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		<title>The Valleys and Mountaintops of Life &#8211; Your Faith and The Tour de France &#8211; Psalm 23:4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annually, I enjoy watching a few stages of the Tour de France, especially the stages that are held in the Alps. The scenery is magnificent and the athleticism required to complete these mountain stages is phenomenal. Today&#8217;s 200.5 kilometer-long 18th stage will end on the highest-ever mountaintop finish.  The Col du Galibier sits at 2645 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running With Jesus. Hebrews 12:1-2  Weekly Faith and Health Devotional</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running and Life Our life is like a long distance run or race and we&#8217;re all participating in it. Over the years, I&#8217;ve competed in distance races from between 400 yards and 50 miles. In the 50 mile event, I ran along the American River in California for most of the way. The first 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith Prepares Us for the Big Games of Life &#8211; Weekly Devotional &#8211; 1 Peter 1:7</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March Madness Many of us enjoy watching what happens on the basketball court during March Madness, the annual NCAA basketball tournament.  This year&#8217;s tournament, that started on Thursday, has seen several favored teams lose in either the first or second rounds. Some of you may know that a big upset occurred this past weekend as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Links in the Spirituality and Health Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spirituality and Health &#8211; A Working Model This is a somewhat creative attempt to capture my ideas on many of the key aspects of the connection between one&#8217;s faith and their health.  I used a mind mapping website to create this. It has limitations, but I&#8217;m pretty pleased with the connections it allows and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life, Religion and Our Most Important Relationship &#8211; Weekly Devotional &#8211; John 15:5</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I prepare to talk to a group of women this Sunday at a church near Charlotte, and review my notes that I&#8217;ll use and the key points that I&#8217;ll likely make, I&#8217;m reminded again of the essence of the Christian faith. It&#8217;s about a close relationship with God, through his son Jesus and living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Devotional: Hebrews 12:2-3  The Pain of Olympic Athletes and The &#8216;Races&#8217; of Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really like watching the Olympics, whether it be the Summer Games or the Winter Games as are going on now.  Watching this year&#8217;s events is extra special because I had the good fortune of visiting Whistler, British Columbia a few years ago to speak at a conference.  It&#8217;s truly as beautiful as the television [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behavior Change, Faith in God and the Fall Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 5:18 PM EDT the Fall season begins here in Charlotte, NC.  It&#8217;s called the autumnal or fall equinox. What happens during the Autumnal equinox? The sun crosses the celestial equator and moves southward in the northern hemisphere during the September equinox. The location on the earth where the sun is directly overhead at solar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith and Your Brain</title>
		<link>http://www.faithandhealthconnection.org/faith-and-your-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From PBS&#8217;s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, the work of Andrew Newberg at the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s Center for Spirituality and the Mind is explored and discussed in an interview.  Here are a few excerpts: DR. NEWBERG: We’ve learned that being religious or spiritual has a very profound effect on who we are, has a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Strategy for The Tour de France and Life &#8211; Weekly Health Scripture &#8211; Matthew 6:25-34</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last week I have enjoyed watching the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong&#8217;s return to the sport after a three year break.  The competition has been terrific.  One reason I enjoy watching the Tour is because of the beautiful mountainous locations of some of the daily rides or stages. This is a map [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fly Fishing and Faith: It&#8217;s About Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was in Casper, Wyoming helping a friend conduct fitness standards testing for the city&#8217;s Police Department.  I&#8217;d driven through Wyoming before but never spent any time in the state. It so happens that this area is home to some of the best trout fishing in the United States, if not the world!  [...]]]></description>
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