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		<title>Defeating Daily Despair Through Fellowship</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve made a commitment to search for joy in Christ, I have tried to keep my eyes open to what could help lead to this end.  A scripture I used in my Sunday School lesson last week, John 15:9-12, and the demonstraion of a dear friend leads me to a conclusion today.  Certainly not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=189&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defeating Daily Despair&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season has ended&#8230;. The Christmas tree still stands without it&#8217;s trimmings because we just haven&#8217;t quite finished taking it down. The gingerbread house sits in an empty trashcan because Karen was sweet enough to take out the trash this morning. Otherwise it would have balanced precariously on an overflowing trashcan. I probably should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=180&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Off With Their Heads!  Or Maybe Just Slaves&#8230;Which is Worse?</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/off-with-their-heads-or-maybe-just-slaves-which-is-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the giants came out of the camp and drew the battle lines yesterday, they crossed the line and brought their army to fight alongside them today.  People say &#8220;it&#8217;s gonna get worse before it gets better&#8230;&#8221; and that phrase drives me crazy; probably because it often proves to be true.  And so it seems [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=181&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Real Men Want Faithfulness&#8230;So Does God</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/real-men-want-faithfulness-so-does-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And when all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, all the valiant men arose and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons; and they brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.  So Saul died for his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=176&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is the stuff&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/this-is-the-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to chew on three of the guys who work for me yesterday.  It seems like any time I make it a point to have a &#8220;talk&#8221; with someone, it turns into an all day affair.  It drives me nuts!  I have stuff to do and all these guys want to do is NOT [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=168&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lookin&#8217; to vote in November</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/lookin-to-vote-in-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  I&#8217;ve been listening to NPR (National Public Radio) and politics is ALL they talk about when they aren&#8217;t covering world catastrophies.   So it got me to thinking&#8230;who&#8217;s running for Senate in Oklahoma?  No big surprise it&#8217;s Tom Coburn.  Ethically, morally, conservatively and fiscally, he&#8217;s got everything I want to see as a representative for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=164&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Screams of Heroes</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/the-screams-of-heroes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who know me, know that I am a Trekkie/Comic book nerd.  Today as I was driving home from work, I thought of two miserable images I remember seeing from two of my favorite movies.  The images I remembered reflect the mood I&#8217;ve been in lately.  If you could take a snapshot of my emotions over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=146&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happened?</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/what-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pastaj.wordpress.com/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve been asking myself how effective I am in impacting my own community for the Lord.  I wonder what people my age in my circle see when they look at me.  I wonder if I have any influence at all with anyone for Jesus Christ.  I&#8217;ve been thinking of ways I can show more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=143&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Praying for healing&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2010/05/16/praying-for-healing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 03:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I just learned a good friend&#8217;s young son has lost his sight in one eye and is quickly losing sight in his other.  He isn&#8217;t much older than my oldest son, who will be 10 in July.  His young boy is a sweet kid and I can&#8217;t imagine him having to go through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=140&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rollin with my Homie Steve in India, the rides&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pastaj.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/the-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pastaj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many highlights of the trips we often take to India is the transportation we often get to embark upon.  Somehow it is never just a plane, or a car, there is always something different just for us Americans.   I love our Indian friends, they always try to honor us to the highest degree [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastaj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1166256&amp;post=131&amp;subd=pastaj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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