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		<title>The Ashes of Repentance</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[COVER STORY – ASH WEDNESDAY The custom of observing a time of fasting, prayer, and repentance leading up to the celebration of Christ’s resurrection began very early in the Christian church, but practices and customs varied among congregations in different areas. The First Council of Nicea (A.D. 325) unified the Christian church in observing Lent&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2021/02/01/the-ashes-of-repentance/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">The Ashes of Repentance</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“Hat in Hand”</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[DEVOTION – ASH WEDNESDAY An office worker named Bill had had just about enough. He was tired of the management’s incompetence. Most of all, he was tired of his immediate supervisor, Mr. Sanders. He had to vent about it somewhere, so he walked over to his co-worker’s desk and said “Sylvia, can you believe that&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2019/03/01/hat-in-hand/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">“Hat in Hand”</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>When It’s Time  to be Uncomfortable</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s natural to seek a certain level of comfort. I’m talking about getting and being comfortable. People want to be comfortable in their clothing, in their homes, and in their lives. If we become uncomfortable, then we try to make a change of clothing, or the body position that doesn’t feel right, or the circumstances&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2016/02/01/when-its-time-to-be-uncomfortable/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">When It’s Time  to be Uncomfortable</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Smudged Face = Clean Heart?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[ “Tradition&#8230;tradition!”   Some of you may be humming or singing the catchy tune from Fiddler on the Roof by now. As good Lutherans, we know it isn’t only the Jewish faith that is rife with tradition. Our Lutheran heritage too has handed down many customs and traditions over the centuries. But if someone were to&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://lutheranspokesman.org/2013/02/01/smudged-face-clean-heart/" rel="bookmark"><span class="screen-reader-text">Smudged Face = Clean Heart?</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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