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	<description>Standing on my Soapbox Ranting at the World</description>
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		<title>On Hawkings</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2012/01/25/on-hawkings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Albert Mohler has an interesting post on Stephen Hawkings. I was particularly caught by a comment from Hawkings. “We are such insignificant creatures on a minor planet of a very average star on the outer suburbs of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies. So it is difficult to believe in a God that would care about us or even notice our existence.” I think<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2012/01/25/on-hawkings/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>When Tradition Becomes Religion</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/11/16/when-tradition-becomes-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading Christmas Controversy on Wikipedia I was left with the need to take a serious look at my own, emotionally  rabid, thoughts and prejudices.  If I have time I will add to this post, but in the mean time gloss over the Wikipedia article.  There are some very interesting and disturbing realities regarding the history of the festival known as Christmas.]]></description>
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		<title>Music Check</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/10/11/music-check/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s what you do: Put your music player of choice on shuffle, and write down the first twenty tracks that play, no matter how ridiculous or embarrassing they are. Ready, set, go: The Doors: I Looked At You John Kelley: Angeles AC/DC: Shake a Leg Dispatch: Cover This Earth, Wind &#38; Fire: Getaway Heart: Little Queen Jackson Browne: All Good Things The Allman Brothers Band:<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/10/11/music-check/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Gathered at the Table</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/15/gathered-at-the-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the author: Once in a while the Spirit of God graces me with a&#8230; you can call them a day dream, or dream or vision. What ever they may be, to me they are a word picture or image of some great truth that God wants me to understand. Usually they are used to get me past a stumbling block in my faith. Oh<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/15/gathered-at-the-table/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Treating People Properly</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/12/treating-people-properly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just responding to a question on a forum I frequent. The questioned brought up something I learned a long time ago from a much wiser person. I remember as a young teen Mom and I heading out in the car for some reason that I can&#8217;t now recall. What I do remember is her telling me that we needed to stop by Reed<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/12/treating-people-properly/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet Dreams</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/11/sweet-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A personal dream from years ago. With no explanation I find myself standing out on a frozen lake in the middle of the night. As my eyes adjust to the dim starlight I recognize my surrounds as being Lake Frank.  I remember as a young teen my friends K.C., Danny and I riding our bikes over to this lake and then tempting fate by riding<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/11/sweet-dreams/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Not About Us</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/04/gods-not-about-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne over at the Jolly Blogger is back, even if sporadically as he battles the big &#8220;C&#8221;.  This morning he has a short but powerful post titled &#8220;God is Glorified in Us, Not Useful to Us&#8221;.  As a man who is starting to see thru the veil of this life and onto the next, I believe  Wayne has an insightful grasp of reality that we<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/08/04/gods-not-about-us/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Dreamers</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/07/15/dreamers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are all dreamers. It&#8217;s one of the characteristics that sets us apart from the rest of creation. We are visionaries. We see things thru our minds eye that we have never seen, nor which we have accomplished and yet we form, mold and attempt to create them into being. And we seemingly do this with every aspect of our lives. We envision getting out<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/07/15/dreamers/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>No Jumping Out Windows</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/07/13/letter-to-my-son/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, what do you write to your 20 year old when their world comes crashing down around them? Son, I&#8217;m writing because I know I won&#8217;t be able to say the things I&#8217;d want over the phone. Am I disappointed, sure but probably not half as much as I know you are. If you&#8217;re anything like me you&#8217;re sick to your stomach with all the<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/07/13/letter-to-my-son/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Get Over Yourself</title>
		<link>http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/06/03/get-over-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s so easy for me to buy into this worlds mind-set of unneeded wants and desires. I am after all a material girl man. The advertisements for the latest cars, or until recently motorcycles, can set my heart a flutter and my mouth salivating. Checking out my bosses $8K Mac Pro, I can envision all the kewl things I could program, create, do. Watching the<br /><div class="readmore"><a href="http://therequiest.com/index.php/2011/06/03/get-over-yourself/">Read More...</a></div>]]></description>
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