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		<title>How to Make Your Job So Much More Than Just a Job</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark D. Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This morning I’m sitting in a Holiday Inn Express in Las Vegas, Nevada. My wife and I stayed here last night on our way home from Zion National Park, where we celebrated Thanksgiving with our extended family. Holiday Inn Express offers a free breakfast to their guests. In my opinion, it’s one of the better [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Simple &#8220;Thank You&#8221; That Makes a Big Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 17:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I learned something that has changed my life. Maybe it has changed the lives of others too, at least a bit. What I learned was a simple kind of “thank you” that turns out to make a big difference. I learned about this simple “thank you” from Howard E. Butt, Jr. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Grace Will Find You Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a recent trip to New York, I saw a curious sight. Across the street from my hotel was a brownstone that housed a modest church. Attached to the church was a large cross. Embedded in the cross were neon lights that proclaimed: SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT. During the day, the letters were rather [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Unflinching Hospitality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2018 01:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my last blog post, I told the story of the time when my teenage son, Nathan, met Eugene Peterson. It was a sweet story of about a man of genuine humility and care for others. This story about Eugene reminds me of another Laity Lodge story. I’ve called it “Unflinching Hospitality,” and in a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eugene Peterson When Nobody Was Looking</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark D. Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I just heard that influential author, extraordinary Bible translator, and beloved pastor Eugene Peterson died. In the days to come, there will be many accolades and testimonies, all pointing to the grace-filled life of this man. I want to add one story to the collection. I’m calling it “Eugene Peterson, When Nobody Was Looking.” Strictly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Sweet Taste of Friendship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark D. Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2018 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a sweet tooth. It’s part of my genetic makeup. Give me something sweet to eat and I’ll enjoy it. Give my a plate of cookies and soon they’ll be gone . . . all of them. Similarly with a bowl of M&#38;Ms or a carton of gelato. If you don’t believe me, just [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Can I Really Love My Real Neighbors?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark D. Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jesus said we’re to love our neighbors as ourselves. Amen to that! No argument here. But I do have a question: How? How, really, can we love our neighbors? How can we love our neighbors in ways that will actually feeling loving to them? How can we tangibly love the neighbors who live across the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why I Don&#8217;t Like Work-Life Balance Either</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark D. Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 12:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my last blog post, I noted and commented on Jeff Bezos’s dislike of the phrase “work-life balance.” Bezos prefers speaking of “work-life harmony” or “work-life circle.”There isn’t a “strict trade off” between work and life, according to Bezos. Rather, when one has a strong work-life circle then one brings “tremendous energy” both to work and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jeff Bezos Cares About Work and Home, But Not Work-Life Balance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark D. Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 00:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview published in Business Insider, Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, holds forth on the topic of work-life balance and why he doesn’t like this familiar formulation: This work-life harmony thing is what I try to teach young employees and actually senior executives at Amazon too. But especially the people coming in. I get asked [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Preaching to Yourself and the Example of Bill Hybels</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark D. Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wish preachers would preach to themselves? I think they often do, actually, even without knowing it. And this might be quite revealing. Allow me to explain. I have been watching with sadness what has happened in the life of Bill Hybels. Though I try to think of people as innocent until proven [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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