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		<title>My Next Thirty Years?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the summer of 2000, Tim McGraw released his single, &#8220;My Next Thirty Years&#8221;. It rocketed to number one on the country charts. According to Wikipedia, that fountain of all knowledge, Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an &#8216;A&#8217; grade, saying that McGraw &#8220;captures that feeling of settling in to who you’re going&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2013/04/19/my-next-thirty-years/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=994&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Something Beautiful</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a whole lot of ugly in our world. We saw it again yesterday with the bombing at the Boston Marathon. In fact, Ugly can be seen nightly on the six o&#8217;clock news. I sometimes look at my two girls and wonder how on earth my wife and I can protect them from Ugly.&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2013/04/16/do-something-beautiful/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=987&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Idol Hopes</title>
		<link>http://strongmercy.com/2013/04/11/idol-hopes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I already made the confession this past Sunday that I watch American Idol. I would like to say that my wife makes me do it, but Adam (the guy from the creation story, not Adam Lambert) already tried that strategy and it backfired. So, I will man up and say that I watch it of my&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2013/04/11/idol-hopes/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=982&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pulpit Dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I have been to church today and am not depressed”. (Robert Louis Stevenson) Preachers sometimes unnecessarily bear the burden of ensuring the happiness of others. As thinly disguised jesters of the court, we juggle and dance and tell jokes and hope to keep our heads connected to our bodies at the end of each performance. This seems&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2013/02/08/the-pulpit-dance/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=967&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tears in a Bottle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief&#8230;and unspeakable love.” Washington Irving  Some ancient people practiced the custom of collecting their tears in small bottles and placing them alongside the deceased during the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2013/01/11/tears-in-a-bottle/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=944&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a good thing that Advent comes around once each year. I need this forced break in temporal time in order to explore again the sacred time that is set before me. I need all the prodding I can get to re-enter the story of Jesus in order to find my place in it and I&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2012/12/07/sacred-time/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=939&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Something Missing</title>
		<link>http://strongmercy.com/2012/11/21/something-missing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neil Postman, in his book The End of Education, argues that, &#8220;Most American students are well tuned to respond with feeling, critical intelligence, and considerable attention to forms of popular music, but are not prepared to feel or even experience the music of Haydn, Bach, or Mozart; that is to say, their hearts are closed,&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2012/11/21/something-missing/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=933&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Baptist Web Site</title>
		<link>http://strongmercy.com/2012/11/14/first-baptist-web-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it seems that our First Baptist Church web site was recently hacked (along with many others). So, for now, things will be redirected to the Strong Mercy blog until repairs can be made. I will post core information from the church onto this site later today. Thanks for your patience!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=916&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post Turkey Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich&#8221;. Dietrich Bonhoeffer It really is my favourite holiday of the year. I love the Fall colours with the bright sunshine and fresh coolness in the air and I&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2012/10/13/post-turkey-blues/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=908&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Appetite for God</title>
		<link>http://strongmercy.com/2012/09/12/an-appetite-for-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Simpson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I eat when I’m stressed. It’s not a good habit, but it sure feels good (temporarily at least) to consume a bag of chips or polish off a big bowl of Moose Tracks at the end of a difficult day. We are all natural consumers. This is not a bad thing, but it does leave&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://strongmercy.com/2012/09/12/an-appetite-for-god/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=strongmercy.com&#038;blog=15028147&#038;post=902&#038;subd=strongmercy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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