<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/summer-2015/learning-welcome-adversity-life.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Learning to Welcome Adversity in Life</title><excerpt>Our chapel program focused on the theme Gratitude and Grit last spring, and I spent some time thinking about what it takes to develop grit, or the capacity to overcome obstacles and setbacks in life. How does God use obstacles to reform our character so we can serve his ultimate purposes?</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_900w/public/WMG_0885-768x512.jpg" alt="President Gayle Beebe"/>
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