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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Something Beautiful - Something Beautiful</image:title>
      <image:caption>There’s something beautiful in the world.  Something, despite the news headlines and the desolation, we view all around us.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Are We Living Like Human Beings? - Are we living like human beings?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Is it wrong to call people names?  Scream obscenities at someone?</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/a-pause</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - A Pause - It’s time to acknowledge our need to be reconciled to ourselves.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/a-confession</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - A Confession - Living in England right now, I’m living in a different culture than in America.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/hungry-for-it</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Hungry for It - What’s your relationship with power?</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/more-than-us</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-01</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - More Than Us - Would you describe yourself as someone who needs forgiveness?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Do you think you need God?</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/power-grab</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Power Grab? - Power Grab?</image:title>
      <image:caption>What if we grabbed God, embraced Him and His ways, rather than our impulse to grab power?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/how-moved-are-you-by-the-plight-of-others</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - How Moved Are You by the Plight of Others? - Compassion will move us from a place of personal safety and convenience, to a place of risk and potential harm for the sake of others.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/the-look-of-compassion</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-26</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/90623710-51ab-4ac5-9d40-2af99dd28fdd/unsplash-image-Mu_q1Zdwn0g.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - The Look of Compassion - In your orbit, what does it to look like when you treat a man or woman with compassion?</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/living-and-concrete</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-12</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/a5c4f871-1fbc-4f9f-8b9e-10d511bdd5bc/unsplash-image-sUXXO3xPBYo.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Living and Concrete - Are you more attracted to someone who is compassionate? Who dignifies human beings?  Values them?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Or are you more drawn to someone who is cruel? Who degrades vulnerable people by making a spectacle of them?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/relational-hope</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Relational Hope - Why should we care about what shapes our thinking and relating?</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/what-shapes-you</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/99d98a9e-e80d-46eb-aa5f-510921f39ffb/unsplash-image-xEy9QNUCdRI.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What Shapes You? - What or who shapes the way you relate to the men and women around you?</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/alive-relationally</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-04-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Alive Relationally - Why don’t men and women see things the same way?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Right now, we are all in a critical relational place.  One ripe for change.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/getting-more-real-as-human-beings</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-04-02</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/ef045e68-def7-4385-813e-c026492ef529/unsplash-image-4N5huJDOydQ.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Getting More Real - When we bless our bodies, we acknowledge we are relational human beings.</image:title>
      <image:caption>To live. To experience.  To do things, like heal.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/more-personally</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-03-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - More Personally - As strange as this may sound, could you write your physical body a letter?</image:title>
      <image:caption>It might help you see it with God’s eyes.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/individual-or-others</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1293b78c-7bc8-4817-bb27-efde9ffea8d6/unsplash-image-1yqA4OyC6gQ.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Individual? Or Others? - Is living alive simply an individual quest?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Or does it include others?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/living-alive-a-body-blessing</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Living Alive: A Body Blessing - Can you imagine receiving your physical body as a gift from God?</image:title>
      <image:caption>We get to make a choice.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/alive-in-our-bodies</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-02-04</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/374963a3-87f3-4930-9411-b564deef70d2/unsplash-image-PHIgYUGQPvU.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Alive in Our Bodies - Living alive starts in our physical bodies.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Would you say you live alive in yours?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/live-alive</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/87233a36-dd81-40ed-8e23-c8da7fa80ef9/unsplash-image-jImuXoz3jCM.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Live Alive! - As we start this year, I’m wondering: What does it mean to live alive?</image:title>
      <image:caption>How do you do it?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/but-what-if</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/919d8b76-f510-48e4-b5aa-7ed8a76e0d00/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - But What If? - But what if accessing and expressing compassion is not something that comes naturally to you?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Does it matter?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/compassion-and-who-is-my-enemy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1720440225913-1VPSA9M4V5FE70AXZETI/image-asset.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Compassion: And Who is My Enemy? - If we’re honest, a lot of us are living life on the defensive.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Fearful, we attack and diminish others, if not out loud, then under our breath.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/compassion</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-06-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Compassion - Would you rather hang out with someone who acts compassionately towards you, who genuinely desires to see you grow and flourish?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Or someone who is out for themselves, who selfishly schemes and postures to get ahead?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/disconnect-to-connect</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/53d76f81-f123-433b-8561-67e71026c803/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Disconnect to Connect - Disconnect to Connect</image:title>
      <image:caption>If the image of God is our truest self, is that identity clear in us?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/connectivity-vs-community</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/a9b38f2c-5ebb-4161-8598-2f25d17f76b0/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Connectivity vs Community - Connectivity vs Community</image:title>
      <image:caption>Social media is making us less social, more flimsily connected and isolated from each other.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/disjointed</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Rubicon - Disjointed? - But, what if, rather than feeling a sense of permanence, we struggle with being disjointed?</image:title>
      <image:caption>It’s a sense of separation from ourselves and others.  Even from God. We can feel fragmented.  Disconnected.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/permanence</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/cd8276c0-c8d0-46a3-b1fb-79045df6face/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Permanence - There was a time in my life, in my late 30s and early 40s, when it seemed God was more impersonal. I didn’t understand very much about being created in the image of God.</image:title>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/image</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/85a0b649-aa88-4c71-96b8-cbe8dcd1f982/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Whose Image? - God’s image doesn’t exist solely in the man alone or the woman alone.</image:title>
      <image:caption>But, fully, in the woman and man together.  United.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/seeing-rightly</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-04-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/83ed7140-42c0-47d5-a9e9-4e0d5b360f86/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Seeing Rightly - I think so much of our division and disunity as men and women stems from a warped view.</image:title>
      <image:caption>We’re not convinced God thinks we’re very good or that He takes pleasure in us.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/73fd05cc-c651-467d-a7d4-3bf6a598e53f/Beware+of+Wife.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Seeing Rightly - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/keep-waiting-keep-believing</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-04-01</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/596203b7-34f6-497c-92cc-cb05e383ce64/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Keep Waiting. Keep Believing. - Oftentimes while we wait for God’s vision to come about, others may come alongside us with encouraging messages.</image:title>
      <image:caption>They are meant to be infused with hope and substance.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/gray-space</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/c0276123-fd1b-460c-8db7-3a51c9012066/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Gray Space - With any vision from God, there’s waiting.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yet, we struggle with it. I don’t think it's popular.  Or something we like.  Desire.  Or seek.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/daydream-or-vision</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-19</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/5715a2b3-f3a7-48f4-aa1b-21e49b178bce/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Daydream or Vision? - It’s easy for us to daydream, isn’t it?</image:title>
      <image:caption>God, on the other hand, is not a daydreamer.  He creates visions.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/god-begins-things</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-03-18</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/cbe8e15b-5d4f-4a0b-94c5-226c8e85448d/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - God Begins Things - To believe God for something significant can feel foolish.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Especially when we see no movement.  Or the circumstances actually seem to be going in the opposite direction of the desire.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/where-ive-been</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-02-25</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/06525594-ac5a-4301-b189-5d8bcaeab544/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Where I’ve Been - I’ve been offline.  Intentionally quiet.  Silently reflecting for several months.</image:title>
      <image:caption>It seems we are more alienated from meaningful, healthy, faithful, enjoyable (not to mention, intimate!) relationships.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/it-really-is-possible-to-forgive</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/eeac3f29-a0a3-449d-b0a9-7081a94cbeda/tempImage6Ri8p2.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - It Really Is Possible to Forgive - Let’s be real, forgiveness is not easy.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Is it really possible to choose to forgive someone over offense?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/the-offense-of-forgiveness</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/5207d742-ed82-4d10-8de7-9b675db3e61e/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - The Offense of Forgiveness - Who doesn’t need to experience forgiveness?</image:title>
      <image:caption>To feel freed from someone’s criticism and anger? From their guilt and accusation?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/keeping-it-real-about-offense</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/22ada5dc-470c-49c9-8b89-fad066ddb4be/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Keeping It Real About Offense - I think it’s important to keep the conversation about offense real.  To continue to look into our own inner lives.  And think about the ways we relate to those in our relationships who are offending us.</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/mercy</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-17</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1697527494630-HPU3MYLQZCVS8N0I4ENV/image-asset.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - The Power of Mercy - The power of mercy.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Offense is at the heart of our world events at the moment.  It is screaming out in conversations about the Middle East.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/what-offends-you</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-09</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/8b7efc46-9e15-4d88-b0b2-1b5ec4d6506f/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What or Who Offends You? - What or who offends you?</image:title>
      <image:caption>When we’re offended, our response is almost always negative.  Cutting.  Even abusive.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/what-is-shaping-your-life-right-now</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-10-02</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1696250706442-B94CEEWR23H04KO4T4TL/image-asset.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What is Shaping Your Life Right Now? - What is shaping your life right now?</image:title>
      <image:caption>What immediately comes to mind?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/pace-with-me</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-06-19</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/b13aecc1-31ae-40b9-9814-1af9c14c2ec2/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Pace with Me - “Don’t panic!  Pace with Me, instead.  One day at a time.  As you do, you will discover My perspective."</image:title>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/can-we-live-with-our-emotions</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/e6f4ecc9-2a8f-4aa8-8ea6-c6124e6f04e7/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Can We Live With Our Emotions? - Many of us have a hard time expressing our emotions.</image:title>
      <image:caption>We flounder because we think they mostly torment us.  I’ve experienced this many times.  Or we just don’t know what to do with some of them, like passion or anger.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/fear</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/df2dc95d-bc19-4df0-9f31-61868f8cbe83/image-asset.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What Do We Do With Fear? - When fear seizes us we have a hard time thinking clearly.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Seeing straight. Making wise decisions.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/what-do-we-do-with-guilt</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2023-05-25</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1683878347239-6L0R4ER5R49R74W4R5OH/unsplash-image-M8UEJd58GcE.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What About Guilt? - Guilt holds us hostage.</image:title>
      <image:caption>When it grips me, I can sense it poisoning my thoughts, relationships, and actions, calling into question everything that has seemed true about myself and others.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/intimidation</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1bba0005-4060-4433-8829-150b4d036c56/unsplash-image-Y-b3tV05FQg.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What Happens When We Feel Intimidated? - Intimidation shrouds the truth.</image:title>
      <image:caption>It hides what is real.  What is concrete.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/frustration</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/525c1f1e-48db-4f26-83e1-1f8bfa5576fc/unsplash-image-IhOboqyiScs.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - How Do You Deal with Frustration? - Think about how frustration appears in your life.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Do you feel jealous? Like you’ve been robbed of certain experiences? Cynical about your future? Ungrateful for the little things around you?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/identity</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/d23cdaaf-c8e3-4020-8df8-873328578df1/unsplash-image-YNM4KStg78I.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Identity - Does my sex make a difference?</image:title>
      <image:caption>How does it contribute to who I am? How can I know?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/at-the-heart-of-it-all</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-07-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/91e08678-3207-49df-875e-0cb6d0cd9283/unsplash-image-LyW7pqsP81k.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - At the Heart of It All - At the heart of shame and hiding is the bitter effect of fear.</image:title>
      <image:caption>And fear is poisonous to our relationships, isn’t it?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/body-shaming</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-08-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/486e9b2f-f2ab-421b-b255-697d19c3de37/unsplash-image-qghuLqyh3nE.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Body Shaming - How many times a day do you say something negative or condemning to yourself about your looks, your weight, your complexion, or your physique?</image:title>
      <image:caption>How do the messages make you feel?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/when-we-hide</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-08-16</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/153104d5-694b-40cc-a790-e185ca1cdb79/unsplash-image-gV7l2YslRS4.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - When We Hide - How do you act in your relationships?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Would you say there is a bitter impact on your relationships when you decide to hide from others?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/suddenlyshame</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-08-08</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/34dd05ce-239b-4a11-ad23-6e667050d65a/unsplash-image-BUkU-VhzW-s.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Suddenly…Shame - Often, when we look at the story of Adam and Eve, we focus mainly on their downfall.</image:title>
      <image:caption>What exactly changed in their relationship with each other, themselves individually, and their relationship with God when they decided to go their own way?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/the-voice-of-truth-with-love</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-08-23</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/4836fbf3-f30d-413c-b38e-51542b3e25c5/unsplash-image-YJ1ExDttdoQ.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - The Voice of Truth, with Love - The voice of Truth, with love.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Since God never hesitates or hides from us relationally, but instead, always pursues us and continually speaks to us, what does He say?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/does-god-hesitate-relationally</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-26</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/c277378f-9f55-4ecf-975c-d9c1d447184b/unsplash-image-ZVNCH2YnYEs.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Does God Hesitate Relationally? - Does God hesitate relationally with us?  Drag His feet?  Stall?  Stay back?  Hide?</image:title>
      <image:caption>In other words, is He like us in relationships? If not, then what is He like?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/who-are-you-hesitating-with-relationally</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/f7905f98-1188-4853-99a7-93eee0b725f4/unsplash-image-PGnqT0rXWLs.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Who Are You Hesitating with Relationally? - Who are you hesitating with relationally?</image:title>
      <image:caption>There’s a place in our lives we oftentimes hesitate.  It’s in relationships.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/stop-hesitating-step-out</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-11</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/5261e56f-90a0-4407-b8bc-27b0221a412a/unsplash-image-l-eO8EasdMI.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Stop Hesitating. Step Out! - What in your life are you hesitating doing?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Many of us are low on hope because we’re stalling.  Dragging our feet.  Standing still. Where is it for you?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/what-is-hope</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/e62f01e0-c03f-4ee8-958c-e0cee5419737/unsplash-image-8U5NsNsqO3Q.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What is Hope? - What is hope?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hope is one of those words in our culture that is essentially meaningless.  It’s often used to project a good feeling or a wishful outcome.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/why-do-you-think-youre-here</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/2c2d64bf-6e61-49ac-8eff-01b803a83038/unsplash-image-xrmEghl7aHo.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Why Do You Think You’re Here? - Why do you think you’re here?</image:title>
      <image:caption>We often wander.  Trying to figure things out. Make sense of who we are.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/do-you-believe-god-is-still-a-rescuer</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-06-22</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/79a8103d-9989-4cda-bbb2-5fbc2e4d58d9/unsplash-image-IMEPsrN-lKI.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Do You Believe God is Still a Rescuer? - Do you believe God is still a rescuer?</image:title>
      <image:caption>We might wonder where God is and what He’s doing. Does He still rescue?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/disconnection</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1654607405695-NMKHDB9VR9KPLH4GAQOX/unsplash-image-DnXqvmS0eXM.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Disconnection - Many of us are disconnected from our true selves, the person God created us to be.</image:title>
      <image:caption>We sense it emotionally, inside us, and relationally, as we interact with others.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/dx15b0fckmctexr1a1sd45krrkj7bl</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1654090392144-Q77YRBIXZXFNC3QLNDRK/unsplash-image-kCEV9R-40wc.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - What We See - Do you believe your life has value?</image:title>
      <image:caption>When you look in a mirror, how do you see yourself?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/2022/god/comebewithme</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/132c4ef1-82ed-4814-ac89-1289820e1cfa/unsplash-image-96TecBlEqR4.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Come, and Be with Me - So many of us are wound up in stress for lots of different reasons.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Can you hear Jesus inviting you to spend time with Him?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/2019/3/11/misty-mountains-me-menex-538zj</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1644528948605-PU1KJE9KRQ7GJHKZRQTH/unsplash-image-vhzmXp8PBj0.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - God’s Kindness - Do you think God is mostly kind?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Or do you think He’s someone else altogether?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/2019/3/11/thegodofcompassion</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/0e2674ce-3d16-4140-a69c-611a45f49ba5/unsplash-image-FHT0KEOwtyg.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - The God of Compassion - What does the compassion of God look like in action?</image:title>
      <image:caption>How does it sound?</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/can-we-forgive-others</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/98628cf5-5905-41f1-9257-bf4460b474d4/unsplash-image-SsZ0u7YYgKw.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - Can We Forgive Others? - Can we forgive others?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Forgiveness is a word we hear a lot these days, but the practice of it often puts us off.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/the-gift-of-weakness</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/79037a5d-52e4-486b-89e6-a8a64766d35e/unsplash-image-_lPS3Y56PGo.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>The Rubicon - The Gift of Weakness - Do you ever think of weakness as a gift?</image:title>
      <image:caption>I don’t know about you, but this question rattles me.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.thecrossingministries.com/therubicon/others-suffering</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-07-18</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614374fed8c03b128e6bdf01/1645125499185-99V38Y9S58CQGC81VNBD/unsplash-image-rXrMy7mXUEs.jpg</image:loc>
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