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	<description>An Advocate For Healthy Sexuality &#38; Spirituality</description>
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		<title>Girl, 11, Gives Birth to Baby Boy in Northeast Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[posted by Shannon
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584936,00.html?test=faces
When I read this headline recently, my heart sank.  Can you even begin to imagine what motherhood will be like for an 11-year-old?  I can’t.
At first, I admit, I just wanted to scream!  And cry.  And hit someone or something for allowing this to happen in the first place. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/03/girl-11-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-in-northeast-hospital/</link>
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		<title>The Beauty Battle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of our most recent topic (which we&#8217;ll be delving into more in the coming weeks&#8211;so stay tuned), today seemed the perfect time to introduce Charissa Steyn, a current participant in our B.L.A.S.T. program.  We think you&#8217;ll love her entertaining yet honest perspective on beauty just as much as we do!


Skimming through pre-marital books [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/03/the-beauty-battle/</link>
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		<title>Jessica Simpson on The Price of Beauty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By staff writer Terrica Smith
Did anyone happen to catch the episode of Oprah recently featuring Jessica Simpson and her new reality show, The Price of Beauty?
Body image is such a huge issue in our culture.  It&#8217;s down-right exhausting, regardless of whether you feel good in your skin or not.  I have my own thoughts, but before [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/03/jessica-simpson-on-the-price-of-beauty/</link>
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		<title>Confidence Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Terrica Smith
Has your husband ever grabbed another woman’s butt?  Mine has, very recently in fact&#8230;
I must confess that I’m also guilty, however.  A few years ago in a quiet little store in Nashville, I continued to browse around while Josh stood in line at the register.  There was only one person in line [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/03/confidence-test/</link>
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		<title>Inspiring Affection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was trembling…wholly and completely stirred to my core, my very soul shaken.  Speechless.  There were absolutely no words to describe the 30 seconds we’d just experienced.  Neither of us said a word.  He drove towards home.  I stared at the floorboard fighting back tears.
To help you understand what brought us to this place, let [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/03/inspiring-affection/</link>
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		<title>Check THESE out!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.zazzle.com/upstreamdesigns/gifts?cg=196853399570543224
We were recently introduced to these &#8216;mouse pads for the soul&#8217; designed to help men and women resist temptation and remain sexually pure as they use computers and surf the net, and had to share!  Aren&#8217;t they great?  We love them!
What tips and tricks do you use to avoid temptation??  Please share!

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		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/02/check-these-out/</link>
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		<title>Secrets to a Happy Marriage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Terrica Smith
A few years ago Josh and I were strolling thru the mall hand-in-hand when a little elderly man shuffled towards us, cane in hand.  I was concerned for a moment that he didn’t see us and began to ease out of his way, until he reached out a hand and warm smile to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/02/secrets-to-a-happy-marriage/</link>
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		<title>Introducing Terrica Smith!</title>
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I want to introduce you to Terrica Smith (pictured here with her husband of 8 years-Josh), our new staff writer at Shannon Ethridge Ministries!
Terrica has served as my Events Manager for quite some time, although she originally came on board as my research assistant for the Sexually Confident Wife in the Spring of 2007. Having [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/02/introducing-terrica-smith/</link>
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		<title>Get Ready to Float Your Valentine’s Boat!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Valentine-count-down clock is ticking, Ladies!  With only hours left, it’s time to come up with some wonderfully creative ways to say “I LOVE YOU!” to your man.  Here’s a few ideas to spur you on:

Leave a sexy love note in his underwear drawer.  When he finds it the next morning, he’ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/02/get-ready-to-float-your-valentine%e2%80%99s-boat/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts from Sunny California</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been working all afternoon in a  Panera Bread restaurant in Southern California (if you haven’t tried their Fuji  Apple Chicken Salad or their Turkey Artichoke Panini, you haven’t lived yet –  I’ve had it for lunch or dinner 4 times over the past 5 days).  I praise God for  how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sexuallyconfidentwife.com/blog/2010/02/thoughts-from-sunny-california/</link>
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