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		<title>real fiction: forgiven</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/06/06/real-fiction-forgiven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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By Staff Writer Arianna Zander
“How could you?” My words are ice. Tears decorate Taylor’s brown eyes, and she backs away two inches. Licks her lips, studying her pink nail polish instead of me. “I&#8230; I didn’t mean to. You know I’d never hurt you on purpose. I’m your best friend.”
I shake my head, and reach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real story: trust</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/06/04/real-story-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kalli Simmerman]]></category>
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By RTF Staff Writer Kalli Simmerman
Ever done one of those trust exercises where you fall back and let a friend catch you?
Well I haven&#8217;t. It&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t trust my friends. I would trust them wholeheartedly with certain things. Such as taking care of my things if I was gone, or handling my money, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real girl&#8217;s perspective: attitude isn&#8217;t cute</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/05/09/real-girls-perspective-attitude-isnt-cute/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/05/09/real-girls-perspective-attitude-isnt-cute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 00:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stephany Mendia]]></category>
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By Staff Writer Stephany Mendia
I have a few guy friends who (I will be honest) are really good looking. They are like brothers to me, and I&#8217;ve seen them go through mood swings quicker than even I can! 
Through lots of hanging out I&#8217;ve come to be the one privileged to see them when they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real story: the boy</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/11/12/real-story-the-boy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BJ Hamrick]]></category>
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By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
We interrupt our usually scheduled sarcasm for this brief announcement: Three years ago, my life was forever altered by someone I didn’t know. Someone I thought didn’t exist. Someone I swore had died at birth.
Until I met him.
“Mom,” I announced .2 seconds after I laid eyes on the boy, “I’ve found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real fiction: deception</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/09/15/real-fiction-deception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Grimes]]></category>
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By Staff Writer Jennifer Grimes
Dear Callie,
I know you’re going to  be confused when I don’t show up at your house this  afternoon and  I don’t answer any of your calls. In fact, this is the last email  message I’m sending you. Why? Well, it’s a really long story.
See, I know you’ll be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real retro: when you leave friends behind</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/03/09/real-retro-when-you-leave-friends-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Retro Day! This is for anyone who has moved away from friends or watched their friends leave them behind. (I&#8217;ve been there, too.) I hope you find this helpful and encouraging. Enjoy! ~Halee

by RTF Staff Writer Catey Yuen
I’m a social person. I’ve always had a lot of friends since I was really young. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real questions: we want yours</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/01/11/2308/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/01/11/2308/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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Hey everybody!
Over the past couple of years we’ve gotten a lot of questions from you guys. Questions about relationships, self-injury, sex, suicide — you name it. Each time we hear from you, we remember why this site is here — because of awesome people like you.
So we just want to remind you that if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Relationships &#8211; Derek Hanisch</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/09/14/real-relationships-derek-hanisch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last spring I became very good friends with this girl.  We found out that we had the same taste in movies – dorky superhero movies all the way!  Superhero cartoons were also pretty great.  We would hang out and watch a movie, then talk.  Slowly we started doing other stuff together, like meeting to go on walks and just talk.  It was a really nice, really close friendship.  Of course, there are these things called “feelings” that tend to creep in and make a mess out of things.  Through all of our time together I began to have these feelings.  She, on the other hand, did not.]]></description>
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		<title>real devo: friendship</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2009/03/13/real-devo-friendship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Judi Weiss]]></category>
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by Judi Weiss, RTF Staff Writer
Are we &#8220;friends&#8221;?
Friend is a tricky word. I learned long ago, you can’t just rely on people. More so than often, they can be &#8220;friends&#8221; not friends.
I knew this girl, named Shelly, who quit talking to me when she found out I listened to music that wasn&#8217;t performed by Christian artists. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Devo: Take it all</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2008/10/23/real-devo-take-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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Take it all
For Mr. Tracy, by Judi Weiss, RTF Staff Writer
Trust in the Lord. It sounds easy enough. Especially when everything is going good. The road is even. But what about when a crisis comes your way?
My youth minister, Mr. Tracy, was diagnosed with Hodgkinʼs Lymphoma, known as Hodgkinʼs Disease, in June of 2007. Hodgkinʼs [...]]]></description>
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