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<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2015/10/14/off-to-the-parliament/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/logooversaltlake2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LogoOverSaltLake2015</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-14T20:31:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2015/01/19/a-few-closing-thoughts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sodlogo.png</image:loc><image:title>SODLOGO</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-19T22:17:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/10/08/new-orleans-day-6/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-08T03:02:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/10/06/new-orleans-day-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4815.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4815</image:title><image:caption>Saint Augustine Church. Faubourg Treme, New Orleans</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4813.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4813</image:title><image:caption>The Tomb of the Unknown Slave is located in the garden plot of Saint Augustine Church. This shrine, consisting of grave crosses, chains and shackles is dedicated to the memory of the nameless, faceless, turfless Africans who met an untimely death in Faubourg Treme.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>The entrance to the church.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_2</image:title><image:caption>Photos are only allowed before and after mass, so this is what it looked like after the pews had cleared.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_1</image:title><image:caption>"We Are Standing On Holy Ground!"</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-06T21:31:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/10/06/new-orleans-day-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/priestessmiriam.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PriestessMiriam</image:title><image:caption>Priestess Miriam Chamani</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-06T21:27:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/10/05/new-orleans-day-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4772.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4772</image:title><image:caption>The VIP table and the coffee station are the place to be after the service.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>Services are recorded and broadcasted on the web and on TV.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_2</image:title><image:caption>Pastor Jonathan Stockstill</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_1</image:title><image:caption>Pop worship and light show.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>The Bethany Crosses stand by Interstate 10 and can be seen from quite a distance.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_3</image:title><image:caption>Old world and new world tithing! Automated Tithing Machine on the right.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_2</image:title><image:caption>Worshippers make their way into the auditorium.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-05T06:04:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/10/04/new-orleans-day-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>A few minutes before the service began.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4719.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4719</image:title><image:caption>Congregants arrive for Kol Nidrei service.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_3</image:title><image:caption>Aside from the XXX markings, this tomb is unmarked. Our tour guide assures us this is where Laveau is actually buried. The XXX markings are left by practitioners and devotees, they are petitions to Laveau. At the foot of the tomb we see various offerings and artifacts.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_2</image:title><image:caption>This is the tomb of Marie Laveau's daughter and it is believed to also be the final resting place of Marie Laveau herself.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_1</image:title><image:caption>Between the 17th and 18th centuries, slaves would gather here on Sundays to sing, dance and drum in West African tradition. The sculpture seen here commemorates this history.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>NU'Awlons Natescott stands in front of where Marie Laveau's house once stood. The plaque reads, "1020-22 Rue St. Ann - Marie Laveau and her children lived at this site between 1839 and 1895 before the circa 1905 construction of the existing cottage.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-04T05:34:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/10/03/new-orleans-day-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title><image:caption>Dr. John T. sits under the portrait of Marie Laveau</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4592.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4592</image:title><image:caption>Voodoo Altar</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4595.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4595</image:title><image:caption>In the Voodoo Museum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4581.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4581</image:title><image:caption>Voodoo Spiritual Temple</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_1</image:title><image:caption>Preaching and praying along Bourbon Street</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-03T04:42:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/09/18/odds-and-ends/</loc><lastmod>2014-09-18T20:15:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/09/01/san-francisco-day-7/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4</image:title><image:caption>This photo was taken about ten minutes before mass began. By the time it had started there were at least a couple hundred parishioners in attendance.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-33.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>I found out about this church when someone at St. Mary's Cathedral said I should go for "last chance mass."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>With Deacon Haqq and Archbishop King.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>With Pastor Stephens and Saint John Coltrane in background.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-01T15:19:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/09/01/san-francisco-day-6/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-32.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Visitors praying at the Porziuncola.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>Time for tea and cookies at the SFZC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>The Buddha Room, where the dharma talk was given.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-02T16:03:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/08/31/san-francisco-day-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>The main shrine room.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-213.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>The Old Temple of the Vedanta Society, built in 1905, was the first Hindu Temple to be built in the west. It is currently undergoing renovations.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>The entrance to the new temple.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-53.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 5</image:title><image:caption>Congregation Beth Sholom</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-45.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-310.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-39.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>The Imam preaches.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-211.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Gathering for prayers.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-18T20:17:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/08/29/san-francisco-day-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 5</image:title><image:caption>At the entrance to the AIDS Interfaith Memorial Chapel.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-4a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4a</image:title><image:caption>A magnificent cathedral and a respite for the spirit.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-42.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4</image:title><image:caption>The labyrinth toward the entrance to the nave.  The photo doesn't do a good job of showing the size of this beautiful labyrinth. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-3a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3a</image:title><image:caption>The labyrinth outside, with beautiful views of the city.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-35.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>The rose window through the Ribbons of Light, a temporary art installation.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-2a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-27.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>The sanctuary.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>My view of the back of the cathedral as I approached from Jones Street. I walked some four of five of the steepest blocks I've ever known, only to be greeted by the Cathedral's backside!</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-01T16:30:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/08/28/san-francisco-day-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-41.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4</image:title><image:caption>Pastor Stacy Boorn</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-34.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>Prayer stations inside the nave.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-26.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Goddess Rosary</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-15.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>Herchurch</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sisco.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sisco</image:title><image:caption>Josh Sisco, Pastor of Golden City Church</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-33.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>Michael Yen, Administrative Assistant to the Spiritual Assembly, stands next to a portrait of `Abdu'l-Bahá (son and successor of Bahá'u'lláh.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>The Bahá'í Center</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-32.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>Michael Pappas, Executive Director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-24.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Inside the Interfaith Chapel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>The Interfaith Chapel at the Presidio in San Francisco</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-08T05:38:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/08/27/san-francisco-day-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>Photography was not allowed in Buddha's Universal Church. Instead here is a photo of my lovely set of The Pristine Orthodox Dharma.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-23.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Alan Chan, my generous host and tour guide. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Acolytes in training, in the Basilica.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Inside the Misión Chapel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>Misión San Francisco de Asís</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-28T15:51:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/08/26/san-francisco-day-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/baps4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BAPS4</image:title><image:caption>"In the joy of others lies our own." - HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/baps3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BAPS3</image:title><image:caption>A row of flowers divides the temple down the middle. Women sit on the left, men on the right.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/baps2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BAPS2</image:title><image:caption>Inside the temple.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/baps1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BAPS1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-01T15:44:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/08/15/people-it-just-works/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-2</image:title><image:caption>"Meditation is not easy, everybody has trouble and trying counts as meditating," says Daniel Scharpenburg</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-16T02:32:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/08/05/women-in-abrahamic-traditions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/steigman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>steigman</image:title><image:caption>Linda Steigman, Rabbi and Chaplain, teacher and interfaith counselor.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shabbir.jpg</image:loc><image:title>shabbir</image:title><image:caption>Mahnaz Shabbir, President of Shabbir Advisors, is an active advocate for interfaith dialogue and has written a number of articles for a variety of publications.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/huntz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>huntz</image:title><image:caption>Jude Huntz, Chancellor at the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-06T01:55:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/25/bibliotheca/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-24-at-10-51-01-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen shot 2014-07-24 at 10.51.01 PM</image:title><image:caption>The Biblical Literature designed and crafted for reading, separated into four elegant volumes, and free of all numbers and annotations.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-25T04:07:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/22/new-york-day-7/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles09.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles09</image:title><image:caption>One of the many shelves in the collection.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles08.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles08</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles07.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles07</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles06.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles06</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles05.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles05</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Lupas shows me her favorite Bible, the Complutensian. I asked why it's her favorite and she simply replied, "I love it."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles04.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles04</image:title><image:caption>La Biblia del Oso.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles03</image:title><image:caption>The Tyndale Pentateuch, 1530.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles02</image:title><image:caption>The 1440 Wycliffe manuscript is the collection's most valuable book.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bibles01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bibles01</image:title><image:caption>If I look nervous, it's because I am holding the most valuable books in the collection.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-07T20:18:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/21/new-york-day-6/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sharpton.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sharpton</image:title><image:caption>It was honor to meet Rev. Sharpton and shake his hand. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/riv03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>riv03</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/riv02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>riv02</image:title><image:caption>A historic pulpit.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/riv01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>riv01</image:title><image:caption>The view from the balcony at Riverside Church.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-21T15:01:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/20/new-york-day-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-19-at-9-43-01-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen shot 2014-07-19 at 9.43.01 PM</image:title><image:caption>Not my photo. Taken from the Lincoln Center's website.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-22.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title><image:caption>Mark Dion
The Serpent Before the Fall
2014
Artificial and natural plants, wood, papier-maché, and magic sculpt</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>Fred Tomaselli
Study for Expulsion
2000
Leaves, pills, acryllic, photocollage, and resin on wood panel</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-20T03:50:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/19/new-york-day-4/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/imagine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>imagine</image:title><image:caption>You may say I'm a dreamer...</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/central.jpg</image:loc><image:title>central</image:title><image:caption>Inside Central Synagogue.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-19T07:11:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/18/new-york-day-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>Elly Mason-Murray and Dr. Sarah Sayeed, from the Interfaith Center of New York.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-12.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>"Like walking through a grove of sequoias."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/islamiccenter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IslamicCenter</image:title><image:caption>Light upon light at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/imgp0353.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMGP0353</image:title><image:caption>Oud and frame drum ensemble with interspersed readings of Rumi's poetry.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/imgp0350.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMGP0350</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/imgp0349.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMGP0349</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/imgp0327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMGP0327</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/imgp0326.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMGP0326</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/iftar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Iftar</image:title><image:caption>A few people still lingering after Iftar dinner.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-18T19:16:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/16/new-york-day-1-saint-malachys-the-actors-chapel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/saintmalachy03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SaintMalachy03</image:title><image:caption>A stealthy photo of the organ. I don't want to be disruptive or disrespectful and I'll be sure to ask permission next time.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/saintmalachy02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SaintMalachy02</image:title><image:caption>Part of the beautiful ceiling.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/saintmalachy01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SaintMalachy01</image:title><image:caption>Lighting the altar candles  at the beginning of Adoration.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cleotilde02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cleotilde02</image:title><image:caption>Sharing an umbrella.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cleotilde01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cleotilde01</image:title><image:caption>Cleotilde wanted Our Lady of Guadalupe in the photo, since I'm from Mexico.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-17T05:06:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/17/new-york-day-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wallstsynagogue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wallstsynagogue</image:title><image:caption>This is the only photo I took.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/survivortree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>survivortree</image:title><image:caption>The Survivor Tree</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/zendo2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zendo2</image:title><image:caption>Manjushri, The Village Zendo</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/zendo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zendo1</image:title><image:caption>The Village Zendo</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mahayana2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mahayana2</image:title><image:caption>The Buddha in the main shrine room of the Mahayana Temple.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cw4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cw4</image:title><image:caption>Jane Sammon shows me the very first volume of The Catholic Worker.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bhakti2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bhakti2</image:title><image:caption>Adigopi Priya Dasi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bhakti1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bhakti1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-17T15:08:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/14/going-to-new-york/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo-11</image:title><image:caption>I'm packing a few other things, too. Don't worry.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-16T11:49:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/14/places-church-of-the-resurrection-downtown/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 5</image:title><image:caption>Look at this awesome drum light fixture. The church left a lot of the decor and features from the previous tenant.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 4</image:title><image:caption>The Band</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 3</image:title><image:caption>"Service begins in..." </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rezdowntown</image:title><image:caption>Inside the church, exposed brick walls feature work by local artists.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title><image:caption>Church of the Resurrection Downtown</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-14T16:25:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/14/people-a-present-firmly-grounded-in-the-past/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/veliacalcara.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VeliaCalcara</image:title><image:caption>"Church is a suit that doesn't fit me well," says Velia Calcara.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-14T04:22:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/11/people-seekers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lamachuck.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lama Chuck</image:title><image:caption>Lama Chuck Stanford</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-14T03:48:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/07/just-asking-questions/</loc><lastmod>2014-07-07T17:51:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/07/02/people-he-moves-in-mysterious-ways/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lanceschmitz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lance Schmitz</image:title><image:caption>When asked what he is grateful for, Lance looked at his son who was sitting in his lap and said, "This."</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-07-02T23:28:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/06/27/it-is-always-better-to-go-to-the-source/</loc><lastmod>2014-06-27T16:02:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/06/26/this-really-speaks-to-me/</loc><lastmod>2014-06-27T19:57:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/06/26/places-the-labyrinth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/labyrinth04.jpg</image:loc><image:title>labyrinth04</image:title><image:caption>This labyrinth is a custom designed, seven-circuit pattern, based on the classic Cretan Labyrinth.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/labyrinth03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>labyrinth03</image:title><image:caption>Prepare before entering.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/labyrinth02.jpg</image:loc><image:title>labyrinth02</image:title><image:caption>Follow the sign.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/labyrinth01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>labyrinth01</image:title><image:caption>A generous invitation.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-06-26T12:59:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/2014/06/24/people-finding-home/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tarav.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TaraV</image:title><image:caption>"Everything is really amazing!" Tara Varney</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/staceyd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>StaceyD</image:title><image:caption>"I belong in the Universe." Stacey Donovan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://storiesofdevotion.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/patd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PatD</image:title><image:caption>"I'm too human to understand what God is." 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