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		<title>Speaking of Writing &#8211; Part Deux</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2010/11/19/speaking-of-writing-part-deux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230; that last post about NaNoWriMo? Yea&#8230; Just ignore it. I kinda ran into a few dozen walls along the way that have kept me from being able to write and I&#8217;ve fallen WAY behind in the writing process. So I am going to concede for this year and try again next year. But I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Unusual Source of Inspiration</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2010/03/31/an-unusual-source-of-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently stumbled across some of the latest music of rapper Eminem. While I know he has had an interesting history in the public eye, I have found myself come to a place of respect for him. I think it first happened when I found out that he played a lot of his songs with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lent</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2010/02/20/lent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lent, a somewhat odd spiritual practice of some of the more liturgical denominations, has come around again and I have decided to partake of it this year. I decided this year would be a good year to give up pop, more specifically caffeine, and see if I can go 40 days without it. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do I write?</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2010/02/11/why-do-i-write/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are days when I wonder, why do I write? What purpose do my words have? Who reads them? From the lack of comments on some of my posts, I have a feeling that very few people actually read this, which is OK. I&#8217;m not maintaining this blog for the comments or the glory of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do you measure a year?</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2010/02/08/how-do-you-measure-a-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>howie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received from my Netflix queue a dvd of the final performance of Rent on Broadway. It is AMAZING! I love this show. The most famous song from the whole show is called &#8220;Seasons of Love.&#8221; It&#8217;s a stirring anthem asking the question, &#8220;How do you measure a year?&#8221; In daylight? In sunsets? In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free time?</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2010/02/03/free-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have nothing to do today&#8230; This is a really odd feeling. There is nothing that has to get done today. I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m going to do with myself&#8230; Maybe I&#8217;ll watch a movie or play a game. Heh, I might just take a nap. That would be awesome. Anyways, I&#8217;m going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bible Failures?</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2010/01/30/bible-failures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of the characters of the bible, I can&#8217;t help but think about the awesome men &#038; women of God that have come down through the history: David, Solomon, Sampson, Ruth, Esther, Peter, Mary and many, many others. These biblical titans are great examples of living the life of constant dependence upon God. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Day</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2009/09/24/a-new-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been waking up a lot for the past few nights. Not certain why, but I keep waking up early in the morning and I&#8217;m unable to go back to sleep. Today I was up two or three times between the time I fell asleep (midnightish) to now (approx. 5:20am). I am not certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whoops!  Life just happened</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2009/09/13/whoops-life-just-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So life just kinda blew by and I haven&#8217;t taken the time to update this here blog of mine. Here&#8217;s a fun list of things that have happened in the last two weeks: Celebrated the two year anniversary with my wife Flew to Las Vegas and celebrated the wedding of Matt &#38; Amanda Johnson Spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How many families do you know like this?</title>
		<link>http://www.howie23.org/site/2009/08/23/how-many-families-do-you-know-like-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howie23.org/site/2009/08/23/how-many-families-do-you-know-like-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow&#8230; This is incredibly powerful for me to see. It&#8217;s very convicting. Casting Crowns &#8211; Slow Fade Casting Crowns &#8211; Slow Fade teaching video]]></description>
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