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		<title>TUESDAY THOUGHT 3/16/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hungry?
I’m a bit slow.  I grew up hearing the stories about Jesus feeding the multitudes, and I always thought they were just about … feeding the multitudes.  You know, a magic act without the magic.  Finally (ta da!), I realize it’s about hunger, but hunger that goes far deeper than the belly.
I know a guy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 3/10/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strange Blessings
Now, this is going to sound a bit dopey, but the most fantastic thing happened to me this week.  I had a TIA, which is a medical term for a kind of mini stroke (aka a brain fart).  Pretty scary, actually, because all of a sudden my memory got fogged in and I wasn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FRIDAY THOUGHT 3/5/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got Ministry?
What are you doing here?  Why has God called you?  (And, yes, by the way, He has called you.) 
For me, one of the most momentous shifts in my ego-based life was to go from “Lord, save me!” to “Lord, show me how to serve you!”  It harkens back to the recent morning I awoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THURSDAY THOUGHT 3/4/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Morning, Another Miracle 
Ho hum.  I’ve seen more miracles than I can shake a stick at.  You have, too, I’m sure.  I mean, think about it:  Hopelessly broken relationships restored.  Totally lost drug addicts and alcoholics now clean, sober and cherishing life like never before.  The birth of the smallest child growing and grown into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MONDAY THOUGHT 3/1/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Random God?
Two totally normal but completely weird things happened while I was out walking on the Ahnapee Trail last fall.  (No, sorry, this is not a story about burning bushes, blinding flashes of light or voices from on high.)
Weird thing number one:  I noticed my fingernail and realized that it is an amazing covering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THURSDAY THOUGHT 2/25/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Power to Heal
 Ah, to have the power to forgive sins, heal souls, change lives!  But, wait, we do have that power.  Yes, perhaps I am wandering through the mine field of heresy, but here is how I see it:  Through faith, grace and the promise of Jesus – Whatever you ask the Father in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TUESDAY THOUGHT 2/23/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unlikely Heroes
As a man who admires strength, stubbornness and power (yes, I admit it; I am – or at least was – a bit of a control freak), I am fascinated by the idea of strength through weakness.  Still, I’ve seen it time and time again, how the most unlikeliest of men and women rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MONDAY THOUGHT 2/22/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Popeye Factor
Of the people I know who are “inactive” in their faith, two of them are atheists who have sought and come up short … at least for now.  I encourage them to keep their minds open to the God who will reveal Himself … in His own sweet time. 
The vast, vast majority, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FRIDAY THOUGHT 2/19/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Simple, Joyous Gift
 I love those mornings when I awake with the entire world in balance and perspective, when the most important things seem simple and make clear sense.  Doesn’t happen all the time, believe me.  I am a man of competing passions. 
But I awoke this morning with a vast peace and joy in my soul, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MONDAY THOUGHT 2/15/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why I Can’t Do Miracles
Christ could cure diseases, break a loaf of bread and feed thousands, drive out demons and forgive sins.  He asked nothing in return.  I don’t think he ever made a buck or got carried around in a four-slave sedan chair.    
If I had those powers, I’d have the cure for cancer named [...]]]></description>
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