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		<title>Day 52 &#8211; Mummy Elixir, Anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am reading a book (for book club) called Stiff. It&#8217;s all about cadavers. Seriously! The last chapter I read discussed all these bizarre treatments for illnesses used in centuries past, some that included human remains, most rank superstitions. You know you want more details, so here&#8217;s a quote: Mummy elixir was a rather striking example [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2058&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 51 &#8211; I Have Not Come to Call the Righteous</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/day-51-i-have-not-come-to-call-the-righteous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought these two passages from today&#8217;s readings juxtaposed nicely: &#8230; Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.&#8221; Mark 2: 17 (NIV) [FYI, this quote is found in all three synoptic gospels] and Good and upright is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2055&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 50 &#8211; Drinking on the Job? You&#8217;ll Get Fired!</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/day-50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I got stopped in my tracks in Leviticus today. Chapter 10 includes this story: Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to his command. So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2047&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 49 &#8211; No Understanding Apart from God</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/day-49-no-understanding-apart-from-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I thought I was beat last night! Wow. I lead a workshop for 4 hours today. Shouldn&#8217;t have worn me out. But I could hardly get through the Leviticus readings just now. What was all that about eating the offerings? I did have two interesting discussions today about the increasing social divide in our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2041&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 48 &#8211; Yeah, I&#8217;m Linsane, Too</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/day-48-yeah-im-linsane-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I drove 7 hours today for work. Had dinner with my college roomie and husband (both of whom were part of our college Christian fellowship). Sweet time. Came back to hotel with travelling companion (dear daughter), sat down to relax, then remembered: THE BLOG. THE BIBLE. AUGH. Well, I did some research on Marcy&#8217;s issue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2034&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 47 &#8211; Please Lord: Be My Shepherd</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/day-47-please-lord-be-my-shepherd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother was not a student of the Word. While she called herself a Christian, it meant something different to her than it did to me. No matter our differences, my mom knew one Scripture that she quoted to me when I was a kid and had those painful charlie horses in my legs. I&#8217;d [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2025&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 46 &#8211; Incredible Events in Jerusalem</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/day-46-incredible-events-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to a friend at dinner tonight about the fact that in Matthew&#8217;s gospel, the pharisees are on Jesus&#8217; case from his baptism up til the very end, then the bigwigs &#8212; the priests, elders, and scribes &#8211; take over and ensure Jesus&#8217; death.  They even mocked Jesus as He hung on the cross. Bad [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2011&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 45 &#8211; A Valentine from God</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/day-45-a-valentine-from-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rising tide of opposition that I discussed yesterday continues in today&#8217;s reading as the hardhearted leaders decide that Jesus should die, callously respond to Judas&#8217; remorse, hand Jesus over to Pilate (who recognizes their jealousy), and work the crowds up to choose Barabbas over Jesus for mercy. Then the soldiers beat Jesus before leading him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=2003&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 44 &#8211; The Rising Tide of Opposition</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/day-44-the-rising-tide-of-opposition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The experts say that Matthew wrote his gospel with the Jews in mind. He&#8217;s making a case for Jesus as the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy. It makes sense, therefore, that the book begins with Jesus&#8217; genealogy, starting not with Adam, but with Abraham. This is right after Matthew introduces Jesus as the Messiah, Son of David. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=1995&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day 43 &#8211; Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?</title>
		<link>http://holidaylonging.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/day-43-why-hast-thou-forsaken-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The passage I chose for contemplation today required me to read ahead in order to find comfort.  Psalm 22 is famous for the prophecy of Jesus&#8217; death. But like most prophecies, it has multiple fulfillments and applications.  Just today, I felt like this a little bit: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=holidaylonging.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4288436&amp;post=1984&amp;subd=holidaylonging&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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