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		<title>Eagle eye</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still remember the first time I saw a bald eagle.  I was in New Brunswick, camped at a national park, and an eagle slowly soared over us as we hiked.  It was a thrilling experience, something that you thank &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/eagle-eye/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=999&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting as Soldiers of Christ!? By Jonathan Seiling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The War of 1812 was an occasion for shaping Canada&#8217;s identity as a country, both in relation to Britain and our friendly neighbours to the south. It is somewhat odd for some of us to be in this &#8216;bicentennial year&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/fighting-as-soldiers-of-christ-by-jonathan-seiling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=991&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who is for supper?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m continuing my series on “All Creatures of our God” by looking at the topic of eating animals.  We talk a lot about what we eat, we are very conscious of that.  But we rarely spend any time talking about &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/who-is-for-supper/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=984&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If animals could talk&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday I am going to be preaching on one of the most surprising passages from the Bible…the story of Balaam and his talking donkey, from Numbers 22.  I’ve never heard anyone preach about this story.  There are a number &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/if-animals-could-talk/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=976&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No New Year&#8217;s resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People have been talking a lot about food on facebook lately.  People talking about buying food, making food, giving food, eating food.  There is lots of feasting going on, and even some guilt being expressed about eating too much, or &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/no-new-years-resolutions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=973&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas, in real life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s even a phrase for it: “Christmas preparations”.  You don’t hear about “Pentecost preparations” or “Easter preparations”.  Everyone is busy at this time preparing for Christmas.  Whether it’s decorating the house or apartment, buying gifts, baking cookies, cleaning, buying groceries, &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/christmas-in-real-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=965&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas and the darkest day</title>
		<link>http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/christmas-and-the-darkest-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas is around the corner and this Wednesday is the darkest day of the year.  Or rather I should say the shortest day; on the winter solstice in Niagara our day is…8 hours, 58 minutes and 30 seconds, to be &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/christmas-and-the-darkest-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=961&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do you get someone who has everything?</title>
		<link>http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/the-year-i-put-god-on-the-christmas-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never occurred to me till this year to put God on my Christmas list. Heaven knows, I’ve been on the receiving end too many times to count, with a God whose giving knows no ending. Maybe God would like &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/the-year-i-put-god-on-the-christmas-list/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=954&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The season of lights!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, we were not a family that ever put up outdoor Christmas lights.  We were not unusual; very few of my Mennonite friends had outdoor Christmas lights.  We all came from homes where that was seen as a waste &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/the-season-of-lights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=951&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First impressions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you say about yourself when you meet someone for the first time?  What are the important facts that describe who you are?  We tend to be pretty concrete in what we say…we talk about where we live, where &#8230; <a href="http://thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/first-impressions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thefirstmennonitechurch.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3898340&amp;post=939&amp;subd=thefirstmennonitechurch&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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