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		<title>How To Find the Opportunity In Any Obstacle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one of those people who believe everything happens for a reason. However, I do believe we can choose how we respond to obstacles in life and that every obstacle opens the door to an opportunity. In this episode, I go deeper into this topic by telling a story about how my dog made [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Impact: Schema of a Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Two years ago on Novemer 22st, Aaron and I traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska for Kimberlye Berg&#8217;s Schema of a Soul book launch party. It wasn&#8217;t just any old party or launch of a book. It was a sacred moment in time, set aside to honor the life and memory of a young man and woman lost tragically [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two years ago on Novemer 22st, Aaron and I traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska for Kimberlye Berg&#8217;s Schema of a Soul book launch party. It wasn&#8217;t just any old party or launch of a book. It was a sacred moment in time, set aside to honor the life and memory of a young man and woman lost tragically [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>What Every Friend Should Know About Offering Advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[I realize it&#8217;s hard to find real friends. I&#8217;ve heard a lot of complaints over the years about how people don&#8217;t really listen, they don&#8217;t really care and they don&#8217;t really want to connect deeply. But I believe that while it may seem that way on the surface, there are actually WAY more lonely people [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I realize it&#8217;s hard to find real friends. I&#8217;ve heard a lot of complaints over the years about how people don&#8217;t really listen, they don&#8217;t really care and they don&#8217;t really want to connect deeply. But I believe that while it may seem that way on the surface, there are actually WAY more lonely people [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Want To Read This Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Some days I don’t want to read. Some days I don’t want to write. Some days I want to go to the movies and eat popcorn and let someone else inspire. Some days I don’t want to care. Some days I don’t want to hope. Some days I want to leave my sunglasses on and let [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>When The Walls Close In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 19:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[This weekend I made a poor decision: I went to the department store Sunday morning. My daughter had a birthday party to attend after church and needed a gift. We were up early and in need of a few staples, so I grabbed my bags and we headed out so I could cross one of [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This weekend I made a poor decision: I went to the department store Sunday morning. My daughter had a birthday party to attend after church and needed a gift. We were up early and in need of a few staples, so I grabbed my bags and we headed out so I could cross one of [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When it&#8217;s not the end of the world, after all.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s not the end of the world, after all. Perhaps you remember Belle from the Birthday Cake post (here)? She is our bull-in-a-china-closet, adorable and adored Pyredoodle. One night a few days ago she pushed her way under our back yard fence and started running around the neighborhood. It’s happened repeatedly, despite our best blockades. [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s not the end of the world, after all. Perhaps you remember Belle from the Birthday Cake post (here)? She is our bull-in-a-china-closet, adorable and adored Pyredoodle. One night a few days ago she pushed her way under our back yard fence and started running around the neighborhood. It’s happened repeatedly, despite our best blockades. [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Behind Closed Doors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not that I want to pretend when I see you today, I just want to hide. I would rather hide than open myself to you. When I feel overwhelmed, deflated and defeated as I do right now, I have no desire to write or engage or do any sort of active loving. I just [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not that I want to pretend when I see you today, I just want to hide. I would rather hide than open myself to you. When I feel overwhelmed, deflated and defeated as I do right now, I have no desire to write or engage or do any sort of active loving. I just [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When I Should Feel Joy #5: Deeper Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[We were sitting on the only furniture left in her late-grandma’s dimly lit nursing home room. She was back for the funeral and my friend invited me over so we could talk one-on-one with no kids around. Life-lived poignancy struck me. I suppose it was the perfect place to have a life-living conversation. This is [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We were sitting on the only furniture left in her late-grandma’s dimly lit nursing home room. She was back for the funeral and my friend invited me over so we could talk one-on-one with no kids around. Life-lived poignancy struck me. I suppose it was the perfect place to have a life-living conversation. This is [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>11 Tips for Preventing and Fighting Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Joy Wenburg</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Depression may be emotional and spiritual, but it is also practical and physical. ~From When I Should Feel Joy #5 In my series When I Should Feel Joy, I tell of my heart-level experience with and transformation through depression. But depression is not just spiritual. So in this post, I want to offer hope and [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Depression may be emotional and spiritual, but it is also practical and physical. ~From When I Should Feel Joy #5 In my series When I Should Feel Joy, I tell of my heart-level experience with and transformation through depression. But depression is not just spiritual. So in this post, I want to offer hope and [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When I Should Feel Joy #4: True Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[I was so afraid that God was shaking his head as he looked on me that I couldn’t bring myself to look at him, either. When I did lift my gaze, all I seemed to see was God’s profile. Maybe he was not only shaking his head at me, maybe he wasn’t even looking. Maybe [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I was so afraid that God was shaking his head as he looked on me that I couldn’t bring myself to look at him, either. When I did lift my gaze, all I seemed to see was God’s profile. Maybe he was not only shaking his head at me, maybe he wasn’t even looking. Maybe [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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