<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Religion @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Religion) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:42:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Religion @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>The devil you know</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_devil_you_know.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_devil_you_know.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fdevil%5Fyou%5Fknow</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The title is meant to be ironic, because I&#39;m talking about the priest of my church who just had to retire because a series of strokes he suffered this fall left him unable to fulfill the duties of his office.&nbsp; J. and I have been going to the]]></description></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Rashi&apos;s Daughters: Book One, Joheved</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/rashis_daughters.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/rashis_daughters.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rashis%5Fdaughters</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Rashi&#39;s Daughters: Book One - JohevedMaggie AntonHistorical Fiction&nbsp; 2005 Rating: B+ &nbsp;&quot;Rashi&rsquo;s Daughters: Book One - Joheved is a book I never would have picked up had I not received it, more or less by default, for rev]]></description><category>books</category><category>fiction</category><category>all about romance</category><category>jews</category><category>talmud</category></item><item><title>Challenging conversation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/challenging_conversation.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/challenging_conversation.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=challenging%5Fconversation</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Every day I take a walk with Max and Milo.&nbsp; Lots of times we pass the time playing little games like &quot;I spy,&quot; &quot;What rhymes with ____,&quot; or &quot;I heard ...&quot;&nbsp; Today we talked about Christopher Columbus and death.Max]]></description><category>death</category><category>children</category><category>pets</category><category>heaven</category><category>god</category><category>christopher columbus</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Archangel by Sharon Shinn</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_archangel.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_archangel.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Farchangel</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Archangel Sharon Shinn Science Fiction/Fantasy 1996 Rating: A[I can&#39;t put both of these in this blog&#39;s title space, but Archangel is one of my favorite romances as well as being a book reviewed previously at AAR.] &quot;Archangel-elect]]></description><category>books</category><category>fantasy</category><category>romance novels</category><category>sharon shinn</category></item><item><title>It&apos;s VBS time again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/vbs_again.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/vbs_again.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vbs%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This was Max&#39;s second year of VBS, and this time we picked a church that had a daytime program. &nbsp; It&#39;s been two months since he had any kind of schoolish program, and I felt it was time.&nbsp; He&#39;s bored.&nbsp; I&#39;m tired of him b]]></description><category>vacation bible school</category><category>religion</category><category>christianity</category></item><item><title>Drama</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/drama.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/drama.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=drama</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So Max has gotten completely swept up in the David and Goliath story.&nbsp;&nbsp; Morfar gave him 11 of these Beginner Bible videos for Christmas, but this is the one he likes by far the best.&nbsp; He likes to watch it just about every day.&nbsp; I&]]></description><category>david and goliath</category><category>costumes</category><category>pretending</category></item><item><title>Green Darkness by Anya Seton</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/green_darkness_by_anya_seton.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/green_darkness_by_anya_seton.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=green%5Fdarkness%5Fby%5Fanya%5Fseton</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Green Darkness Anya Seton14.95&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1972Rating:C+Green Darkness is the second book I&#39;ve read by Anya Seton.&nbsp; After I read Katherine, I acquired several more Anya Seton books for my TBR pile, but there they&nbsp; have langu]]></description><category>books</category><category>anya seton</category><category>historical fiction</category></item><item><title>The Christmas Story: Through the Eyes of the Friendly Beasts</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_christmas_story_through_the_eyes_of_the_friendly_beasts.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_christmas_story_through_the_eyes_of_the_friendly_beasts.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fchristmas%5Fstory%5Fthrough%5Fthe%5Feyes%5Fof%5Fthe%5Ffriendly%5Fbeasts</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I picked this one up at the local St. Vincent de Paul at the beginning of the Christmas season. &nbsp; kal;df;ask]]></description><category>christmas</category><category>christmas music</category><category>kids songs</category></item><item><title>&quot;Let the Sunshine In&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/let_the_sunshine_in.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/let_the_sunshine_in.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=let%5Fthe%5Fsunshine%5Fin</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, anyway, about 10 years ago, right after I became Catholic, I bought four or five of these little Cedarmont Kids tapes - Bible Songs, Action Bible Songs, Sunday School Songs, Hymns, etc.&nbsp; I have an amazing repertoire of little religious songs]]></description><category>christianity</category><category>religion</category><category>kids songs</category></item><item><title>From Eden to Exile : Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible by Eric H. Cline</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/from_eden_to_exile.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/from_eden_to_exile.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Feden%5Fto%5Fexile</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible Eric H. ClineBook&nbsp;&nbsp;2007&nbsp; 26.00Rating: B-/C+  When I was a freshman at Calvin College, I was told by my academic counselor that I had to take two of &nbsp;&nbsp;From Exile to Eden is]]></description><category>books</category><category>nonfiction</category><category>bible</category></item><item><title>Homeschooling religion</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/homeschooling_religion.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/homeschooling_religion.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=homeschooling%5Freligion</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I know I&#39;ve mentioned this before (probably in irritation), but the parish I attend doesn&#39;t have anything for kids in terms of regular education.&nbsp; Ours is a graying population, and almost all of the families with children have kids under]]></description><category>noahs ark</category><category>religion</category><category>bible</category></item><item><title>Took Max to VBS tonight</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/took_max_to_vbs_tonight.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/took_max_to_vbs_tonight.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=took%5Fmax%5Fto%5Fvbs%5Ftonight</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s the first day of five.&nbsp; On the whole, I think he liked it.&nbsp; He got to do a lot of age appropriate stuff - playing with a parachute and blowing bubbles, doing crafts, coloring, having snacks, hearing stories, etc., etc.&nbsp; I had]]></description><category>vacation bible school</category><category>religion</category><category>christianity</category></item><item><title>The Hiding Place (film)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_hiding_place_film.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_hiding_place_film.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fhiding%5Fplace%5Ffilm</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Hiding Place is the dramatization of the book of the same name, written by Corrie ten Boom in the early seventies.This is a Holocaust story, but the focus isn&#39;t on the Holocaust itself, it only offers a context for this family amazing faith a]]></description></item><item><title>The Monk Upstairs by Tim Farrington</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_monk_upstairs_by_tim_farrington.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_monk_upstairs_by_tim_farrington.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fmonk%5Fupstairs%5Fby%5Ftim%5Ffarrington</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Monk UpstairsTim FarringtonDate: 2006-12-26 &nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16.99 &mdash; &nbsp; Bookproduct page&nbsp;Rating:&nbsp; B-/C+&nbsp;  &nbsp;The Monk Upstairs is the sequel to the book, The Monk Downstairs, a book I reviewed for All About R]]></description><category>books</category><category>fiction</category><category>catholicism</category></item><item><title>GR gets a mention</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/gr_gets_a_mention.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/gr_gets_a_mention.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gr%5Fgets%5Fa%5Fmention</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s is one visitor&#39;s opinion, Joann Fitzpatrick&#39;s: &quot;But what of the vast Midwest? Is it really different from New England or California?Darned right, it is. I was in Grand Rapids, Mich., for a wedding. What I knew about Grand Rapi]]></description><category>grand rapids</category><category>michigan</category><category>midwest</category></item><item><title>The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/atonement_child_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/atonement_child_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=atonement%5Fchild%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Review of The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers]]></description><category>francine rivers</category><category>inspirational fiction</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>Rachel: the name and the Matriarch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/rachel_the_name_and_the_matriarch.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/rachel_the_name_and_the_matriarch.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rachel%5Fthe%5Fname%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fmatriarch</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the process of reading The Lost: a Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn, I ran across the name Ruchele.&nbsp; Mendelsohn had a great aunt and a cousin by that name.&nbsp; The great aunt went by the short name, Ray which was a clue to]]></description><category>baby names</category><category>rachel</category></item><item><title>Father Flog</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/father_flog.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/father_flog.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=father%5Fflog</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I heard this term in someone&#39;s memoirs of a Catholic childhood, and now I know what it means.&nbsp; Today is Holy Saturday, and since R1 and R2 are in town, we had the afternoon off while they took Max.&nbsp; J. and I dropped him off at noon, ran]]></description><category>confession</category></item><item><title>Another terrible church sign</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/another_terrible_church_sign.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/another_terrible_church_sign.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=another%5Fterrible%5Fchurch%5Fsign</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This week&#39;s Worst Church Sign* award goes to Riverside Christian Reformed Church for:&nbsp;For all you doChrist died for you&nbsp;Ack!&nbsp; Now they&#39;re reworking beer ads.&nbsp; I just have one question: do Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists have]]></description></item><item><title>Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden by Jane Ray</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/adam_and_eve_and_the_garden_of_eden.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/adam_and_eve_and_the_garden_of_eden.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=adam%5Fand%5Feve%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fgarden%5Fof%5Feden</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Review of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden]]></description><category>childrens books</category><category>books</category><category>biblical story books</category><category>bible stories</category></item></channel></rss>