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	<title>this is how i'm doing: in case you were wondering... &#187; Spiritual</title>
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		<title>A story&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2010/02/16/delayed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a story I had hoped to publish a month ago, but for various reason I didn&#8217;t&#8211;but I thought I&#8217;d share it with you today!  I wrote this story because I like writing about my life, my experiences, my &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2010/02/16/delayed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>obligatory birthday post</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2010/01/14/obligatory-birthday-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, on my birthday I&#8217;m suppose to write something about life and growing older, and I tried to come up with something but I&#8217;ve got nothing. So instead, here is a hymn that I can&#8217;t get out of my head &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2010/01/14/obligatory-birthday-post/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s me.</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2010/01/03/its-not-you-its-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I can be honest (and I believe I can be), my biggest struggle last year and currently is finding a church. I have moved past the point of frustration, through apathy and I&#8217;m now to the point of desperation. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2010/01/03/its-not-you-its-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Repent&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/09/07/i-repent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We sang this in church yesterday: I Repent Derek Webb I repent, I repent, of my pursuit of America&#8217;s dream I repent, I repent of living like I deserve anything of my house, my fence, my kids, my wife in &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/09/07/i-repent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Three: Three very cool things God is doing in my life.</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/08/22/the-big-three-three-very-cool-things-god-is-doing-in-my-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  Job &#8212; while I wasn’t ever really unemployed, I have most certainly been UNDER employed for the past several months.  As of this past Monday I am now officially the new Webmaster at Lon Morris College.  I’ve been the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/08/22/the-big-three-three-very-cool-things-god-is-doing-in-my-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Labels</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/05/06/labels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve had a fairly interesting denominational journey &#8212; lots of labels have been assigned by myself and by others, none of which really helped me understand my faith.  If I label myself as a Christian, does that make me a &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/05/06/labels/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Because it takes so much time&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/05/02/because-it-takes-so-much-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 19:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I figured out the reason I haven&#8217;t been blogging as much (and why I don&#8217;t write e-mail messages to my friends very often) &#8212; because it take so much time.  Not that I don&#8217;t have a lot of extra time, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/05/02/because-it-takes-so-much-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No Shame in a Repost&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/04/22/no-shame-in-a-repost/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/04/22/no-shame-in-a-repost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afterall, I wrote it.  At Dayspring UMC we started a new staff blog.  Mondays are my day to post something and here was my first post. &#8212;- This week in the youth GRACE groups we started a lesson and discussion &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/04/22/no-shame-in-a-repost/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing My Role</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/04/01/knowing-my-role/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“A religious mentality, characterized by timidity and lack of moral courage has given us today a flabby Christianity, intellectually impoverished, dull, repetitious, and to a great many persons, just plain boresome.  This is peddled as the very faith of our &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/04/01/knowing-my-role/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Classified</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/03/09/classified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has become a part of Jeff Olive&#8217;s (Pastor at Dayspring UMC) blog, a series called Sermon Classification.  Each week we post our sermons online and iTunes tries to figure out the details.  It is never right but that doesn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/03/09/classified/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Church and Worship</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/01/26/thoughts-on-church-and-worship/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/01/26/thoughts-on-church-and-worship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because I can&#8217;t seem to stop talking about it.  I mentioned in a previous post that I&#8217;ve had some thoughts running around in my head lately regarding church and worship.  This is me expanding on those thoughts. If you travel &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/01/26/thoughts-on-church-and-worship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from the Weekend</title>
		<link>http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/01/21/lessons-from-the-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.&#8221; -St. Francis of Assisi Weekend of a Lifetime &#8211; Recap I had the pleasure of spending last weekend with 417 high school students from all over Texas and Oklahoma &#8230; <a href="http://blog.essahfae.com/2009/01/21/lessons-from-the-weekend/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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