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		<title>God is smart!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note to the faithful readers: Ryan pulled a Jeremiah Johnson on me, so I guess I&#8217;m temporarily in charge&#8230; My dad, Bob, just got back recently from Cameroon and I wanted to share a very exciting aspect of his trip. Dad works with ITEM to train African pastors how to better shepherd their flocks in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=1031&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unsolicited Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been blessed with peace in my life recently, but not the peace I wanted.  It&#8217;s a peace I&#8217;ve been blessed with before, however it is somewhat precarious because I sometimes find myself forgetting, ignoring, or fighting with it.  To better understand, here&#8217;s a short history of my (short) adult life: 2002 &#8211; Got [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=1022&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sanctity of Human Life Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, praise God for the miracle of life and pray that our country would repent of what we have done in the name of choice and rights. &#8220;For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother&#8217;s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=1024&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A story of prayer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[answered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the last time I wrote, some time has passed and many diapers have been filled.  Sometimes I think my new daughter is an undercover agent for Huggies. On December 17th, our daughter Megan Elizabeth was born, and our lives changed again.  I have many thoughts, emotions, and anecdotes about the labor, birth, and life [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=1017&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Through the Institutes in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 reading schedule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutes of the Christian Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With 2009 being the 500th anniversary of one of Christianity&#8217;s greatest theologians, John Calvin, I (along with many others) plan to read through his monumental and foundational work on theology, Institutes of the Christian Religion.  The reading schedule starts today and continues through the year, with sections to be read 5 out of every 7 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=1006&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Posts of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[top ten posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[year in review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry we haven&#8217;t been posting lately. Chris is trying to get his second novel finished (more excitement from Hunter Brown!), Dave has a beautiful new baby girl, and our church is having its first service this week as Edgewood Bible Church (the name of the new church following the merger of Valley Bible Church and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=994&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas</title>
		<link>http://outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Valley of Vision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this glorious Christmas day, I hope these words of prayer and reflection resonate with your heart. May you have a wonderful and worship time with family and friends, rejoicing in our Lord who stepped so low to rescue us and raise us up to him! &#8220;My heart melts at the love of Jesus, my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=969&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Music I Actually Enjoy!</title>
		<link>http://outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/christmas-music-i-actually-enjoy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hymnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fernando Ortega]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a huge fan of Christmas music.  I know that makes me the odd man out, especially this time of year.  Our church secretary would probably start playing Christmas music in July if she could, and she (and Dave&#8230; and many others!) usually give me a hard time for being such a &#8220;Grinch&#8221; about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=960&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memorizing the Hymns</title>
		<link>http://outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/memorizing-the-hymns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hymnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Covenant Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Hymns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memorization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Covenant Life Church, where Josh Harris pastors, has devoted itself to spend the next 10 months memorizing some of the great hymns of the faith.  Each month, as a church, they will be memorizing a hymn in order to be obedient to Colossians 3:16 and also to make sure they don&#8217;t lose connection with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=941&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Polishing God&#8217;s Monuments</title>
		<link>http://outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/polishing-gods-monuments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Andrews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Why?&#8221; question is a biggie. We all probably know of someone or some situation that challenges what we believe about God: the godly couple who remains barren after years of prayer and faithfulness, the child who dies of a mysterious illness, the young man with all the spiritual gifts in the world who falls [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=outofthemiryclay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2208504&amp;post=868&amp;subd=outofthemiryclay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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