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		<title>Building a Virtual World When the Real World Shuts Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minecraft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Rochester]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five days ago at breakfast, my son was typing on his laptop as we talked about the latest notification: university commencement was canceled. ...It’s hard to know where to put those feelings when real people we love are facing a real health crisis. ... He and a friend began building their university campus in Minecraft, and found a whole grieving community eager to enroll.]]></description>
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		<title>Pursuing Joy Lenten Journal Prompts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 02:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Pavlicin]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Advent, I have been thinking a lot about joy. I believe each person has a God-given, infinite supply of joy. Advent is a time when we celebrate the familiar joy of Jesus’ birth and his presence in our lives today. It’s also a time for us to anticipate the unimaginable joy we’ll experience when Jesus comes again and we are reunited—a joy greater than any joy we’ve ever known.]]></description>
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		<div class="dslc-text-module-content"><h1><a href="http://karenpavlicin.com">Karen Pavlicin</a></h1></div>
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							<a class="dslc-social-icon" target="_blank" href="mailto:kmp@karenpavlicin.com"><span class="dslc-icon dslc-icon-envelope"></span></a>
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		<title>Handwritten Letters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<div class="dslc-text-module-content"><h1><a href="http://karenpavlicin.com">Karen Pavlicin</a></h1></div>
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							<a class="dslc-social-icon" target="_blank" href="mailto:kmp@karenpavlicin.com"><span class="dslc-icon dslc-icon-envelope"></span></a>
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		<title>Ten Years </title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art of Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[10 years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heaven birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellowstone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago today, my husband Bob died of cancer. We call it his heaven birthday. When our son, Alexander, turned 10, he wanted to begin his mountain climbing adventures, to be just like his dad. Turning 10 was a big deal. This week, Alexander (now 13) sent an email to family and friends who knew his dad, inviting them to “sign” his birthday card with “a favorite memory, something you especially miss about him, or just say hi.” Here is my letter.]]></description>
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		<div class="dslc-text-module-content"><h1><a href="http://karenpavlicin.com">Karen Pavlicin</a></h1></div>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if we could see the script of our child’s life before he was born and God gave us five minutes to erase or make changes? Would we take out the bad stuff? If you change one thing, it changes everything after that. ...We don’t always agree with the script as it’s playing out. And many, many times, we ask for the ability to revise it. If given the chance, would you revise your own life script? Would the new version be as interesting?]]></description>
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		<div class="dslc-text-module-content"><h1><a href="http://karenpavlicin.com">Karen Pavlicin</a></h1></div>
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							<a class="dslc-social-icon" target="_blank" href="mailto:kmp@karenpavlicin.com"><span class="dslc-icon dslc-icon-envelope"></span></a>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On most Wednesday mornings, I spend an hour with Hope learning to balance. I stand barefoot on my yoga mat, facing a mirror with a familiar set of faces as we bend and flow in tai chi, pilates, and yoga moves, and for just a moment forget about everything else that's going on in our lives. I love that my instructor's name is Hope. I love that this takes place smack in the middle of my week. The experience is literally and symbolically a balancing act. Today is Saturday and, in a rare alignment of the planets, I have the whole day and house to myself. This is both a covetable blessing and an interesting dilemma. The list is long. What should I do with my day?]]></description>
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