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	<title>Bill Easums Observations</title>
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	<description>The unmotivated are oblivious to the obvious</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>On Not Going to Seminary</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081119/on-not-going-to-seminary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I&#8217;ve encouraged would be pastors not to go to seminary. You can find a long chapter I wrote on the subject over ten years ago called Seminaries: Strangled by Creeping Vines . 
Here is a short excerpt:&#8220;I keep getting asked if I really mean it when I say that seminary training is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Capital Fund Drives</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081116/more-on-capital-fund-drives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of fund raisers have responded to my blog and both of them are still finding success raising money. That&#8217;s great! One of them is my good friend Clif Christopher of Horizon Stewardship.  This is good news.  He says that it is more of a local issue than a national issue. So, temper my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capital Fund Drives in Tough Times</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081115/capital-fund-drives-in-tough-times/</link>
		<comments>http://billeasum.com/20081115/capital-fund-drives-in-tough-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been having a lot of conversation on our advanced forum about whether or not to have capital fund drives during such a downturn in the economy.  I responded to one person by saying if I could wait I would.  This sparked a round of emails, some of which were not realistic. I believe in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 90th Birthday Billy Graham</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081107/happy-90th-birthday-billy-graham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had three major mentors in my life - Nelson Mandela, Carlyle Marney, and Billy Graham. Each of them very different from my theology and political persuasions but nevertheless men from whom I learned aot.
Nelson Mandela taught me never to give up on what you believe even if it looks hopeless.  Carlyle Marney, a very liberal Southern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Ever Happened to Dialogue?</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081106/what-ever-happened-to-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m going to rant today so go ahead and forgive me before you start reading.Aren’t you glad the elections are over?  It seems as if they get more negative every year.
Aside from that……Have you noticed - debate in this country is no longer considered important?  Well, it isn’t.  I invite you to consider the following:
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conversations of Our Times: Part Nine</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081013/the-conversations-of-our-times-part-nine/</link>
		<comments>http://billeasum.com/20081013/the-conversations-of-our-times-part-nine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>easum</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well we have come to the end of this series. I hope it  has been helpful.
Perhaps you are asking, what can I do with all  of these conversations? Well, here are some places to begin.

Pay attention to the conversations going on today and see what you can learn from them. It may surprise you.
For those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conversations of Our Times: Part Eight</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081009/the-conversations-of-our-times-part-eight/</link>
		<comments>http://billeasum.com/20081009/the-conversations-of-our-times-part-eight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Primary Conversation of Our Time Becomes Clearer

Im coming to the end of this series and want to thank everyone who has contributed. Who knows you may find some of it in a book some day.
We are all indebted to the Emergent, Incarnational and Organic folks for so clearly calling to our attention the fact that Western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The House Voted: Now What?</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081003/the-house-voted-now-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well the house voted to bailout the economy. So here are my thoughts. I think you can find biblical basis for most of them.
1. this was a much for main street as for wall street. the vase majority of americans caused this mess, not just wall street.
2. its time we once again learned to live within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Conversations of Our Times: Part Seven</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20081002/the-conversations-of-our-times-part-seven/</link>
		<comments>http://billeasum.com/20081002/the-conversations-of-our-times-part-seven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reproductive/Multiplication/Movement 
So far our we’ve looked at several conversations – Emergent, Incarnational, Organic,  and  Attractional/Incarnational.  Now it’s time turn to another major player in this ongoing conversation- the one, I think, which should be occupying most of our time and energy- the Reproductive/Multiplication groups.  
The primary difference between the effective attractional/incarnational folks and the Reproductive/multiplication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Sunday&#8217;s Sermon Oct. 5</title>
		<link>http://billeasum.com/20080929/this-sundays-sermon-oct-5/</link>
		<comments>http://billeasum.com/20080929/this-sundays-sermon-oct-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>easum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks, there is only one sermon you must preach Sunday and its about what happened today on Wall Street and the implications to our economy. The market dropped some 777 points (almost 10% of the dow) Over the past two months, many people lost upwards of 20-30% of their retirement and savings. If you are saving [...]]]></description>
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