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					  <title><![CDATA[The Journey of Life]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[As I talk with my buddy on the phone, getting the skinny on the retreat he&#8217;s having me speak at, he drops the ol&#8217; &#8220;um&#8230;and like&#8230;I know you&#8217;ll do this anyway, but we like really want a clear presentation of the gospel.&#8221;<br/><br/>&#8220;Okay&#8230;&#8221; I reply, biting my tongue.<br/><br/>I&#8217;m often asked to speak at retreats and functions within Christendom. By often I mean occasionally. Um&#8230;by occasionally I mean three times in the past four years. Each of these three requests has brought with it an awkward request of me, a youth pastor of 15 years who&#8217;s managed to not lose a kid, kill one, or suffer too major a catastrophe.<br/><br/> ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (Dave Decker)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:28:38 PDT</pubDate>
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