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  <title><![CDATA[Vacation survival strategies]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/07/vacation/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Holidays with your loved ones should be memorable for the right reasons.
These tips will help you get real about family vacations.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Your boomerang children]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/05/boomerang_children/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ When adult kids move back home, all the rules change. Here’s how to cope with a household of grown-ups.
]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Helping kids cope with life’s letdowns ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/04/feature_helpingkidscope/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Sooner or later, children will face failure]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/04/feature_helpingkidscope/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:32:50 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[To dream, perchance to sleep]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/04/insomnia/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ For some, insomnia is a recurring nightmare. Others find it gives them a chance to reach deep into their souls.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/04/insomnia/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:49:25 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fewer givers, bigger gifts]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/04/fewergivers/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Social shifts are transforming the way we support worthy causes]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/04/fewergivers/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:34:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The new kid in the coffee aisle]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2008/03/the_new_kid_in_the_coffee_aisle/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A two-part series on coffee and global justice concludes with a look at the impact of fair trade on Canadian consumers]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[&#39;All they want is a home&#39;]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2008/03/all_they_want_is_a_home/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Think adoption and babies come to mind. What about the 8,500 other Canadian children over the age of three who need a family?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:42:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Coffee with a conscience]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2008/02/coffee_with_a_conscience/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ How the fairness gets into fair trade coffee]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2008/02/coffee_with_a_conscience/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:39:04 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[When Mom or Dad moves into your home]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/02/when_mom_or_dad_moves_into_your_home/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Start laying the groundwork in advance]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2008/02/when_mom_or_dad_moves_into_your_home/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:35:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Two faiths, one family]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/two_faiths_one_family/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Raising kids in an interfaith marriage has its challenges and rewards]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2008/01/two_faiths_one_family/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:11:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[What would Jesus drive?]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/12/what_would_jesus_drive/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ U.S. evangelicals have jumped on the Earth-friendly bandwagon and transformed the political landscape]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/12/what_would_jesus_drive/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:37:31 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A change of body, mind and soul]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2007/11/a_change_of_body_mind_and_soul/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Transgendered people seek nothing more from churches than a genuine welcome]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/justice/2007/11/a_change_of_body_mind_and_soul/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sex and spirituality]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/10/sex_and_spirituality/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Physical and spiritual fulfillment are more entwined than you might imagine]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2007/10/sex_and_spirituality/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:13:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Unsealing hard secrets]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/09/unsealing_hard_secrets/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ New rules make it easier for birth parents and the children they gave up for adoption to connect. The hard part may come afterward.]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/09/unsealing_hard_secrets/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 15:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Broken City]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/07/broken_city/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ What the tragedy of New Orleans teaches us about cities everywhere]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/07/broken_city/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[When kids say no to church]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/07/when_kids_say_no_to_church/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Sooner or later, your children are going to balk at going to church]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/07/when_kids_say_no_to_church/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Where the guys aren't]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/06/where_the_guys_arent/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Why are men vanishing from the pews and pulpits?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/06/where_the_guys_arent/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:26:43 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A family for Idah]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/05/a_family_for_idah/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ After battling the international adoption system for four years, a United Church family welcomes an orphan from Malawi into their lives]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/05/a_family_for_idah/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eco-ethics and the winds of change]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2007/04/ecoethics_and_the_winds_of_change/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The fierce debate over an Ontario wind-energy project signals a looming ethical storm]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/ethics/2007/04/ecoethics_and_the_winds_of_change/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Inside Big Willow]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/01/inside_big_willow/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Can liberal churches learn from the mother of all U.S. megachurches?]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/01/inside_big_willow/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Andrew's story]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/01/andrews_story/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ When love is the best medicine]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2007/01/andrews_story/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Making new memories]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/12/making_new_memories/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/12/making_new_memories/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[It's time to go now]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/11/its_time_to_go_now/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/11/its_time_to_go_now/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[When a marriage is no more]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/10/when_a_marriage_is_no_more/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/10/when_a_marriage_is_no_more/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Suicide]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/09/suicide/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ breaking the silence]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/faith/2006/09/suicide/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[My heart bleeds, my soul is torn]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/06/my_heart_bleeds_my_soul_is_torn/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/06/my_heart_bleeds_my_soul_is_torn/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Carrying the moderate banner in the Kansas evolutionary war]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/02/carrying_the_moderate_banner/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/02/carrying_the_moderate_banner/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Part-time pastor, full-time job]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/01/parttime_pastor_fulltime_job/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/01/parttime_pastor_fulltime_job/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Healthy in body and spirit]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/01/healthy_in_body_and_spirit/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ creating a home for healing]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2006/01/healthy_in_body_and_spirit/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[When the fast life is no life at all]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/11/when_the_fast_life_is_no_life_at_all/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/11/when_the_fast_life_is_no_life_at_all/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Growing food and harvesting community]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/10/growing_food_and_harvesting_community/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/10/growing_food_and_harvesting_community/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Learning what Eve knew well]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/09/learning_what_eve_knew_well/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/09/learning_what_eve_knew_well/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Making fitness a matter of faith]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/01/making_fitness_a_matter_of_faith/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2005/01/making_fitness_a_matter_of_faith/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:25:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[New memories amid Alzheimer's loss]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/10/new_memories_amid_alzheimers_loss/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/10/new_memories_amid_alzheimers_loss/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:49:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Letter from Stoneville-Change Islands, Nfld.]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/05/letter_from_stonevillechange_islands_nfld/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ a rich and busy life from any point of view]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/05/letter_from_stonevillechange_islands_nfld/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pruning our busy lives]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/05/pruning_our_busy_lives/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/05/pruning_our_busy_lives/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The gift of grandparents]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/02/the_gift_of_grandparents/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Living]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ reader response samples]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/living/2004/02/the_gift_of_grandparents/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
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