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		<title>Year in Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 19:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I ran across a Facebook memory of mine talking about gifts the God had given me that year. It still makes me smile thinking about them. I stopped to think about what gifts God had given me this year, if any, in the middle of such a tough year for so&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>On Second Chances (Jonah)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonah: Famous Bible story of a prophet who was swallowed by a whale when he did the opposite of what God asked. What&#8217;s the rest of the story? And what happens when WE do the opposite of what God asks? Does God allow u-turns?]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction to The Sofa Series with Karen Sipps</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen Sipps is a published devotional and Bible Study author. In her words, The Sofa Series is&#8230; Bible commentary for the &#8220;rest&#8221; of us. The ones who didn’t go to seminary, but are still fascinated with where the descendants of the tribes of Israel are today, or really want to know the back story behind&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>On School Schedules and Missed Conferences</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 05:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It comes at random. The second-guessing. The self-shaming. Today we were driving to pick up dog food, and I look over at the passenger seat at the school schedules for the coming year. Let me give you some background. Somehow, N ended up with band on his schedule. When we picked the schedules up at&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When It Seems Like God Doesn&#8217;t Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Bible reading this morning hit too close to home. In Judges 6, we learn about how the Israelites abandoned God in favor of other gods. They were under oppression from the Midianites, who were so cruel that the Israelites were hiding in caves and rocks. Whenever they would plant crops, the Midianites would come&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When You&#8217;re Not Really You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 06:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how hard I tried, I couldn&#8217;t get past the 16th. It was a bummer, too, because that was less than halfway. I&#8217;m talking about Genesis, here. I mean I read it. Over and over. I studied it. I mapped locations and read definitions. But I couldn&#8217;t write a Bible Study past the 16th&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Your Light Is Dim</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 06:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am one of those rare individuals who has always loved Mondays. It’s like New Year’s Day every week. A brand new chance to fix what I screwed up last week. A brand new chance to spread joy throughout the land and spread His light to those around me. I recently volunteered at the Extraordinary Women conference. It’s the second&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>On Control (And How God Often Works On Chaperones More Than Youths at Youth Camp.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 03:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I feel led to open the doors of my blog to friends &#8211; those who don&#8217;t have blogs of their own, but still have something God has laid on their hearts. Today is such a day. My friend Renee Renner chaperoned Fuge, a Christian camp for youths who&#8217;ve completed 6th grade through college, held&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Break Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year is a pretty big time in the blogging/writing community. November marks NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) wherein participants are challenged to write 50,000 words from November 1st to November 30th. It&#8217;s also PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) which challenges participants to come up with one picture book concept daily. Both&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>When Hope Is All You Have</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are roles in my life &#8211; jobs that I have &#8211; where payment seems almost criminal. The work is easy for me, and although necessary, I love doing it so much that it seems like it should simply be a gift. Other roles? Sometimes even double or twice my salary isn&#8217;t enough to justify&#8230;]]></description>
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