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	<title>149: Patience in Planning &#8211; Hold Loosely to Wishes</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>148: Patience in Planning &#8211; Persuading Partners</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>147: Patience in Planning &#8211; Envision the Future</title>
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	<title>146: Managing Stress &#8211; Grieve Too</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>145: Managing Stress &#8211; Waiting and Nurturing</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;Waiting, then, is not passive. It involves nurturing the moment, as a mother nurtures the child that is growing in her womb&#8230;” This week, I am reflecting on selected quotes from Henri Nouwen from the The Path of Waiting, published in 1995 and Bread for the Journey, published in 1996. Reflection questions: When you are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>144: Managing Stress &#8211; Hold onto Joy</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by the covering,Cast them away as ugly, or heavy, or hard.&#8221; This week, I’m reading a poem written by Greville MacDonald to his father George MacDonald in 1930. Reflection question: Who on your list of donors who have already given can you call this [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>143: Authentic Giving &#8211; The Cycle of Joyous Generosity</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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