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		<title>Are You Making the Right Choice? Case Study from The Prodigal Son</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: One of my most favorite Bible stories is Luke 15 about the two prodigal sons. Jesus tells this wonderful story of the unconditional love of his Father God, but it’s a sad story of two sons who didn’t understand their earthly father they lived with. The younger son was the worst because he demanded his [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear Grandchildren: One of my most favorite Bible stories is Luke 15 about the two prodigal sons. Jesus tells this wonderful story of the unconditional love of his Father God, but it’s a sad story of two sons who didn’t understand their earthly father they lived with. The younger son was the worst because he demanded his [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>One Trait You Need to See Your Dream Fulfilled</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[October 2022, Dear Grandchildren,&#160;Jim Rohn stated, “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change your circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”&#160;One of the most pervasive myths in the American culture today is that we are “entitled” to a great life-that somehow, somewhere, someone, is responsible for filling our lives with [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[October 2022, Dear Grandchildren,&#160;Jim Rohn stated, “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change your circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”&#160;One of the most pervasive myths in the American culture today is that we are “entitled” to a great life-that somehow, somewhere, someone, is responsible for filling our lives with [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>Portrait of a Classy Woman: Doris Jeannette Catt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[December 26, 2020 Dear Grandchildren: This month, I am writing about your great-grandmother, Doris&#160;Jeannette Catt. She was a beautiful, classy lady. In 1951, when Glen and Doris opened their first store in Gaylord,&#160;they were a team that made the business successful. They took over a grocery store that had just failed, and many people gave [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[December 26, 2020 Dear Grandchildren: This month, I am writing about your great-grandmother, Doris&#160;Jeannette Catt. She was a beautiful, classy lady. In 1951, when Glen and Doris opened their first store in Gaylord,&#160;they were a team that made the business successful. They took over a grocery store that had just failed, and many people gave [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
	

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		<title>When Grandma Freeman&#8217;s Life Transformed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denny Freeman</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[September 2020: Dear Grandchildren: I want to share with you, Grandchildren, a very important event that changed our family forty-nine years ago on October 2nd, 1971. We lived&#160;in Grayling, Michigan and our family comprised of: Laurie,&#160;age 7, Timothy, age 5, Tommy, age 3, and Paul, age 3 months. I think back and realize how busy [&#8230;]]]></description>
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