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	<description>Teachings, Insights and Reflections from Ps. Jill Sweetman</description>
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		<title>Parenting Strong</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/04/20/parenting-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[boundaries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Balancing Trust with Wisdom It is typical for growing children to complain that their parents do not trust them. It’s actually often true because parents usually have good reasons not to trust their kids. Kids face a lot of temptations that they are not prepared to deal with on their own. They need parental guidance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage and Old Shoes</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/03/07/marriage-and-old-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faithfulness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life at times seems overwhelming but my constant is my hubby. After 27 years of marriage, I&#8217;d say this commitment to each other is like a favorite old pair of shoes. We hear this saying often and yet it&#8217;s true. Favorite shoes are worth reheeling or resoling. We put some work and money into them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buses and Blessing</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/01/30/buses-and-blessing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Goals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1 Chronicles 4:8-10]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jabez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have distinct memories of the Sweetman &#8220;bus period&#8221;. We had no where to live and so good friends lent us a bus. We parked it in my parents backyard, ran a power chord to my parents&#8217; house and while Dean and I had a bed, the kids slept on bus seats. It was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goals and Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2012/01/03/goals-and-forgiveness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Servanthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now many of us have set goals for 2012. Some of these are easily attained while others seem to allude us. Failure in achievement is sometimes due to the fact that we find ourselves comparing ourselves to others and so we become resentful. We find ourselves in an ugly spiral that takes us further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pain</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/11/29/pain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empty Nesting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bathsheba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be so nice to live in a world of no pain. Doctors&#8217; offices are full of people pursuing just that. Relief from physical, emotional and mental pain. Pain hurts. We see situations of this from the beginning of time. Many times in our desperation we try to appease our pain in detrimental ways. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mums Leading Strong</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/11/15/mums-leading-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Young Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[busyness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mothering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Life is full for today&#8217;s mum. For myself, I had my own music business, cleaning business and then taught at a school. When we started our church I went back to teaching piano. Because I loved church, I was involved in so many areas. Because Dean believed in me, he regularly announced that I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexual Choices</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/11/01/sexual-choices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distant parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homosexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not unusual to experience sexual thoughts and fantasies, even for the same sex, in our growing years. This disgusts some but hear me out. In these years, we are forming our preferences for the future. Our bodies, minds and emotions are changing. We experience bizarre thoughts. For the young person, the adolescent and teen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital Keys for Dads</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/10/17/vital-keys-for-dads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Servanthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guidance. Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A dad is a child&#8217;s super hero. When dad is struggling, so do the kids. As a mum, I could love my kids all day long but when Dean came home, the house changed. The house of order would often become chaos. In the presence of Dean, business ideas were birthed, spontaneous outings occurred and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/29/fighting/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/29/fighting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ephesians 5:21]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow did Dean and I fight in our early married years. Yelling, silent treatment, sleeping in separate rooms, throwing things at each other and driving off in the middle of the night. Though the above mentioned events are extremes and should decrease over time, marriage involves the meshing of two different individuals. Each has opinions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweeting, Facebook and Relationships</title>
		<link>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/22/tweeting-facebook-and-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://jillsweetman.com/2011/08/22/tweeting-facebook-and-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much fun. Twitter and Facebook allow us access to people on a greater level than ever before. We can reestablish relationships that we thought lost forever. We need to be wise with these connections. Words build or destroy relationships. While we may write something with little thought, it&#8217;s effect on our lives and others [...]]]></description>
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