-in-yesterday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard a statement today at church that gave me pause.  &#8220;You can&#8217;t plant seeds today, if you are still living in yesterday.&#8221;  What a profoundly true statement.  We all have memories of the yesterday&#8217;s of our lives.  There are many different types of memories that all combine to make us who we are, what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=83&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Through It All</title>
		<link>http://tinachowning.com/2009/02/02/through-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mother never likes to see their child hurting, no matter how old that child is.  Today is one of those days for me.  My daughter (www.charyssehesse.com), who is way too far from me, is hurting and there is no way for me to wrap my arms around her and comfort her.  It rips my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=80&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Healer of Wounded Hearts</title>
		<link>http://tinachowning.com/2009/01/26/the-healer-of-wounded-hearts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As is true in everyone&#8217;s life, I&#8217;ve seen and felt a lot of heartache over the years.  It would seem that heartache is a fact of life that is an inescapable part of living in this world.  Along my journey, I have seen how differently people have reacted to the heartache&#8217;s of their lives.  As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinachowning.com&blog=5264991&post=72&subd=tchowning&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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