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		<title>The Pressure Of Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love systems of accountability. I encourage people to quantify. I think goals are important, strategies are necessary and the results matter. Having said that, this blog takes up where Art Scherer, President Emeritus of the Southeastern District left off on his blog entitled, &#8220;Reclaiming Sabbath.&#8221; I watched the PBS video link and was struck [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lcef.org&#038;blog=32245550&#038;post=2760&#038;subd=bloglcef&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Prairie du Chien&#34; 2011 by Roger Wollstadt, &#34;Large sheet of paper&#34; 2010 by Net_efekt, &#34;A Close Shave&#34; 2011 by Rob Wright, all used under CCL. </media:title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billy Brath works with churches and leaders to develop and produce creative ministries that work to effectively reach the culture today. Here he shares with LCEF blog readers the importance of creativity in ministry: I think we all brag about the towns we live and do ministry in. I suppose it helps motivate us to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lcef.org&#038;blog=32245550&#038;post=2707&#038;subd=bloglcef&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you really took a day of rest? I don’t mean a “day off.” Our &#8220;days off &#8221; are usually filled with all kinds of chores and activities that leave us just as tired as if we had been at work. I mean, when was the last time you turned off [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lcef.org&#038;blog=32245550&#038;post=2690&#038;subd=bloglcef&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Remembrance #4&#34; 2008 by Mark Wainwright used under CCL.</media:title>
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		<title>Dear Senior Pastor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Chitwood lives and works in Houston, TX where he serves Memorial Katy as Missions Overseer and Crosspoint Community Church as Adult Discipleship Coordinator. This letter to my senior pastor is for my fellow second-chair leaders, those who support the senior pastor at their church, to read and remember. Over the last ten days I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lcef.org&#038;blog=32245550&#038;post=2674&#038;subd=bloglcef&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;ASDA Notebook - Red Wiro Bound&#34; 2006 by Michael Randall used under CCL. </media:title>
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		<title>Sharpening Your Congregation&#8217;s Vision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sparks were flying. The blade, after all, was duller than a breadknife. That axe hadn&#8217;t seen a file or grinder since the Hoover administration – it was older than I was. When I had handed it over to the man for sharpening, he had grimaced at the sight of the blade. This was going to take [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.lcef.org&#038;blog=32245550&#038;post=2670&#038;subd=bloglcef&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Spark-Bokeh&#34;  2009 by Kiran Valipa Venkat used under CCL.</media:title>
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