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		<title>Waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is past.
Summer has gone.
And winter is here.
And the song I meant to sing remains unsung.
For I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument.
(Resolved: Waste not.)
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		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=480</link>
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		<title>Blessed or Busted?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do wrong, get busted.
Do right, get blessed.
True?
Why does my brain more readily buy one over the other?
God is not obligated to do either, but I somehow see him as more willing to bust me.  Considered another way, I can hear him getting upset or disciplining me more than I hear his encouragement.  
And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=478</link>
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		<title>Revolutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finish this simple sentence:  The world revolves around ___________.
I heard that.
First instinct on our little Mad Libs adventure was, &#8220;me.&#8221;
The world revolves around me.
But does it?
Should it?
Even if you wanted it to, would it?
No, no, and no.
So why do we keep trying to make it?
What if we tried something different?
What if, just for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=474</link>
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		<title>The F Word</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three people said it today
before I realized
they were people
who shouldn&#8217;t have said it.
It wasn&#8217;t who they were.
They are fellow believers
but they are not what they said.
The F word.
&#8220;Fine.&#8221;
&#8220;How are you?&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m fine.&#8221;
No you aren&#8217;t.
Your world is upside down right now.
Your wife just left you.
You&#8217;re drinking again.
You haven&#8217;t found another job.
None of you are fine.
And neither am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=463</link>
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		<title>More and Less</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, let’s check this out:
Paul, the dude that penned like 1/3 of the New Testament, right?  A spiritual giant, by almost any measure.  You’ve heard of him, right?
Well, either way… he was huge.
So anyhow, early on in his spiritual life, he said he was, “the least of the apostles.”
Later, like six years… he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=457</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Always the Same Thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed when you go to church or spin up a message on your iPod, they are always talking about the same thing?  Amidst the sentences of the sermons, one resounding topic keeps recurring.  What&#8217;s up with that?  Well, I think I found the answer in Ezekiel 14:4.
&#8220;This is what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=452</link>
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		<title>That&#8217;s Tempting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WARNING: Real life. May confuse those who are fake or robotic. 
So I&#8217;m finally home after a good day&#8217;s work, right?  I&#8217;m washing dishes, listening to Francis Chan, &#8230; and the phone goes off.
&#8220;Wanna play?&#8221;
Well, my first thought was, &#8220;Hmmm, maybe we can get in a few holes before dark.&#8221;  But then I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=443</link>
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		<title>Our Thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s do a little math here:
What if I made it my goal that tomorrow I would think one more critical thought than I had today?  Would it really be that hard to achieve my aspiration?  I bet I could easily go to sleep tomorrow night with that fulfilling feeling of knowing I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=440</link>
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		<title>The Bucket List</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People, you have got to give it up to LifeChurch.tv for the first installment in the At The Movies series.  Personally, I think it was pretty smart to parallel a movie with biblical truths.  Cinematics collide with Scripture (which never returns without effect).
Either way though, check it out here.  This series isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=435</link>
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		<title>Your Address</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Verse: &#8220;From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live&#8221; (Acts 17:26).
The Thought: Your address is by Divine design.  And, the address of your neighbor&#8230; is by Divine design.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://matthewgilliam.com/?p=429</link>
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