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		<title>Get rid of the red tape</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a theory.  It&#8217;s not a proven theory but it is one that I really believe in. I think that crowd dynamics have  a lot to do with how people feel when they are in a crowd. You have to have enough people in a room to feel cozy but not so many people that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You got a give it away.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are thinking of planting a church there is a really important concept you need to ask yourself before you start building a core team.  Are you willing to give away the church? It seems like a weird question given that intelectually we would all quickly say, &#8220;the church belongs to God&#8221; and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God is Bigger Than Land Dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been praying a very bold prayer for our church concerning a permanent home recently. I have been asking God to provide generously, show us the right timing and make it just the right place. As we were driving past one piece of land that is in my &#8220;sights&#8221; I asked my 6-year old daughter to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joyfully in His Arms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is the picture of the Good Shepherd in Luke chapter 15 that is contrary to most people&#8217;s view of God. And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming This Week: January 8, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the line-up for this week: Monday January 9, 2012 &#8211; &#8220;Joyfully in His Arms&#8221; In Luke 15 Jesus tells a story of a lost sheep who the good shepherd joyfully throws over his arms. Tuesday January 10, 2012 &#8211; &#8220;God is better than some piece of land&#8221; This was a quote from my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Open Windows of Parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shawnwoodwrites.com/?p=1791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Its the moment when your six year old asks a question about God that shows genuine interest. The moment when your sixteen year old asks, &#8220;how did you and Mom meet again?&#8221;. The moment when your twelve year old comes home from school in tears and asks why no one likes them. The moment when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its 92 days until Easter &#8211; start planning!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not it is only 92 days until Easter and it is time to plan. I know that we just finished Christmas Eve and we have 12 Sundays in-between but its time to start planning. Why? We plan because the stakes are too high to depend on our own strength and God uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Connective Tissue in Preaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In preaching what my friend Glenn Lucke calls “Connective Tissue” is the stuff that holds all the bones of theology together. It is the creative story that illustrates a great theological point. It is the joke told at just the right time in order to open someones heart and soul. It is the cultural hat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Striving for Marginal Behavior</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a church planter (and really just a Pastor in general) people usually have two assumptions about my time. First, some have no idea what I could possibly do with my time. In the most extreme cases this produces the question, &#8220;So what do you do for a living?&#8221; even after learning I am the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Essential art of Re-Visioning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to lead anything, including yourself you must practice the essential art of re-visioning. This past weekend I had the opportunity to share vision with Freedom Church. As a new church plant we have had 29 weekend gatherings (20 since launch) and as I look back I have shared what I would consider [...]]]></description>
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