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	<title>Christa Wells</title>
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		<title>Someone you know needs this camp: Masterpiece Project 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2013/04/19/someone-you-know-needs-this-camp-masterpiece-project-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristaWells</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I repost my reflections on the time I spent in 2010 with high school students at one of the best creative arts camps out there, along with a note written by one of our students. This is where you&#8217;ll find me every late July and where I am personally encouraged and challenged by an intimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This one&#8217;s for the mothers&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2013/03/12/this-ones-for-the-mothers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*This is long-winded and girly (see title). You&#8217;ve been warned, men and short-attention-spanners.&#8221; Dear Fellow Mother-Artist, You know I’m not the best at responding quickly, and you know why.  I know you know, because you have the same challenge, which is why you wrote to me. There are embers glowing inside you that won’t.go.out even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to Expect When You&#8217;re Expecting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I asked you how many people are in labor at a given moment, you&#8217;d tell me Google says approximately 490,000 babies are born every day around the world, so at least that many women are in labor as we speak.  And I would say the number must be far higher, because I&#8217;m not thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Risk of Birth, Christmas, 1973</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/12/24/the-risk-of-birth-christmas-1973/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristaWells</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, my friend gave me a book of poetry by the late Madeleine L&#8217;Engle.  She knows I&#8217;m a fan of Madeleine, that one of my favorite books, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, came from Ms. L&#8217;Engle.  So she gave me this book, which was one of several recently gifted to her, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Waiting, or What Are You Waiting For?</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/12/04/the-art-of-waiting-or-what-are-you-waiting-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve been waiting so long.  Maybe it’s been long enough.  Maybe we ought to give up this groaning, this leaning toward a thing we have no way of proving. Maybe we’ve had it wrong… God has been quiet for a while now. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************* During the years between ages 21 and 31, I lived in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kickstarter! Help me make a new album?</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/11/26/kickstarter-help-me-make-a-new-album/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristaWells</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a little uncomfortable, yes.  A bit anxiety-producing.  Putting yourself out there to say: Hey!  I&#8217;d like to do this thing, and I&#8230;could use some&#8230;help.  Like you, I prefer to be on the giving end of things. Well, friends.  I&#8217;d like to do this thing, and I could use your help. I am attempting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For the nurturing women in our lives&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/11/21/for-the-nurturing-women-in-our-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/11/21/for-the-nurturing-women-in-our-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristaWells</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As days and years gather behind me, I realize more and more how much less I would be without the confident, reliable love of my Mom in my life. Some of you may have grown up with that space in your life unfilled by your own mother. Maybe your grandmother or aunt or someone else [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Love Your Independent Artist, Pt 2</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/10/12/how-to-love-your-independent-artist-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/10/12/how-to-love-your-independent-artist-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChristaWells</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up on last week&#8217;s post, How to Love Your Independent Artist, Pt. 1, here is Part 2.  For some reason, I&#8217;m a bit nervous to hit &#8220;Publish&#8221; on this.  Not sure why&#8230;maybe I&#8217;m afraid it&#8217;s going to sound self-centered or whiny or self-serving.  Please know it&#8217;s not intended to be anything more than vulnerable, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Love Your Independent Artist: Pt. 1</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/10/05/how-to-love-your-independent-artist-pt-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/10/05/how-to-love-your-independent-artist-pt-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; FIRST OF ALL.  I’m already loved. Loved well. Each of you I’ve had the pleasure of meeting or hearing from over the years since I made the bold move in 2009 to take my quaking body up to the piano in front of real people have done nothing but encourage and uplift.  I haven’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May I recommend?  BOOK GIVEAWAY</title>
		<link>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/09/12/may-i-recommend-book-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christawellsmusic.com/2012/09/12/may-i-recommend-book-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ***Forgot to update you HERE that we did have a winner last Friday!  Sandi got her copy of To Make a Life and a copy of &#8220;Image of God&#8221; (EP) this week and reports that she is very pleased with both.  Thanks for playing. Come again!*** Come, friends, Step with me into a world where I [...]]]></description>
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