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		<title>Are MBA Administrators Bad for Churches?</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/11/07/are-mba-administrators-bad-for-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[    I have known two churches now that have hired MBAs as their administrators. Both churches had horrible experiences with the MBAs not being able to work in a church environment. In one church, the MBA lasted less than a year, and in that year, was able to completely mess up every part of the job. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beulah UMC Exploring GEDs</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/09/06/beulah-umc-exploring-geds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/09/06/beulah-umc-exploring-geds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[    In our community, West Point Stevens, a textile company, is shutting down its two mills in our community (and moving them to China). This will put an estimated 600 people or more out of work. Several of these employees dropped out of school to work for the mill. The mill has been their lively hood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Repair: Sinners or Saints?</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/28/church-repair-sinners-or-saints/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/28/church-repair-sinners-or-saints/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is the second in a series that will be my effort to respond to two people who visited my site searching for answers to why they were &#8220;tired&#8221; and &#8220;weary&#8221; of the church.Â Â 

One of the reasons we grow tired and weary of the church is that we warp our minds to think that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word 2007 Makes Blogging Easy!</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/26/word-2007-makes-blogging-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/26/word-2007-makes-blogging-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â I use Microsoft products. I haven&#8217;t always given Microsoft great reviews, and I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever just jumped up and down about any of Microsoft&#8217;s features. Well, I recently upgraded to Office 2007. I have used it for a week or so, and it seems to do just fine, but I didn&#8217;t see anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of the Checklist</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/25/the-power-of-the-checklist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/25/the-power-of-the-checklist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â  InÂ the transition from one webhost to another, I lost this story, so I am reposting it.

A few years ago,Â my wifeÂ and I were driving around the Wal-Mart parking lot in Gulf Breeze, FL one day. It was pouring down rain, and so we took the extra time to try to park up front. As we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Repair: Building Community</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/24/church-repair-building-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/24/church-repair-building-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article is the first in a series that will be my effort to respond to two people who visited my site searching for answers to why they were &#8220;tired&#8221; and &#8220;weary&#8221; of the church.Â Â 

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  One of my best friends is David Smith. He is a missionary,Â sharing God&#8217;s love withÂ the street kids ofÂ Lima, Peru. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Blogs Reach People</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/23/christian-blogs-reach-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/08/23/christian-blogs-reach-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite features of this website is the statistics program. It keeps track of how many people visit the site, which pages are viewed the most, what cities (and countries) my visitors are from, and even what search terms people enter to find my site.Â I was surprised by two people that came to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful, Terrible Lightning</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/06/23/beautiful-terrible-lightning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/06/23/beautiful-terrible-lightning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â  We&#8217;ve been praying for rain and on Tuesday, we got it. It rained most of the afternoon.
There were alsoÂ some rumbling storms that came through, with those beautiful, yet terrifying lightning strikes (see the bottom of this story for someÂ pictures of lightning&#8217;s calling card). At one point, a thunderstorm came through, and the thunder and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Year Down, Two to Go</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/05/10/one-year-down-two-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/05/10/one-year-down-two-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 03:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â  I have not updated my blog in quite some time. It is not that I have lost interest in writing. The reason I have not posted any new articles is because school has really kicked my rear end this semester. Classes were tough, andÂ going through the semester with a newborn and the responsibilitiesÂ of serving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zelnorm Recall - Refund Number</title>
		<link>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/04/04/zelnorm-recall-refund-number/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchandtea.com/2007/04/04/zelnorm-recall-refund-number/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Â Â Â Â  My earlier post comparingÂ the Zelnorm recall to our spiritual health has seen a lot of web traffic over the past few days. I realized that I left off an important fact that people may be looking for:
The company that produces Zelnorm is refunding out of pocket expenses for any pills that you would like [...]]]></description>
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