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		<title>The Center of the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what the central verse in the Bible is?
I didn&#8217;t.
Now I do, and if you can extrapolate that perhaps the central verse of the whole Bible might be the one thing God wants us to &#8220;get,&#8221; then it&#8217;s worth knowing, even memorizing.
Enjoy!



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">D</span>o you know what the central verse in the Bible is?</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Now I do, and if you can extrapolate that perhaps the central verse of the whole Bible might be the one thing God wants us to &#8220;get,&#8221; then it&#8217;s worth knowing, even memorizing.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Words and the Power of Life or Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had the same message come into your life twice in one day?
When that happens, I always pay attention.
Today I heard a moving message on Focus on the Family by David Meece about two words his father said to him that killed him, spiritually speaking.
&#8220;You&#8217;re worthless.&#8221;
That&#8217;s what David&#8217;s father told him when he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span>ave you ever had the same message come into your life twice in one day?</p>
<p>When that happens, I always pay attention.</p>
<p>Today I heard a moving message on <a title="Focus on the Family podcast - David Meece forgiving my father" href="http://fotf.cdnetworks.net/fotf/mp3/fof_daily_broadcast/ffd_2010/3_july_aug_sept/ffd_20100819.mp3" target="_blank">Focus on the Family by David Meece </a>about two words his father said to him that killed him, spiritually speaking.</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re worthless.&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what David&#8217;s father told him when he was 10 years old, as the father held a gun to his head. &#8220;At that moment,&#8221; David said, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t care if he pulled the trigger.&#8221;</p>
<p>His father had already killed something in his spirit, and he didn&#8217;t care to live.</p>
<p>(To listen to the whole compelling story,<span id="more-435"></span> <a title="Focus on the Family podcasts" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FocusOnTheFamilyDailyBroadcast" target="_blank">go here and look for &#8220;Forgiving My Father</a>.&#8221;)</p>
<p>Then, tonight, I heard a teleseminar in which <a title="Darius Barazandeh interview on Successful Author Secrets" href="http://ht.ly/2ioDL" target="_blank">Darius Barazandeh</a> talked about how excited he was when he was told he would repeat kindergarten. He loved his teacher, loved kindergarten&#8211;now he&#8217;d get to do it again!</p>
<p>He was excited&#8211;that is, until he mentioned it to a friend.</p>
<p>&#8220;You must be the stupidest kid in the world! Nobody repeats kindergarten,&#8221; the boy sneered.</p>
<p>The boy&#8217;s words &#8220;put the lock on&#8221;  his spirit, Darius said.</p>
<p>How many of these &#8220;locks&#8221; might you have on your spirit because of the words of others? (Did you know that such words received when under the age of six or so, get directly hardwired into the brain&#8217;s programming? According to Dr. Alex Loyd, author of<a title="Information on The Healing Code book by Dr. Alex Loyd and Dr. Ben Johnson" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com" target="_blank"> <em>The Healing Code</em></a>, before the age of six your brain is in the delta-theta brainwave state, and messages are not able to be filtered by higher judgment. Therefore these lies go straight into the heart, straight into the subconscious, and become part of the internal belief system that guides your life&#8211;usually totally out of your conscious awareness. David Meece spoke of how difficult it was to forgive his father, even with counseling and all the best help he could find. It took God&#8217;s power, through prayer, to finally bring him to that place of forgiveness.)</p>
<p>&#8220;Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits,&#8221; says Proverbs 18:21.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re not the only ones who &#8220;eat the fruit&#8221; of our words. Other people eat as well.</p>
<p>And that fruit can either poison, or nourish.</p>
<p>What will your words do for someone else today?</p>
<p>And&#8211;do you still have &#8220;locks on your spirit&#8221; from the words of others?</p>
<p>Those &#8220;locks&#8221; are always lies. Identify the lies and replace them with the truth. Do it in prayer, in the presence of God.</p>
<p>When you do that, you will find healing.</p>
<p>(And if you suspect that there are locks in your subconscious that you can&#8217;t get to, consider reading <a title="The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal Any Health, Relationship or Success Issue" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com" target="_blank"><em>The Healing Code</em></a> for help with unlocking those hidden issues of the heart and allowing the light of truth to dispel the darkness.)</p>
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		<title>Joys of Summer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admit:  Summer is not my favorite season.
Not when it&#8217;s so hot and humid there are heat warnings. When I dread the relief of thunderstorms because most all of them all summer have meant water in the house and power outages that keep us bailing our sump pump and spending the weekends at Home Depot [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="float: left; margin: 5px;" title="lavendar and daisies" src="http://abundantgiftsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lavendar-and-daisy.jpg " alt="lavender and daisies" width="200" height="301" /><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> admit:  Summer is not my favorite season.</p>
<p>Not when it&#8217;s so hot and humid there are heat warnings. When I dread the relief of thunderstorms because most all of them all summer have meant water in the house and power outages that keep us bailing our sump pump and spending the weekends at Home Depot trying to solve this water issue.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, determined not to overlook the gifts of summer, I started a list. After you read mine, will you add a few items of your own by commenting, please? Let&#8217;s not let ourselves fail to appreciate the abundant gifts specifically of summer.</p>
<p><strong>Abundant Gifts of Summer</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>fresh fruit: watermelon, ice cold on a summer day; cantaloupe, Michigan peaches, strawberries, and my favorite, blueberries&#8211;especially when picked fresh on an outing with a friend, or given to me by my son who thoughtfully bought 5 packages on sale because he knew they were my favorite fruit</li>
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<li>garden produce, especially zucchini (I make a mean Italian-style fried zucchini dish) and tomatoes (the only time to eat them is in season, in my opinion)</li>
<li>flowers: the amazing variety of color and shape</li>
<li>light before 6 a.m.</li>
<li>air conditioning (a godsend when it works)</li>
<li>warm gentle rains (I do remember one, anyway, that was lovely)</li>
<li>the color green</li>
<li>birds and their songs (I saw a bluebird&#8211;only the second time I&#8217;ve seen one in my life. He was gorgeous!)</li>
<li>pools and lakes and oceans to swim in</li>
</ul>
<p>And &#8230;? What particular gifts of summer are you thankful for?</p>
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		<title>What God&#8217;s Doing in His World &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re tired and overwhelmed by the news and all the havoc human being are wreaking in the world, come back here and view this. Be reminded that this is God&#8217;s world, and indeed, where he&#8217;s at work, &#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful World.&#8221;



Let the images and song linger &#8230; and become a mental break after listening [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">W</span>hen you&#8217;re tired and overwhelmed by the news and all the havoc human being are wreaking in the world, come back here and view this. Be reminded that this is God&#8217;s world, and indeed, where he&#8217;s at work, &#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful World.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Let the images and song linger &#8230; and become a mental break after listening to the news.<br class="spacer_" /></p>
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		<title>The Greatest Abundant Gift I Can Offer You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been quietly testing something amazing for nearly three years &#8230;
Three years I&#8217;ve kept quiet about it because&#8211;well, when something seems too good to be true, invariably it is.
Except in this case.
(The only other two things I&#8217;ve found to be &#8220;too good to be true&#8221;&#8211;yet do work&#8211;are Cold Eeze and Tide2Go stain remover.)
So for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> have been quietly testing something amazing for nearly three years &#8230;</p>
<p>Three years I&#8217;ve kept quiet about it because&#8211;well, when something seems too good to be true, invariably it is.</p>
<p>Except in this case.</p>
<p>(The only other two things I&#8217;ve found to be &#8220;too good to be true&#8221;&#8211;yet do work&#8211;are Cold Eeze and Tide2Go stain remover.)</p>
<p>So for nearly three years, I&#8217;ve been quietly testing and figuring out how to tell people about this discovery. Because it&#8217;s such a different way of looking at health and healing, I knew it would be difficult for people to grasp right away.</p>
<p>For the past year and a half, I also thoroughly checked out the author, the company, and even the Bible to make sure everything is what it appears to be.</p>
<p>Now I am convinced: This is the real deal. And it&#8217;s the most amazing thing I&#8217;ve ever encountered.</p>
<p>What if the root of all issues&#8211;disease, relationship issues, performance issues&#8211;came from ONE source?</p>
<p>And what if the way to heal that source were discovered?</p>
<p>Further &#8230; what if that source could be healed without any medications or anything that would cause side effects or possible harm?</p>
<p>I told you it would seem too good to be true.  But as I said, I&#8217;ve been testing it every which way for three years.  And now I can talk about it, because the information is finally available<span id="more-370"></span></p>
<p><img style="margin: 5px; float:  left;" title="The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal Any Health,  Relationship or Success Issue" src="http://abundantgiftsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Loyd_Front_Cover-FINAL.jpg" alt="The Healing Code book" width="100" height="155" /></p>
<p>in a beautiful hardcover book, which I had the privilege of helping to get published.</p>
<p>There is a book that explains this amazing discovery in a way that will make sense to people. A book that gives it all away&#8211;everything you need to know to begin to heal this source of all your issues&#8211;affordably, without anything more to do or buy.</p>
<p>The latest science meets what the Bible has always actually taught about health.</p>
<p>This is very new&#8211;a discovery made in 2001&#8211;yet it&#8217;s also something that Solomon attested to 3000 years ago.</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s what our best scientific minds have been predicting for the past 70+ years.</p>
<p>So I&#8217;m finally ready to tell the world about what may be the most important book I&#8217;ve ever worked on. (And I&#8217;ve written and published 11 of my own, and edited dozens of others.)</p>
<p>The book is called <em><a title="The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal Any Health, Relationship or Success Issue" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com" target="_blank">The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal the Source of Any Health, Success or Relationship Issue</a></em>.</p>
<p>I know, the title makes it sound incredible. And perhaps the word &#8220;Code&#8221; makes you feel uncomfortable.</p>
<p>But &#8220;Code&#8221; is actually accurate, because so much in nature actually is coded. (Read <em><a title="Signature in the Cell:DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design by Dr. Stephen Meyer" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C949BI?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=abundantgif0f-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002C949BI" target="_blank">Signature in the Cell</a></em> by Intelligent Design founder Dr. Stephen Meyer, who is a Christian, to understand how everything in the cell is coded, for instance.)</p>
<p>And the &#8220;6 minutes&#8221; part is also  true. Some issues can really be cleared up in as little as 6 minutes. I&#8217;ve experienced it myself.</p>
<p>Other issues may take 6 minutes, several times a day, for several weeks, months or even years. This is not magic. It works the way it works.</p>
<p>Dr. Ben Johnson&#8217;s Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease took 3 months to heal. My PFO took 6 months (maybe  less; I just found out after 6 months that it had closed up).</p>
<p>The beauty of this is, you can validate it for yourself in 6 minutes. Once you read the book and try the technique, you can discover for yourself whether or not it works.</p>
<p>In fact, the authors issue a challenge: &#8220;Prove us wrong!&#8221;</p>
<p>By the way, this is NOT chakra healing, nor does it have anything to do with the  Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) or Reiki.  Neither is it similar to Qi  Gong, hands-on healing, pranic healing or spiritual healing.</p>
<p>Rather, The Healing Code is the only scientific healing modality that  eliminates the root cause of any health condition, whether it be  physical, emotional or mental &#8211; without the use of drugs, surgery or  medical treatments.</p>
<p>Please at least <a title="Information on The Healing Code book by Dr. Alex Loyd and Dr. Ben Johnson" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com" target="_blank">check out this site</a>, and see if something is whispering to your heart to find out more. There are many free resources there, as well as information on the book.<a title="testimonials about the healing codes" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com/testimonials.html" target="_blank"> Read my story and the others&#8217;.</a> <a title="excerpt from The Healing Code book by Dr. Alex Loyd and Dr. Ben Johnson" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com/EXCERPT-1.pdf" target="_blank">Read the excerpt.</a> <a title="The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal Any Health, Relationship or Success Issue" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com" target="_blank">Listen to the interview with Dr. Alex Loyd</a>, who discovered this. <a title="review of The Healing Code: 6 Minutes to Heal Any Health, Relationship or Success Issue" href="http://www.thehealingcodeinfo.com/editors-review.html" target="_blank">Read my review of the book.</a> Download the &#8220;<a title="Spiritual Underpinnings of the healing code" href="http://thehealingcodeinfo.com/Reflections%20on%20Spiritual%20Basis%20for%20The%20Healing%20Codes-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Reflections on the Spiritual Underpinnings of The Healing Codes</a>&#8221; and ponder whether the scriptures indeed support this practice.</p>
<p>Do it prayerfully. See if God is whispering to your heart that this is a tool he wants to use in your life for deeper healing in every area.</p>
<p>This could be one of the greatest &#8220;abundant gifts&#8221; you have ever been offered. For me what it&#8217;s done is allow the Holy Spirit himself to be my Wonderful Counselor and healer of the &#8220;heart junk&#8221; that is like static interfering with his messages of love.</p>
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		<title>Fascinating Interview on Evidence for God&#8217;s Existence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8216;ve always been fascinated by science, and so it&#8217;s been very exciting to me to see so much of the latest research in physics, biology, cosmology and other sciences that point to the amazing complexity of the universe.
Much of it may also provide evidence&#8211;scientific evidence&#8211;that God exists.
Recently I interviewed Dr. Stephen Meyer, director of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.askstephenmeyer.com"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1674" style="margin: 5px; border: 0pt none;" title="Meyer_Stephen_03" src="http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Meyer_Stephen_03-300x251.jpg" alt="Meyer_Stephen_03" width="147" height="123" /></a>I<span style="font-size: small;">&#8216;ve always been fa</span></span>scinated by science, and so it&#8217;s been very exciting to me to see so much of the latest research in physics, biology, cosmology and other sciences that point to the amazing complexity of the universe.</p>
<p>Much of it may also provide evidence&#8211;scientific evidence&#8211;that God exists.</p>
<p>Recently I interviewed Dr. Stephen Meyer, director of the <a title="Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture" href="http://www.discovery.org/csc/" target="_blank">Discovery  Institute’s  Center for  Science and Culture</a> and a founder both of  the<a title="Intelligent design" href="http://www.intelligentdesign.org/" target="_blank"> intelligent  design</a> movement and of the Discovery Institute’s Center  for Science  &amp;  Culture, intelligent design’s primary intellectual  and scientific   headquarters.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve wondered if there is scientific evidence you can point to for the existence of God, for your own certainty or to convince someone else, I invite you to listen to this <a title="Ask dr. stephen  meyer about scienfitic evidence for the existence of God" href="http://www.askaboutcreation.com/" target="_blank">Virtual  Tour with  Dr. Stephen Meyer</a>. You even get to ask Dr. Meyer a question! (Though the live event is past, questions will continue to be answered at the <a title="TrueU blog" href="http://www.trueu.org" target="_blank">TrueU.org blog</a>.)</p>
<p>This is rare access to someone who speaks all over the world and is a recognized voice in the scientific community.</p>
<p>Meyer earned his PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science from   Cambridge  University for a dissertation on the history of origin of   life biology and the methodology of the historical sciences. Previously   he worked as a geophysicist with the Atlantic Richfield Company after   earning his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Geology.</p>
<p>Dr. Meyer&#8217;s most recent book is <a title="Signature in  the Cell:DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design by Dr. Stephen  Meyer" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C949BI?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=abundantgif0f-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002C949BI" target="_blank"><em>Signature  in the Cel</em><em>l: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design</em></a>. Other  books he has co-written or edited two books are <a href="http://www.darwinanddesign.com/"><em>Darwinism, Design, and   Public Education</em></a> with Michigan State University Press and <em>Science   and Evidence of Design in the Universe</em> (Ignatius 2000).</p>
<p>He has also authored numerous technical articles as well as   editorials in magazines and newspapers such as <em>The Wall Street   Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Chicago   Tribune, First Things</em> and <em>National Review</em>.</p>
<p>If you have a question for Dr. Meyer, ask it at <a title="Ask dr. stephen meyer about scienfitic evidence for the existence of God" href="http://www.askaboutcreation.com" target="_blank">www.askstephenmeyer.com</a>. He may answer your question in the future, and you&#8217;ll <a title="Ask dr. stephen meyer about scienfitic evidence for the existence of God" href="http://www.askstephenmeyer.com/replay.php" target="_blank">get access to the recording</a> which you can even download to listen to at your convenience.</p>
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		<title>Let Us Never Forget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 19:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received this email from Paul Galloway today, Memorial Day USA, and I agreed with every word of it.  So I thought I&#8217;d pass it on. Thank you, Paul, for expressing it so movingly and simply.
Today is a American holiday, &#8220;Memorial Day&#8221;. On this day we remember those who have given their lives while serving [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I received this email from Paul Galloway today, Memorial Day USA, and I agreed with every word of it.  So I thought I&#8217;d pass it on. Thank you, Paul, for expressing it so movingly and simply.</em></p>
<div>Today is a American holiday, &#8220;Memorial Day&#8221;. On this day we remember those who have given their lives while serving in the armed forces.</p>
<p>I fear that a great many Americans (perhaps even a large majority) only see Memorial Day as an extra day off from work &#8212; a three day weekend of entertainment and recreation.  This lack of gratitude &#8212; this irreverence for things sacred &#8212; is distressing to me. . . .</p>
<p>I for one would just like to publicly say &#8220;Thank You&#8221; . . .</p>
<p>To all the wives who have lost husbands,</p>
<p>To all the husbands who have lost wives,</p>
<p>To all the children who have lost mothers and fathers,</p>
<p>To all the parents who have lost their dear children (I can&#8217;t imagine your pain),</p>
<p>To everyone who has lost a sister, brother, aunt, uncle,  grandmother, grandfather or dear friend,</p>
<p>And especially to all the men and women who have sacrificed your lives, giving up everything you hoped and dreamed for in your future . . .</p>
<p>To all who have given so much so that my family and I can <br />
 continue living under the banner of freedom . . .</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Yours is a debt I can never repay, but I promise I will never forget nor take for granted your sacrifice for your <br />
 country, and for me.</p>
<p>God bless you and your families!</p>
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<p>Paul Galloway<br />
 Cheney, KS <br />
 USA</p>
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		<title>Scientific Evidence God Exists?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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Is  there actual scientific evidence that God exists?
You get to decide, when you sign up for next week&#8217;s Virtual Tour with  Dr. Stephen Meyer. You even get to ask Dr. Meyer a question!
This is rare access to someone who speaks all over the world and is a  recognized voice in the scientific [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span>s  there actual <em>scientific evidence</em> that God exists?</p>
<p>You get to decide, when you <a title="Ask dr. stephen meyer about scienfitic evidence for the existence of God" href="http://www.askaboutcreation.com" target="_blank">sign up for next week&#8217;s Virtual Tour with  Dr. Stephen Meyer</a>. You even get to ask Dr. Meyer a question!</p>
<p>This is rare access to someone who speaks all over the world and is a  recognized voice in the scientific community.</p>
<p>Dr. Stephen Meyer is currently director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for  Science and Culture and a founder both of the intelligent design  movement and of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science &amp;  Culture, intelligent design’s primary intellectual and scientific  headquarters.</p>
<p>Meyer earned his PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science from  Cambridge  University for a dissertation on the history of origin of  life biology and the methodology of the historical sciences. Previously  he worked as a geophysicist with the Atlantic Richfield Company after  earning his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Geology.</p>
<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> Dr. Meyer&#8217;s most recent book is <a title="Signature in the Cell:DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design by Dr. Stephen Meyer" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C949BI?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=abundantgif0f-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002C949BI" target="_blank"><em>Signature in the Cel</em><em>l: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design</em></a>. Other books he has co-written or edited two books are <a href="http://www.darwinanddesign.com/"><em>Darwinism, Design, and  Public Education</em></a> with Michigan State University Press and <em>Science  and Evidence of Design in the Universe</em> (Ignatius 2000).</p>
<p>He has also authored numerous technical articles as well as  editorials in magazines and newspapers such as <em>The Wall Street  Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Chicago  Tribune, First Things</em> and <em>National Review</em>.</p>
<p>Ask <span style="text-decoration: underline;">your</span> question about scientific evidence that God exists at  <a title="Ask dr. stephen meyer about scienfitic evidence for the  existence of God" href="http://www.askaboutcreation.com" target="_blank">www.askaboutcreation.com</a> and you&#8217;ll get all the details of the event.</p>
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		<title>Virtual Book Tour on Hidden Culprit in Health Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Good Friday, I can&#8217;t help but think of this scripture, so applicable to the reason for this email: &#8220;Yet it was our sicknesses he carried, it was our diseases that weighed him down&#8230;.&#8221;(Isaiah 53:4a)
The gift of health is something I believe God wants for us. While we may never experience it totally in this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today, Good Friday, I can&#8217;t help but think of this scripture, so applicable to the reason for this email: &#8220;Yet it was our sicknesses he carried, it was our diseases that weighed him down&#8230;.&#8221;(Isaiah 53:4a)</p>
<p>The gift of health is something I believe God wants for us. While we may never experience it totally in this life, it is one of the things Jesus died to bring us&#8211;starting in this life.</p>
<p>For this reason I&#8217;d like to invite you to a Virtual Book Tour I&#8217;m doing that could make a huge difference in your health, or the health of someone you love.</p>
<p>Next Tuesday, April 6, I will interview Dr. Vikki Petersen on a topic which affects many more people than know it: gluten.</p>
<p>Dr. Vikki is the author of <a title="The Gluten Effect by Dr. Vikki  Petersen and Dr. Richard Petersen" href="htp://www.thegluteneffect.com" target="_blank">The Gluten  Effect</a>, and she will be answering questions from people who sign up at <a title="Ask Dr. Vikki Petersen  about The Gluten Effect" href="http://www.askaboutgluten.com">www.askaboutgluten.com</a>. (If  you&#8217;re reading this after the event, you may still ask a  question&#8211;she&#8217;ll be answering questions on her blog&#8211;and listen to the  replay of the VBT.)</p>
<p>When you sign up, you may download the first  chapters of the book, including a Gluten Sensitivity Self-Test.</p>
<p>I was shocked to find out how many health issues can be traced to  gluten sensitivity.<img title="More..." src="http://www.yourbookpublishingcoach.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt="" /><span id="more-350"></span></p>
<p>When we think of gluten issues, most of us think of celiac disease,  which is a digestive disorder.  Yes, gluten causes digestive problems  and weight gain. Yet digestion is only ONE of the many body systems that  can be affected by gluten.</p>
<p>Gluten sensitivity also affects the immune system, resulting in  autoimmune disease and other complications from a compromised immune  system.</p>
<p>It affects the hormonal system, resulting in adrenal exhaustion,  thyroid disorders, sleep problems, fatigue, osteoporosis, depression,  anxiety and mood swings.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, gluten also affects the body neurologically, resulting  in headaches and/or migraines, memory problems, joint pains or aches,  brain fog, fibromyalgia.</p>
<p>In fact, if you are gluten intolerant, it could affect any and all of  these systems.</p>
<p>Yet, most doctors do not consider gluten as an issue with patients.  They prescribe medications to make the symptoms go away, without getting  at the root cause of the symptoms and dealing with it.</p>
<p>Get this: It takes most people with gluten issues 11 years to get  properly diagnosed!</p>
<p>If you have health issues with any of the above, and want to get at  the root of them, I invite you to <a title="Ask Dr. Vikki Petersen about  The Gluten Effect" href="http://www.askaboutgluten.com" target="_blank">ask Dr. Vikki a  question and attend the Virtual Book Tour</a>. It&#8217;s sure to be very  informative. Details here. (If you can&#8217;t make the live call, you&#8217;ll get  an email about the replay, so sign up anyway.)</p>
<p>It may even save you or a loved one years of untold agony, not to  mention the expense of medications that mask the real problem and lead  to more problems.</p>
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		<title>Update on My Haiti Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received word that my Compassion child in Haiti, St. Hilaire  Germima, survived the earthquake without injury, but her father was  injured and the house damaged Not destroyed&#8211;they can still live  there&#8211;but damaged.
I don&#8217;t know more details. Please pray for them, for the Compassion  staff (and other relief workers), and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just received word that my Compassion child in Haiti, St. Hilaire  Germima, survived the earthquake without injury, but her father was  injured and the house damaged Not destroyed&#8211;they can still live  there&#8211;but damaged.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know more details. Please pray for them, for the Compassion  staff (and other relief workers), and all Compassion children. As well  as all the suffering families, and the churches and organizations.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a<a title="haiti earthquake update from compassion" href="http://blog.compassion.com/haiti-earthquake-update/" target="_blank"> link to a report</a> on what Compassion is doing in  Haiti.</p>
<p>I appreciate your caring!</p>
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