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		<title>My Best Bowl Yet</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/08/13/my-best-bowl-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I bowled a 269 last night with my friend Jen and her roommate Christina. That&#8217;s a strike in every frame except for the first and the the sixth. It&#8217;s amazing to me how something so trivial could make me feel so good 

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		<title>Christians and Adoption</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/08/08/christians-and-adoption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Curtis Chapman wrote an amazing editorial at CNN.com. He claims that
 If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would effectively be no more orphans.

It seems to me that adoption, like having biological children, should be non-negotiable to eligible, capable, orthodox [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Christians and Adoption", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/08/08/christians-and-adoption/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Morbid Musings</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/16/morbid-musings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Never have I lived more righteously than I&#8217;m living right now, and never have I been more aware of my own sinfulness.
Both times in my life when I&#8217;ve tried to live honestly and do my very best have ended with me being completely shattered before God.
I don&#8217;t know how to live in God&#8217;s value, which [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Morbid Musings", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/07/16/morbid-musings/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I know.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/16/i-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[God's power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had the following exchange with God today:
Me: &#8220;Lord. I can&#8217;t do it.&#8221;
God: &#8220;I know. But I can.&#8221; 
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		<title>Faithfulness</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/14/faithfulness/</link>
		<comments>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/14/faithfulness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[God's faithfulness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I looked for Scripture to support one of the character traits I would like to define me—namely, Faithfulness. The biggest thing I noticed through the experience is that the Bible has a lot more to say about God’s faithfulness than mine. I find that encouraging.
The most interesting thing I came across today was in [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Faithfulness", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/07/14/faithfulness/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Merton&#8217;s Prayer</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/13/thomas-mertons-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/13/thomas-mertons-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Good Thinking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Catholic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[doubt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Thomas Merton&#8217;s Prayer", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/07/13/thomas-mertons-prayer/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>DOH!&#8211;Psalms 41-45, Luke 11-12</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/10/doh-psalms-41-45-luke-11-12/</link>
		<comments>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/10/doh-psalms-41-45-luke-11-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The Discipline of Hope]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>

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Psalm 44:3-8, 26
3 It was not by their sword that they won the land,
       nor did their arm bring them victory;
       it was your right hand, your arm,
       and the light of your face, for you loved [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "DOH!&#8211;Psalms 41-45, Luke 11-12", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/07/10/doh-psalms-41-45-luke-11-12/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>DOH!&#8211;Psalms 36-40, Luke 9-10</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/09/doh-psalms-36-40-luke-9-10/</link>
		<comments>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/09/doh-psalms-36-40-luke-9-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The Discipline of Hope]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Psalm 36:5-9
5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
O LORD, you preserve both man and beast.
7 How priceless is your unfailing love!
Both high and low among men
find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "DOH!&#8211;Psalms 36-40, Luke 9-10", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/07/09/doh-psalms-36-40-luke-9-10/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions from reading Blue Like Jazz</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/09/confessions-from-reading-blue-like-jazz/</link>
		<comments>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/09/confessions-from-reading-blue-like-jazz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Like Jazz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arrogance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Selfishness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sin]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Total Depravity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These thoughts came to me while reading Donald Miller’s book, and feed my growing resentment of him. I recognize them as problems, but cannot honestly say that I am willing to surrender them.
1)	I think I am intellectually and morally superior to everyone on the planet.
This specific combination makes it easy to live without a great [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Confessions from reading Blue Like Jazz", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/07/09/confessions-from-reading-blue-like-jazz/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Purpose of Pain</title>
		<link>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/08/the-purpose-of-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://booksteps.com/2008/07/08/the-purpose-of-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aspiringhuman</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Good Thinking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had lunch with a friend recently and he expressed a feeling of spiritual suffering and confusion that I related to. I told him that my prayers lately have largely just been, “Save me, Lord. Save me. I’ve got a Problem I can’t comprehend, fix, fight against, or even stand under. All I know, Lord, [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Purpose of Pain", url: "http://booksteps.com/2008/07/08/the-purpose-of-pain/" });</script>]]></description>
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