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		<title>finding God in the dark</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2012/03/07/finding-god-in-the-dark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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By RTF Editor Bekah Hamrick Martin
Not now. Not again.
I thought this pain was in my rear view mirror… but suddenly it’s crashed through the windshield.
That’s agony. It will sneak up on you. Then it will stop you in your tracks.
Been there?
All it takes is seeing that one person… from that one time… and that one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real update: happy birthday Bekah!</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2012/01/19/real-update-happy-birthday-bekah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hijack your regularly scheduled programming&#8230;

&#8230;To wish our very own Bekah a gigantic
happy birthday! 
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		<title>real story: one fateful weekend</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/09/02/real-story-one-fateful-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halee: Once upon a time, there were some slightly crazy editors. Okay, fine. There were some definitely crazy editors. And in the spirit of collaboration and fun, they decided to gather and create some collective craziness.



(Okay, 3 look crazy and 1 just looks scared&#8230;) 
They schemed and planned. And three of them decided to surprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real review &amp; GIVEAWAY: UNcompromising</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/08/19/real-review-giveaway-uncompromising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
Everyone needs a cause – a purpose – a reason to get up every day – to put one foot in front of the other.
What gets you going (besides a latte)?
Hannah Farver, writer, debater, and college student, argues in the book UNcompromising, that there should only be one driving purpose in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real story: keep hoping</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/03/30/real-story-keep-hoping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Halee</dc:creator>
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by RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
&#8220;Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping &#8211; believing that he would be the Father of many nations. For God had said to him, &#8216;That&#8217;s how many descendants you will have!&#8217;&#8221; Romans 4:18 (NLT)
&#8212;-
I lay in the damp grass and let its scent envelope me. It didn&#8217;t seem fair&#8230; me here, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real devo: never alone</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2011/02/28/real-devo-never-alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
I lay on the floor, hot tears rolling down my cheeks. 
I can’t do this anymore, God. I can’t keep going.

Alone.
Four years. I thought this would be over by now. I thought that one day, after all the prayers my friends and I could muster, I would wake up whole.
(Continue reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real question: can you be &#8220;just friends&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/11/19/real-story-just-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/11/19/real-story-just-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
“I’m just saying… I love you.”
Whoah. Hold up. Rewind – fast forward – anything to get me out of this awkward moment. Did Joe really just say he loved me? How did we go from football-talk to romance-talk in 3.5 seconds? How did he seriously think I was interested?
He was, after [...]]]></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>
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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 question: will this relationship last?</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/11/05/real-question-will-this-relationship-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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Hello! I&#8217;m a member on Real Teen Faith! I just had a question for you all!
I&#8217;m about to be dating a girl at my school. We&#8217;re both Christians and really involved in our youth group and church. However, she&#8217;s a senior, and I am a junior, and she&#8217;ll probably be leaving for college next year. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real crazy: navel fluff</title>
		<link>http://realteenfaith.com/2010/10/27/real-crazy-navel-fluff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bekah</dc:creator>
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By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
It’s not really a habit for many people in our generation, but I realize that there are some folks out there who enjoy canning. Peaches, pears, figs – you name it. So when I read recently about a man who keeps navel fluff in a jar, I assumed the article was [...]]]></description>
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