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    <lastmod>2025-06-18</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-10</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-25</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-11</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/bfcc06dd-c7b9-494e-aac2-ad12ed85df2a/2560px-ISR-2013-Aerial-Jaffa-Port_of_Jaffa.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Tabitha understood the assignment - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Old Yafo.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - We have no fish - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Resurrection appearance in John 21 is my favorite Gospel passage. In 2021, I had the icon tattooed on my right arm.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Do not hold on to me - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Do Not Hold On To Me, by He Qi. Used with permission. Find more images at https://www.heqiart.com.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Mama, do you love me? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-14</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/12b7f540-0054-4e0e-ac62-d8f3ec540495/Saint+Peter+by+Oleg+Shurkus.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Look to the crocus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Saint Peter, by Oleg Shurkus.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2025/4/1/the-parable-of-the-resentful-older-son</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-01</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Who do you really care about? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-10</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/7390b66b-693f-45a1-a813-4a0b89b7dc34/West+Elementary+School%2C+Worthington%2C+MN.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Lent is just a study carrel - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>West Elementary School, Worthington, Minnesota.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-06</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - "Come closer to me." - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Joseph Embracing Benjamin, by Yoram Raanan.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - "Put your sword back into its sheath." - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>‘Peter and Paul’, by Carlo Crivelli.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-20</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-13</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-30</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-25</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-24</lastmod>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/0f8053fa-05cb-4fc7-a403-c73f3b1f85ed/IMG_0819.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - I wonder how hungry they are - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>One of our mightiest practitioners of gentleness.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-04</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/33d85766-a681-40b7-b7dc-0ec2a67652b6/IMG_1276.heic.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - On a troubled planet, life rises up - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A few of our children and youth sharing with us the burdens and the blessings of existence on this wondrous and troubled planet, December 1, 2024.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-28</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/cb19d199-d2f5-4cb5-a48c-d9316d649538/IMG_0858.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Taking care of the soil - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Great St. Paul’s Abyss.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-26</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-19</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-06</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Which wolf is which? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A portion of the Communion of Saints tapestry at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-10-08</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-29</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-18</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-10</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-09-02</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-19</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Our coffee-hour cake this morning featured an image of our Mary Shrine.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-15</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-15</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-15</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2024/7/16/she-despised-him-in-her-heart</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-16</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - On your left - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-18</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-11</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2024/5/26/the-bright-shadow</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - The bright shadow - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>‘Nicodemus Visiting Jesus,’ by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-22</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-05-15</lastmod>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-29</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2024/4/29/oh-how-i-love-jean-guy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-29</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2024/4/22/what-is-a-shepherd</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-23</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-23</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2024/4/8/they-want-to-see-our-wounds</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-08</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-08</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/cf6c175c-5c7c-432b-bac5-39d12c72104f/34-Easter+Morning-S2.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Who will roll away the stone for us? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Easter Morning, by He Qi, used with permission.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Just get up - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-03-29</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Eleanor’s baptism on this feast day in January 2023.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Peter embraces Andrew. Iconographer unknown.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rabbi Yehiel Poupko, teaching in Jerusalem, January 2020.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Earth, from a distance of 3.7 billion miles.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Vineyard, by Maria and Miro Kenerov.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Forgive Thy Brother, by Scott Erickson.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Seven Sorrows of Mary, Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco, California.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Moses and Aaron Reveal the Ten Words, by Gilliam van der Gouwen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Parable of the Sower, by Thomas Bertram Poole.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Little Red Riding Hood, from a Berlin edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, 1865.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Sacrifice of Isaac, a sketch by Rembrandt van Rign.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The St. Paul’s Centennial Garden, where so many encounters with the divine take place.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our dog Keiko, enjoying a quiet corner of God’s splendid creation.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Andrew and I in Paris, September 2016.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Blue Line train to Mall of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-05-29</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dash (top), Flambeau (lower right), and Keiko, our three dogs.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Road to Emmaus, by Daniel Bonnell</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Road to Emmaus, by Daniel Bonnell</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Mistaken for gardeners - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Do Not Hold On To Me, by He Qi, used by permission.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Do Not Be Afraid, by He Qi, used by permission.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Icon of Judas Iscariot, Magdala Chapel, Migdal, Israel. Photo by the author, taken in January 2020.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Burial, by John August Swanson, © 2012 John August Swanson, used by permission.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Last Supper, by John August Swanson, © 2009, Serigraph, 23”x30”, used by permission.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - You look at me when they do this thing - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Entry into the City, by John August Swanson.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2023/3/19/gods-happy-place</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - God's happy place - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2023/3/14/some-people-dont-belong</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-03-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Some people don't belong - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jesus and the Samaritan Woman, Japan, artist unknown</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-03-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Finding Jesus in the night - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jesus and Nicodemus, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-02-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Where are y'all? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The serpent uncoils on my ears this morning, inviting me to wander in God’s garden.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2023/2/20/life-with-christ-is-not-a-health-kick</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-02-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Life with Christ is not a health kick - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The view from the Mountain of Transfiguration (Mount Tabor), Israel, January 2020.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2023/2/13/but-i-say-to-you</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-02-14</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Sermon on the Mount, by Jeremy Thomas</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2023/1/30/you-have-to-be-converted</loc>
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    <lastmod>2023-02-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - You have to be converted - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>St. Paul, by Gracie Morbitzer</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-01-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Where do you find God? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Last week’s Baptism. I personally find God here, and quite powerfully!</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2023-01-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Baptism of Jesus, by He Qi, © He Qi, used by permission.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Myrrh? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>David and Patrick.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-01-08</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Our family of five, with Dash (left), Keiko (foreground), and Flambeau.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-12-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Tabernacles outside St. Paul’s Seattle, December 2022.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-12-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The Mary Shrine at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington, Christmas 2022.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-12-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - A dream journal - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Advent Gifts, by Ruthie Nicklaus. Commissioned by St. Paul’s for our use this Advent.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-12-20</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A Gift from Jesus and John, by Ruthie Nicklaus. Commissioned by St. Paul’s for our use this Advent.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-12-05</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Preaching on my first Sunday at St. Paul’s, November 27, 2022.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-11-29</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The baptismal font at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Seattle, just before dawn on November 27, 2022.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Ecclesiastes, by John August Swanson, © John August Swanson Studio, used by permission.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Large House, by Berit Ringo. A digital image from the Grace Gallery Collection.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The author at the gym, 2015.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Psalm 121:1-4, from a Hebrew-class worksheet at Virginia Theological Seminary, 2017.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-10-03</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Where the Way Leads, Jan Richardson, used by permission.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/10/2/what-is-heaven</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-10-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - What is heaven? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Christ Among the Scraps, by Jan Richardson, used by permission.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/9/11/qrpbnsztdqbkq4pqmfxj14mkwlgvco</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-09-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - We are needy and desperate! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Marilyn Lovell, wife of astronaut James A. Lovell, speaking to the Apollo 13 flight surgeon in the viewing area above the flight control room, April 14, 1970. Photo by NASA.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/9/11/wfquremhe6j0787stqeyxljj33l2z8</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-09-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - We are not in control - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Potter’s House, by Carrie Schofield-Broadbent.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/8/28/we-are-being-watched</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - We are being watched - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Humble Seat, by Jan Richardson. Used by permission.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/8/28/lifting-people-up</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Lifting people up - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Of Water and Spirit, by Jan Richardson. Used by permission.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/8/16/set-on-fire-by-jesus</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Set on fire by Jesus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fire and Breath, by Jan Richardson</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/8/7/they-died-without-receiving-the-promises</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - They died without receiving the promises - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Midnight Oil, by Jan Richardson. Used by permission.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/8/7/what-do-we-own</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-08-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - What do we own? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Finding the Focus, by Jan Richardson. Used by permission.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/7/17/100-jesus</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-07-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - 100% for Jesus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Johannes Vermeer.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/7/10/and-who-is-my-neighbor</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-13</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - And who is my neighbor? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A Road Runs Through It, by Jan Richardson. Copyright Jan Richardson Studio, used by permission.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/7/3/whats-your-mission</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-07-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - What is your mission? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>An image of me pursuing two of my missions—husband and dog companion—in 2005.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/6/21/are-you-ready-to-learn-something-new</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/b8b7b447-f8aa-4076-8189-eaf1253b2386/IMG_5314.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Are you ready to learn something new? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Andrew and I with my uncle Ray, September 2015.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/6/5/whats-next</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-07-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - What's next? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Day of Pentecost, from sundaysandseasons.com, used with permission.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/5/22/ncmrrr1ipml3b4pegk7o2nnlhkpvr3</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-05-23</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/ecbf8ff5-b04b-4c3e-9b5c-09bb34632aa8/IMG_4289.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Urban renewal - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>My selfie in front of the Colorado State Capitol, May 16, 2022.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/5/16/6jeh9wifjdmsigihv0vd70lxc3xz7x</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-05-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/43814dca-7cbb-47db-b4e0-ec916cfe64fe/The+Last+Supper%2C+Jan+Richardson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Sometimes we're wrong - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Last Supper, by Jan Richardson. Used with permission.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/5/8/no-one-can-snatch-us-out-of-her-hand</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-05-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/0e91ac96-9fc9-4422-b084-baf1e42e8805/christa3.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - No one can snatch us out of her hand - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Christa, by Edwina Sandys. This bronze sculpture sparked controversy when it was first exhibited at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in New York City, in 1984. Church officials quickly removed it, but it was once again exhibited at the Cathedral in 2016.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/5/1/we-will-go-with-you</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-05-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - We will go with you - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>“You Know that I Love You,” detail from the half-sleeve tattoo on my right arm, created by Vick, a tattoo artist at Laughing Buddha in Seattle.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/4/17/dazzling-clothes</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-17</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/73d40aa3-a823-4353-afc7-0962348ae6e1/psalm_85_JASwanson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Dazzling clothes - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Psalm 85, by John August Swanson. Used by permission of John August Swanson Studio.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/4/15/there-in-gods-garden</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-24</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/c28eaba5-642b-4f44-b8da-466cd14966fc/Adam+and+Eve_JASwanson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - There in God's garden - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Adam and Eve, by John August Swanson. Used by permission of the John August Swanson Studio.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/4/10/gods-searing-yet-merciful-gaze</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-05-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - God's searing yet merciful gaze - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Entry into the City, by John August Swanson. Used by permission of the John August Swanson Studio.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/4/4/e1d2lv3whtkw5tbmv2edguzywulhy1</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-04</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/5689e39f-55fd-4a9c-ab7b-8cd6e1b31669/Jars%2C+by+Ronda+Broatch.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - A house filled with fragrance - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Jars,” by Ronda Broatch.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/4/4/we-are-stuck-with-each-other-forever</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-04</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/e580f1d7-4440-4b26-b38d-2fdc78293b73/Wild+Currant%2C+Ronda+Broatch.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - We are stuck with each other forever - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Wild Currant,” by Ronda Broatch. This image was chosen for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Laetare Sunday, a day when our Lenten fast eases a bit. Ronda’s photos have been used in our materials throughout Lent this year, and this is the only image in color.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/3/13/ymyzy1lup1czuposbghxi87vc56i9i</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-03-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - There is power in a name - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo by Ronda Broatch.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/3/6/what-do-you-seek</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-03-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - What do you seek? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>James Tissot, Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness (Jésus tenté dans le désert), 1886-1894</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/3/2/god-does-not-make-junk</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-03-03</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/2/22/vygcc2fgu8ex3xtmysyf3dm5wxijfd</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-02-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Reconciliation is everything - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Joseph Recognized by His Brothers, Leon Pierre Urbain Bourgeois, 1863.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/2/21/woe-to-you</loc>
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    <lastmod>2022-03-04</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/d9ee0745-0552-4dc8-b360-39dd2e9a2849/image_4130_1e-Proxima-b.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Woe to you - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>An artistic rendering of the planet Proxima b orbiting Proxima Centauri. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image between the exoplanet and Proxima itself. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO. The image is featured here.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/11/26/how-can-god-get-your-attention</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-01-08</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/2/5/jesus-makes-people-angry</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-02-06</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58ed2ba3e3df284d3a258879/032342f2-4abb-4deb-8ba4-3db926e02d05/Fulfilled+in+Your+Hearing%2C+Jan+Richardson.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sermons - Jesus makes people angry - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fulfilled in Your Hearing, by Jan Richardson. Used by permission.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/2/5/what-will-jesus-say-next</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-02-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - What will Jesus say next? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Stained glass window, Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Israel. Photo by Stephen Crippen.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/1/10/theyre-strong-were-stronger</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-01-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - They're strong? We're stronger. - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Jordan River, from the Israeli shore. Photo by author, January 2020.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2022/1/4/jesus-is-someone-worth-killing</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-01-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - Jesus is someone worth killing - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Brendan Gleeson in the film, Calvary.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.stephencrippen.com/homilies/2021/12/25/im-throwing-up-everywhere</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2021-12-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Sermons - "I'm throwing up everywhere..." - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Photo by Lee Hamilton.</image:caption>
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