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		<title>The Young Life Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an article that I was asked to write for a Bristol Young Life newsletter about what it&#8217;s like to be a Young Life leader so far.  I love this story and I love the things I&#8217;m learning being a Young Life leader.  God is truly, unbelievably faithful and mighty to save.
On the last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backporchhammock.wordpress.com&blog=1239969&post=280&subd=backporchhammock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ups and Downs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with a new, young friend who is struggling with questions of career, purpose, singleness&#8211;all questions I&#8217;ve asked over the last 10 years or so.  As we talked over quesadillas and salsa, I had the sense that this was one of those divinely appointed moments.  My friend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backporchhammock.wordpress.com&blog=1239969&post=276&subd=backporchhammock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://backporchhammock.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/ups-and-downs/</link>
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		<title>I Want You To Know Who I Am</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was driving with one of my Young Life friends the other day, and she wanted to hear a song we  sang at camp.  The song turned out to be &#8220;Iris&#8221; by the Goo Goo Dolls, one of my favorite bands, and we started listening to it on my iPod.  I said what do you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backporchhammock.wordpress.com&blog=1239969&post=274&subd=backporchhammock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://backporchhammock.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/i-want-you-to-know-who-i-am/</link>
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		<title>The Grace of Darkness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago we had a guest speaker at church who gave a really honest sermon on pain and suffering and disappointment.  Instead of  a sugar sweet happy ending, this speaker said in effect, &#8220;Sometimes we do give our all to God in His service and sometimes life doesn&#8217;t turn out the way we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backporchhammock.wordpress.com&blog=1239969&post=270&subd=backporchhammock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://backporchhammock.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-grace-of-darkness/</link>
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		<title>Windy Gap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If I acted crazy, I did it for God; if I acted overly serious, I did it for you. Christ&#8217;s love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in everything we do.&#8221;  1 Corinthians 5, The Message
These verse have been stuck in my head the last few weeks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backporchhammock.wordpress.com&blog=1239969&post=267&subd=backporchhammock&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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