Cross Encounters

By The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

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Pastor Samiec presents Lutheran Radio UKs weekly devotion. Inspiring messages that draw the listener close to the cross of Jesus where God comes to meet his people and to lead them in the way of truth.

Episode Date
With Jesus we have resilience and hope – even if we don’t feel it on the ’inside’
Mar 30, 2025
God laughing
Mar 23, 2025
Our environment
Mar 16, 2025
In the vastness of the universe
Mar 09, 2025
Looking at amazing grace
Mar 02, 2025
Not fake
Feb 23, 2025
Reality
Feb 16, 2025
Making it personal
Feb 09, 2025
Not side-stepping life
Feb 02, 2025
Rejoice
Jan 26, 2025
Baptism
Jan 19, 2025
Getting enough rest
Jan 12, 2025
Our foundational identity
Jan 05, 2025
Christmas and Holy Communion
Dec 29, 2024
The mystery of worship
Dec 22, 2024
Getting whacked!
Dec 01, 2024
Words from us and words about us
Nov 24, 2024
Overwhelmed by suffering?
Nov 17, 2024
Our God is good!
Nov 10, 2024
Angels
Nov 03, 2024
Dealing with death
Oct 27, 2024
Living words
Oct 20, 2024
Intersections
Oct 13, 2024
At the centre
Oct 06, 2024
Perspective
Sep 29, 2024
When death draws near
Sep 22, 2024
Receptive spirituality
Sep 15, 2024
Left-handed
Sep 08, 2024
My Olympic musings
Sep 01, 2024
More goes right than wrong
Aug 25, 2024
Expectations
Aug 18, 2024
In the civic realm
Aug 11, 2024
It’s a mystery!
Aug 04, 2024
Powerful words
Jul 28, 2024
Fitting in
Jul 21, 2024
Forgiveness
Jul 14, 2024
A D-Day Reflection
Jul 07, 2024
Letter and Spirit
Jun 30, 2024
Understanding messages
Jun 23, 2024
God is not absent
Jun 16, 2024
Looking up ... at the moon ... and at the cross
Jun 09, 2024
3
Jun 02, 2024
Why do people want to go to heaven?
May 26, 2024
So many identities
May 19, 2024
Waiting around
May 12, 2024
Reflecting on the solar eclipse
May 05, 2024
Things are not always as they appear!
Apr 28, 2024
The spoiler that is not a spoiler
Apr 21, 2024
At home when not at home
Apr 14, 2024
Not what was expected
Apr 07, 2024
The Church
Mar 31, 2024
The unexpected
Mar 24, 2024
Routines
Mar 17, 2024
Martyrdom
Mar 10, 2024
Being what you cannot see
Mar 03, 2024
Always singing
Feb 25, 2024
Coping
Feb 18, 2024
What is true?
Feb 11, 2024
The human factor
Feb 04, 2024
Who is doing more harm than good?
Jan 28, 2024
Precious Baptism
Jan 21, 2024
What we say and what we do
Jan 14, 2024
FOR YOU
Jan 07, 2024
Telling the time
Dec 31, 2023
Violence and the Prince of Peace
Dec 24, 2023
Honest and having integrity
Dec 17, 2023
When things are too much – up or down
Dec 10, 2023
God is faithful
Dec 03, 2023
Thank you
Nov 26, 2023
Remains and remaining
Nov 19, 2023
Reformation Practical
Nov 12, 2023
Saints
Nov 05, 2023
Words matter
Oct 29, 2023
Emojis
Oct 22, 2023
Cutting short
Oct 15, 2023
Names
Oct 08, 2023
Learning to walk
Oct 01, 2023
How do we really regard others?
Sep 24, 2023
Gold medal behaviour
Sep 17, 2023
Faith
Sep 10, 2023
Instead of throwing out a ruined recipe
Sep 03, 2023
In whose image?
Aug 27, 2023
What we leave behind
Aug 20, 2023
Baptism
Aug 13, 2023
Out of place
Aug 06, 2023
Normal?
Jul 30, 2023
One and fractured
Jul 23, 2023
Not for the birds
Jul 16, 2023
Categories
Jul 09, 2023
Learning from being ’pandemic sensitive’
Jul 02, 2023
When the words want to crucify again
Jun 25, 2023
Words
Jun 18, 2023
Not alone. Ever.
Jun 11, 2023
Some things don’t change
Jun 04, 2023
Unexpected
May 28, 2023
The Beatitudes
May 21, 2023
Death’s power is broken
May 14, 2023
A coronation is good when it is for all
May 07, 2023
Emergency alert warning systems
Apr 30, 2023
Always learning
Apr 23, 2023
No one is the wrong blood type for Jesus
Apr 16, 2023
Meeting Jesus with others
Apr 09, 2023
Local and Global
Apr 02, 2023
Reflecting on Mothering Sunday (UK)
Mar 26, 2023
Service? On whose terms?
Mar 19, 2023
Not transactional at all
Mar 12, 2023
We can’t escape ourselves!
Mar 05, 2023
Your perspective
Feb 26, 2023
More than expected
Feb 19, 2023
Did you hear the one about?
Feb 12, 2023
Words
Feb 05, 2023
A lived faith
Jan 29, 2023
A spiral to God
Jan 22, 2023
More than influence
Jan 15, 2023
The encounter is now
Jan 08, 2023
With us in our time and place
Jan 01, 2023
Christmas
Dec 25, 2022
Religious appropriation
Dec 18, 2022
The book of Revelation
Dec 11, 2022
No matter what is happening
Dec 04, 2022
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
Nov 27, 2022
Knowing the right forecast
Nov 20, 2022
The power of words
Nov 13, 2022
While waiting at Heathrow ...
Nov 06, 2022
Which way to turn?
Oct 30, 2022
What are the stories you tell yourself?
Oct 23, 2022
Location, Location, Location
Oct 02, 2022
Testing the fuses
Sep 18, 2022
On the announcement of the death of Her Majesty The Queen
Sep 11, 2022
The full story
Sep 11, 2022
When things are unexpected
Sep 04, 2022
Ottilie
Aug 28, 2022
Listening
Aug 21, 2022
Thoughts from a raging bull
Aug 14, 2022
When you’re 100 years old
Aug 07, 2022
Living in this world
Jul 31, 2022
More than labels and names
Jul 24, 2022
Clothes
Jul 17, 2022
Reflecting on the weather
Jul 10, 2022
The Trinity
Jul 03, 2022
God’s Word
Jun 26, 2022
Character
Jun 19, 2022
Pentecost
Jun 12, 2022
Faith – like life – is never static
Jun 05, 2022
A sudden change
May 29, 2022
Friends
May 22, 2022
Dying to live
May 15, 2022
Being insistent
May 08, 2022
We still grieve but we also have hope
May 01, 2022
It’s called the long view
Apr 24, 2022
Hugs
Apr 17, 2022
Confessing our sins
Apr 10, 2022
Getting hit with one thing after another
Apr 03, 2022
Glimpsing the local and the global
Mar 27, 2022
When the chatter inside our heads becomes too loud
Mar 20, 2022
Keep listening!
Mar 13, 2022
Whether it is Ukraine or somewhere else – what shall I do?
Mar 06, 2022
When not wanting the phone to ring
Feb 27, 2022
Imagining Jesus laughing
Feb 20, 2022
HO’OPONOPONO??
Feb 13, 2022
On the occasion of Her Majesty’s accession to the throne
Feb 06, 2022
There is always movement
Jan 30, 2022
Knowing the outcome
Jan 23, 2022
Is anyone out there?
Jan 16, 2022
A long time
Jan 09, 2022
Walking
Jan 02, 2022
Christmas letters
Dec 26, 2021
Paradoxes and the Joy of Learning
Dec 19, 2021
Priorities
Dec 12, 2021
Interconnectedness
Dec 05, 2021
Hope
Nov 28, 2021
What is your context?
Nov 21, 2021
Being Green
Nov 14, 2021
Talking in and about the darkness
Nov 07, 2021
Remembering the Lutheran Reformation
Oct 31, 2021
The point of vaccinations
Oct 24, 2021
Local and Global
Oct 18, 2021
Musings on a harvest
Oct 10, 2021
Ah, the Church – very local and very global
Oct 03, 2021
From neuroscience to forgiveness
Sep 26, 2021
Is there too much talking out loud in church?
Sep 19, 2021
What’s so funny?
Sep 12, 2021
Order!
Sep 05, 2021
Being together
Aug 29, 2021
The power of hope
Aug 22, 2021
There is something about Mary
Aug 15, 2021
The Vibe
Aug 08, 2021
The stroke of a pen
Aug 01, 2021
Lifting the lid on worship
Jul 25, 2021
The Church
Jul 18, 2021
Faces
Jul 11, 2021
When things don’t go our way
Jul 04, 2021
What is faith or doubt?
Jun 13, 2021
Can ’free will’ live up to its name?
Jun 06, 2021
God is happy to share his personal data with you
May 30, 2021
The news and the ’Thought for the Day’
May 23, 2021
What have you learnt from the pandemic?
May 16, 2021
The centrality of Baptism
May 09, 2021
Changing behaviour
May 02, 2021
Always with us
Apr 25, 2021
In the midst of death we are in life
Apr 18, 2021
So much faith around
Apr 11, 2021
Resurrection realities
Apr 04, 2021
Power for living
Mar 28, 2021
The Small Catechism
Mar 21, 2021
Making sense
Mar 14, 2021
Who am I?
Mar 07, 2021
God and Violence
Feb 28, 2021
The glory of God
Feb 21, 2021
The masked faced of God
Feb 14, 2021
Getting it right
Feb 07, 2021
The words from whose mouth
Jan 31, 2021
Free speech
Jan 24, 2021
In the water
Jan 17, 2021
The power of words
Jan 10, 2021
When the wrapping paper is torn and crunched up
Jan 03, 2021
There has to be an explanation
Dec 27, 2020
The time it takes
Dec 20, 2020
Good News
Dec 13, 2020
When death comes close
Dec 06, 2020
About the future
Nov 29, 2020
An empty or full heaven?
Nov 22, 2020
Don’t put me on hold!
Nov 15, 2020
Judgements
Nov 08, 2020
Learning to live where we find ourselves
Nov 01, 2020
Religious reverie
Oct 25, 2020
Something different … a story
Oct 18, 2020
Days and Seasons
Oct 11, 2020
Jesus
Oct 04, 2020
Leaks need fixing just as life needs to be lived
Sep 27, 2020
When we suddenly see
Sep 20, 2020
Faces
Sep 13, 2020
Understanding the assessments
Sep 06, 2020
When things don’t go right
Aug 30, 2020
Who says what is normal?
Aug 23, 2020
Looking forward
Aug 16, 2020
Trust
Aug 09, 2020
Under the night sky looking at a comet
Aug 02, 2020
Buildings repurposed and statues pulled down
Jul 26, 2020
‘Friend’ is a good word
Jul 19, 2020
When God speaks, the messengers should get out of the way
Jul 12, 2020
What changes are coming?
Jul 05, 2020
The test results are negative
Jun 28, 2020
I can’t breathe
Jun 21, 2020
Reading the Bible
Jun 14, 2020
Living is more than getting the jobs done
Jun 07, 2020
Alarms!
May 31, 2020
Religion, science and face masks
May 24, 2020
How do I look?
May 17, 2020
Language is important
May 10, 2020
The One and the many
May 03, 2020
Christ is with us, even in times like these
Apr 26, 2020
God comes to us
Apr 19, 2020
The new normal
Apr 12, 2020
The world’s changes and God’s unchanging love
Apr 05, 2020
Lord, I want… what You want
Mar 29, 2020
Mothering Sunday
Mar 22, 2020
Comfort. Comfort.
Mar 15, 2020
The Christian lifestyle
Mar 09, 2020
The Truth of Christianity
Mar 01, 2020
The Greatest Hero ever
Feb 23, 2020
A song for all circumstances
Feb 16, 2020
God is The Giver
Feb 09, 2020
Learning by repetition
Feb 02, 2020
The Hope of the Church and of the World
Jan 26, 2020
Tragedy and joy hidden in plain sight
Jan 19, 2020
Ubiquitous and Eternal
Jan 12, 2020
Be ready
Jan 05, 2020
I came to call sinners
Dec 29, 2019
An earnest appeal to a faithful Father
Sep 01, 2019
Contrast of cultures
Aug 25, 2019
Christ’s victory of Life over death
Aug 18, 2019
May we boast only the boldness of the Lord
Apr 14, 2019
The weeping prophet and the weeping Messiah
Mar 24, 2019
Death is defeated by Christ, our Saviour
Feb 17, 2019
How the Parables help our understanding of God’s Word
Feb 03, 2019
Follow the Shepherd, not the blind man
Jan 27, 2019
Jesus Christ: certified in God’s Word
Dec 30, 2018
A view of Christ as our central foundation
Dec 23, 2018
Christ is with us through Word, Water, Bread and Blood
Dec 16, 2018
Will God really dwell on earth?
Dec 02, 2018
Rejoice!
Nov 25, 2018
The Church of Christ born as new creation
Sep 02, 2018
Who is this man with divine authority? The Son of God!
Jun 24, 2018
We are called to listen to Christ
May 06, 2018
Pray for others
Apr 22, 2018
Expectations overturned
Apr 01, 2018
Christ is our place for refuge
Mar 18, 2018
Don’t pass Me by
Feb 18, 2018
Rely upon the strength of Christ
Feb 11, 2018
God’s greatest gift
Dec 24, 2017
The son of promise and the Son of God
Dec 17, 2017
500 years of Reformation. Where do we go from here?
Nov 19, 2017
Call a spade a spade
Nov 12, 2017
Reformation: Worth remembering
Oct 29, 2017
An amazing path
Oct 08, 2017
From death to life
Sep 24, 2017
From sorrow to joy
Sep 10, 2017
The Shepherd who carries His people
Sep 03, 2017
The landmarks of faith
Aug 27, 2017
Does it matter what God we pray to?
Aug 13, 2017
Jacob’s ladder
Jul 30, 2017
The old has passed away, the new has come
Jul 16, 2017
Triumphant defeat
Jul 09, 2017
Where is the glory of God?
Jun 11, 2017
Don’t wall yourself off
May 28, 2017
Drink from the stream rather than the brook
May 14, 2017
Written that you may believe
May 07, 2017
Can Jesus really forgive my sins?
Apr 30, 2017
The “onlys” of salvation
Apr 23, 2017
The blood that neutralizes the serpent’s venom
Mar 26, 2017
The snare of sin
Mar 19, 2017
The illusion of pleasure, wisdom, power and wealth
Mar 12, 2017
Taken by the horns
Mar 05, 2017
Keep away from idols!
Feb 26, 2017
Beware of false prophets!
Feb 19, 2017
From tragedy to glory
Jan 29, 2017
Is Christianity relevant or counter-cultural?
Jan 22, 2017
Seek the Lord “where” He may be found!
Jan 15, 2017
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
Jan 08, 2017
Don’t hide in the darkness!
Jan 01, 2017
Jesus Christ: the Christmas present that really matters
Dec 25, 2016
Sing “Glory to God in the highest”
Dec 18, 2016
Let it be according to Your Word
Dec 11, 2016
Jesus the Greatest
Dec 04, 2016
The voice of God’s mercy
Nov 27, 2016
How Long, O Lord?
Nov 20, 2016
The heavy yoke and the light burden
Oct 16, 2016
The Fall
Sep 25, 2016
Lost, sought, found!
Sep 18, 2016
Branded mavericks
Sep 11, 2016
The hammer of God
Aug 28, 2016
Wait on The Lord
Aug 21, 2016
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Aug 14, 2016
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Aug 07, 2016
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Jul 31, 2016
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Jul 24, 2016
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Jul 17, 2016
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Jul 10, 2016
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Jun 05, 2016
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May 29, 2016
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May 22, 2016
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May 15, 2016
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May 08, 2016
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May 01, 2016
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Apr 24, 2016
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Apr 17, 2016
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Apr 10, 2016
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Apr 03, 2016
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Aug 02, 2015
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Jul 26, 2015
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Jul 19, 2015
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Jul 12, 2015
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Jul 05, 2015
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Jun 28, 2015
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Jun 21, 2015
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Jun 07, 2015
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May 31, 2015
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May 17, 2015
Ascension
May 10, 2015
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May 03, 2015
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Apr 26, 2015
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Apr 19, 2015
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Apr 12, 2015
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Apr 05, 2015
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Mar 29, 2015
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Mar 22, 2015
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Mar 15, 2015
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Mar 08, 2015
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Mar 01, 2015
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Feb 22, 2015
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Feb 15, 2015
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Feb 08, 2015
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Feb 01, 2015
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Jan 25, 2015
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Jan 11, 2015
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Dec 28, 2014
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Dec 21, 2014
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Dec 14, 2014
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Nov 30, 2014
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Nov 23, 2014
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Nov 16, 2014
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Nov 02, 2014
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Oct 26, 2014
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Oct 19, 2014
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Oct 12, 2014
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Sep 21, 2014
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Sep 14, 2014
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Sep 07, 2014
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Aug 31, 2014
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Aug 24, 2014
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Aug 17, 2014
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Aug 10, 2014
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Jul 20, 2014
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Jul 06, 2014
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Jun 22, 2014
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Jun 15, 2014
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Jun 08, 2014
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May 11, 2014
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May 04, 2014
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Apr 27, 2014
Holy Week 2014
Apr 13, 2014
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Apr 06, 2014
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Mar 23, 2014
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Mar 16, 2014
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Mar 09, 2014
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Feb 16, 2014
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Feb 09, 2014
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Feb 02, 2014
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Jan 26, 2014
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Jan 19, 2014
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Jan 12, 2014
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Dec 15, 2013
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Dec 08, 2013
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Nov 17, 2013
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Nov 10, 2013
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Nov 03, 2013
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Oct 27, 2013
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Oct 20, 2013
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Oct 13, 2013
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Oct 06, 2013
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Sep 29, 2013
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Sep 22, 2013
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Sep 15, 2013
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Sep 08, 2013
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Sep 01, 2013
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Aug 25, 2013
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Aug 18, 2013
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Aug 04, 2013
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Jul 28, 2013
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Jul 21, 2013
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Jul 14, 2013
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Jun 16, 2013
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Jun 09, 2013
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Jun 02, 2013
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May 26, 2013
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May 19, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 05, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 21, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 07, 2013
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Mar 31, 2013
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Mar 24, 2013
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Mar 17, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Mar 03, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
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Feb 17, 2013
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Feb 10, 2013
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Feb 03, 2013
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Jan 27, 2013
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Jan 20, 2013
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Jan 13, 2013
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Jan 06, 2013
New Year’s Resolution
Dec 30, 2012
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Dec 23, 2012
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Dec 16, 2012
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Dec 09, 2012
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Dec 02, 2012
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Nov 25, 2012
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Nov 18, 2012
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Nov 11, 2012
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Nov 04, 2012
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Oct 28, 2012
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Oct 21, 2012
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Oct 14, 2012
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Oct 07, 2012
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Sep 30, 2012
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Sep 23, 2012
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Sep 16, 2012
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Sep 09, 2012
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Sep 02, 2012
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Aug 26, 2012
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Aug 19, 2012
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Aug 12, 2012
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Aug 05, 2012
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Jul 29, 2012
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Jul 22, 2012
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Jul 15, 2012
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Jul 08, 2012
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Jul 01, 2012
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Jun 24, 2012
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Jun 17, 2012
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Jun 10, 2012
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Jun 03, 2012
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May 27, 2012
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May 20, 2012
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May 13, 2012
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May 06, 2012
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Apr 29, 2012
Death
Apr 22, 2012
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Apr 15, 2012
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Apr 08, 2012
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Apr 01, 2012
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Mar 25, 2012
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Mar 18, 2012
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Mar 11, 2012
Cross Encounters - #1
Mar 04, 2012
Cutting short
Jan 01, 1970