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		<title>The Contest</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/conquering-computer-crises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Midterms are coming up, so here goes a meager attempt to cheer up those who have lots of papers looming overhead (ok, forgive me for the bad joke&#8230;I didn&#8217;t make it up myself):
Jesus and Satan were competing in a timed essay-writing contest.  God the Father was the Judge.  Satan knew that Jesus was the swifter and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=41&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For the Love of God</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/for-the-love-of-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 01:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early pages of Fyodor Dostoevsky&#8217;s hefty masterpiece, The Brothers Karamazov, there is an intriguing scene featuring a &#8220;lady of little faith&#8221; and the holy elder, Zosima.  To the fatherly sage, the lady intimates her fantasies of forfeiting all her worldly possessions&#8211;and even forsaking her invalid daughter&#8211;to become an angel of compassion to the destitute.
&#8220;I close my eyes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=46&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Oldest Profession</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/worlds-oldest-profession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Nope, it&#8217;s not the one you&#8217;re thinking.  Here&#8217;s a joke that I heard from my dad a few years ago.  It was so bad that I actually laughed:
A surgeon, an architect, and an economist were having lunch together.  They got into a debate about the primacy of their professions.  The surgeon argued, &#8220;In Genesis, God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=40&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Earning Admission</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/earning-admission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
I once heard a joke that illustrated Ephesians 2:8-9 quite nicely:
An upright, clean-cut man dies and finds himself standing before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.  St Peter says, &#8220;Ok, so here&#8217;s how it works.  You need 100 points to make it into Heaven.  Tell me all the good things you&#8217;ve done, and I&#8217;ll aware [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=42&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discerning a Calling</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/discerning-a-calling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Yesterday, I attended the annual South Brunswick Women&#8217;s Leadership Conference.  I went to a workshop on education and another one on culinary arts (yeah, yeah, stop laughing).  Listening to the panelists share about how they arrived at their current careers made me reflect on how I made the decision to attend seminary.
Really, I am indebted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=45&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weak &amp; Foolish</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/the-weeping-but-then-the-reaping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.&#8221; &#8211; Psalm 126:5
I am going to seminary in six months.  Three months ago, I made a list of 10 reasons why I should not go to seminary.  One of the items on my list was this: An M.Div. would draw me into deeper and more direct ministry in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=43&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Kadosh!</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/no-kadosh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
In middle school, I had an endearing, but somewhat-strange Social Studies teacher who liked to shout, &#8220;No kadosh!&#8221; while rapping our desks with a wooden ruler, whenever he sensed sub-par studenthood.  We seemed to hear &#8220;No kadosh!&#8221; a lot, but in our defense, his was the ninth and last class of a very long school day.  (Edit: On second [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=39&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Perils of Misquoting Scripture</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/the-perils-of-misquoting-scripture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a joke that I once heard from a Sunday School teacher:
A missionary was unable to attend his friends&#8217; wedding, so he sent the new couple a brief telegram that read: &#8221;May your marriage always reflect the beauty of John 4:18.&#8221; 
Unfortunately, he meant to reference 1 John 4:18, which reads: &#8220;There is no fear in love. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=37&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go to Him</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/go-to-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.&#8221; &#8211; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 
Recently, I talked to some friends about how difficult it is to communicate the Gospel to someone who recognizes no higher authority beyond himself.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=36&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Humility &amp; Confidence</title>
		<link>http://mustardsong.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/humility-confidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Last night, it occurred to me to ask God for more humility and more confidence.  As I prayed, I realized how lacking I was in both.  It seemed like a strange contradiction.  How could a proud person lack confidence?&#8211;or an insecure person, humility?
But then I began to understand that a person cannot have true confidence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mustardsong.wordpress.com&blog=2427286&post=35&subd=mustardsong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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