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		<title>Meditation 12/28/12 Farewell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my last “Greetings from Whittier Presbyterian Church” email.  Many of you will have signed up for Greetings from Geoff Nelson, so you will continue to hear from me.  But today, I take a moment of personal privilege to reflect upon these emails. It has been a wonderful journey which began in Feb. 2000, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation 12/21/12 It&#8217;s not the end of the world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we’ve made it so far through the day and the world hasn’t ended yet..  So much for another end-of-the-world prediction. My favorite astronomy site has this today.  Following some of the links in this site will take you here:  http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html and you can follow more links at this site and get the astronomical perspective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation 12/18/12 What to do about Santa Claus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When do we tell the truth about Santa Claus?  At what age can children ‘get it’ without being hurt and/or disappointed?  Many a parent asks such questions.  Here is something that I read the other day that relates to those questions and expands upon them.  It’s from the great psychologist C. G. Jung, from Vol. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation 12/14/12 Compassion vs. Judgmental-ism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I ran across something I want to share in a commentary on Luke 3:7-18, the text I’m preaching on this coming Sunday.  The commentator is the Rev. Wesley D. Avram, pastor of Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.  His commentary is in the “Feasting on the Word” Commentary series, year C vol. 1.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation 12/11/12 Christmas In Your Face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is dedicated to my step father-in-law, Richard Nuffer, who passed away Dec. 5, 2012. A couple of years ago I titled one of these emails “Christmas In Your Face!”  Here is what I said then: “I don’t know about you but I get tired of the way some people make a big deal out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whitpresby.org/blog/?p=1140</link>
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		<title>Meditation 12/7/12 Advent Carols</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite events of Advent/Christmas is the broadcasting of the service of Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge, England.  It is a mix of modern and ancient music and there is usually at least one piece commissioned annually for that event.  I have the equipment at home to record the broadcast and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whitpresby.org/blog/?p=1129</link>
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		<title>Meditation 12/4/12 Reflection on the Incarnation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a reflection on the Incarnation, the theological focus of Advent &#38; Christmas.  It comes from the Right Reverend Larry Maze, the retired Bishop of Arkansas.  I found it in “The Rose,” a journal publication of Emmanuel Church in Athens, Georgia, vol. 20. “I’ve long held the hope that the whole world’s love of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whitpresby.org/blog/?p=1128</link>
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		<title>Meditation 11/30/12 Preparation for the Incarnation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday begins Advent of 2012.  Advent has become my favorite time of the church year.  Here is an aid for Advent from Richard Rohr.  Rohr’s daily email meditations can be accessed at http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/. “When we demand satisfaction of one another, when we demand any completion to history on our terms, when we demand that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whitpresby.org/blog/?p=1118</link>
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		<title>Meditation 11/27/12 Jump Consciousness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I receive daily meditations from Richard Rohr, and I know that several of you do as well, for you have told me.  These daily email meditations can be accessed at http://www.cacradicalgrace.org/.  Here is one that greatly inspired me which was sent out on Oct. 24, 2012. “The clarification and rediscovery of what I am going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://whitpresby.org/blog/?p=1117</link>
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		<title>Meditation 11/20/12 The Symphony of Science</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve made occasional reference to NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day.  I like this site so much that I have it on my browser menu bar and look at the picture for every day.  The other day one so inspired me that I pass it on to you.  It is produced by a group called [...]]]></description>
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