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    <description><![CDATA[Join the conversation between girlsministers (moms, youth ministers, and others who minister to teenaged girls) as we come together to share, get resources, and discover ways to mentor girls to be healthy young women who know their identity and purpose in Christ.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Connection algorithm for helping girls belong]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if there was a Connection Algorithm like Sheldon&#8217;s that would help you connect a girl to the student ministry or a girls lifegroup? I remember the first day on the job as a girlsminister. Such an algorithm would have been very handy. It was our fall]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hacked. Dealing with The Dark Side]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, girlsminister.com experienced a hacker breaking into the site. Thankfully, I was in the site when the break-in occurred which allowed me to work with my IT guy, (also known as my husband) to regain control of my site. Thankfully when we got back into the]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[losing the self in self-esteem]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The following is a guest post I did for my pastor&#8217;s blog, &#8220;truthful conversations&#8221;. I&#8217;ve included the first part of the post here, and then if you want to read the rest, the link is provided. This is really something that I continue to battle against in girls ministry. What]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[5 ways to help wean students from a cell phone addiction.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.faithvillage.com/blogpost/bec53cc24a1147bc8b6a45dad7ccdda9/5_ways_to_help_wean_students_from_a_cell_phone_addiction</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[(originally published on Oct 2, 2009 but revised and updated on December 2, 2011) I heard it said recently that cellphones have become the electronic pacifier of the 21st century. Wow! Yes&#8230;that is true. We have students that cannot be without their cell phone. As a girls minister, we have]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIGITAL Boundaries: how they help in loving your teenaged daughter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.faithvillage.com/blogpost/ed8cecd30edc411bb1fbc4098b3c3dbd/digital_boundaries_how_they_help_in_loving_your_teenaged_daughter</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Judges 17:6 This was before kings ruled Israel, so all the Israelites did whatever they thought was right . (originally published on January 7, 2011. Reposted with extra links) I was reading this passage today and recognized that for many of us, we know a &#8220;little princess&#8221; who lives this]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Do as I say, not as I pinterest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.faithvillage.com/blogpost/86eb6d08a2b5470f8a46e8a352daab40/do_as_i_say_not_as_i_pinterest</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We live in an pinteresting time. Okay sorry, I couldn&#8217;t resist. With all the social sites around, including pinterest, we can literally share everything about our lives 24/7 and have immediate feedback. There are many pro&#8217;s and con&#8217;s to this sort of social sharing, and while I&#8217;ve engaged in these]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Being patient]]></title>
      <link>http://www.faithvillage.com/blogpost/2df56b4b75aa4d9d8a0abfaf655f82e1/being_patient</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been home a week now from the hospital since having Baby G added to the family. One of the books that we read commented on how the mom should continue to wear the hospital tags as a reminder to herself and her family that she is still recovering and]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Girls Retreat 2012: Whatever is true/ think on these things!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.faithvillage.com/blogpost/e37ef40d64104b7ab11b4ce0a5ce61c9/girls_retreat_2012_whatever_is_true_think_on_these_things</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[This weekend at Snowball (our girls retreat) we will be looking at Phil. 4:8-9 and what we should be thinking on. So often we as girls/women allow the meditations of our hearts to be something other than &#8220;whatever is true, noble, praise worthy, excellent&#8230;&#8221; and there are consequences when we]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[One Direction and what to do with boy band obsessions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.faithvillage.com/blogpost/fe08210fea5a4e03aa6052eb41855b16/one_direction_and_what_to_do_with_boy_band_obsessions</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Have you recently heard the girls you work with talking about One Direction? Have they whispered about it during Sunday School and you dismissed it thinking &#8220;what a great teacher I am. They must be talking about the only direction that matters&#8230;following Christ?!&#8221; Well you&#8217;ve been bamboozled if you thought]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[GUARD YOUR HEART…]]></title>
      <link>http://www.faithvillage.com/blogpost/cf27fa7664554485a21b37f3e483f4bb/guard_your_heart</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[It’s been awhile since I’ve had a moment to write on girlsminister.com. I’ve been busy being a girlsminister, ironically, and haven’t had the chance to put my thoughts into posts. I’ve had several post ideas pop into my heart this week as I had conversation after conversation with students AND]]></description>
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