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        <title>Advent Conspiracy</title>
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        <published>2009-11-12T11:40:16-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-12T11:47:05-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Here is some of the news coverage from our Advent Conspiracy event yesterday. So cool to be a part of and so many stories to share already. St. Louis CBS news St. Louis Fox news St. Louis Post Dispatch</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Here is some of the news coverage from our Advent Conspiracy event yesterday.  So cool to be a part of and so many stories to share already.</p><p><a href="http://www.kmov.com/sports/Pujols-asks-for-favor-during-holiday-season-69801427.html">St. Louis CBS news</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.fox2now.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=c545c00a-66cf-4a53-ab81-0b6c06ebee68">St. Louis Fox news</a></p>

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        <title>Advent Conspiracy</title>
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        <published>2009-11-09T10:05:00-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-09T10:05:00-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Holy Cow! What a revolution! Just a few years ago this little movement started to push back on consumerism and in turn provide clean drinking water for people around the world. 3 churches turned into a few hundred. A few...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Holy Cow!  What a revolution!  Just a few years ago this little movement started to push back on consumerism and in turn provide clean drinking water for people around the world.</p>

<p>3 churches turned into a few hundred.</p>

<p>A few hundred turned into a few thousand.</p>

<p>And this year we have no idea what to expect.</p>

<p>At youthcrossing we've seen students dreaming big dreams and hashing out monumental plans to raise money for clean water.</p>

<p>One middle school girl trick or treated for clean water.  She raised $70.</p>

<p>A few high school students are collecting spare change.  They started with $8.</p>

<p>A couple of other students somehow convinced the principal of their public school to let them pitch this whole idea to their entire school.  We'll know in a few weeks what happens.</p>

<p>In the mean time, watch this.</p>

<p>Be inspired.</p>

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        <title>Around the interwebs</title>
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        <published>2009-11-04T12:09:14-06:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-04T12:09:14-06:00</updated>
        <summary>Here are a couple of photos I came across from the ol' world wide web. From Renee Scott's blog From Fail Blog</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Here are a couple of photos I came across from the ol' world wide web.</p><p>From <a href="http://reneescott32.blogspot.com/">Renee Scott's blog</a></p><p><a href="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a6a8d251970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="3493454735_5a9dc58be4" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a6a8d251970c " src="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a6a8d251970c-800wi" title="3493454735_5a9dc58be4" /></a> <br /> </p><p>From<a href="http://failblog.org/"> Fail Blog</a></p><p><a href="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a6a8d29a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Epic-fail-christmas-lights-win" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a6a8d29a970c " src="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a6a8d29a970c-800wi" title="Epic-fail-christmas-lights-win" /></a> <br /> </p></div>
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        <title>Do You Believe in God?</title>
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        <published>2009-10-12T08:45:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-12T18:14:58-05:00</updated>
        <summary>When asked if he believes in God, here is what Peter Rollins says... So the question remains… as a Christian, do I believe in God? Well, while I am drawn to the idea that there is a Supreme Being I...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>When asked if he believes in God, here is what <a href="http://peterrollins.net/blog/">Peter Rollins</a> says...</p><p><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><em><br /></em></span></font></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; color: #cccccc; "><span style="color: #000000; "><em>    <span style="color: #ffffff; ">So the question remains… as a Christian, do I believe in God? Well, while I am drawn to the idea that there     is a Supreme Being I must confess that I don’t believe in God, at least most of the time.</span></em></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; color: #cccccc; "><p><span style="color: #000000; "><em><span style="color: #ffffff; ">    But if you ask me </span><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; ">whether I </span></strong></em></span><span style="color: #000000; "><em><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; ">aspire</span></strong></em></span><span style="color: #000000; "><em><strong><span style="color: #ffffff; "> to believing in God</span></strong><span style="color: #ffffff; "> then, with all of my being I say yes, yes     and again </span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; "><em><span style="color: #ffffff; ">yes</span></em></span><span style="color: #000000; "><em><span style="color: #ffffff; ">…</span></em></span></p></span></div>
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        <title>David Letterman</title>
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        <published>2009-10-08T08:10:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-08T08:10:00-05:00</updated>
        <summary>There is so much to unpack here. It's a 10 minute video, but very interesting all the way through. Notice what Dave says and how he says it. He seems sincere. Notice the crowd. They seem confused. The whole thing...</summary>
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&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is so much to unpack here. &amp;nbsp;It's a 10 minute video, but very interesting all the way through.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Notice what Dave says and how he says it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;He seems sincere.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Notice the crowd.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They seem confused.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The whole thing is fascinating to me.&lt;/p&gt;

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        <title>Extreme Makeover Home Edition!!!</title>
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        <published>2009-10-07T10:56:39-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-07T10:56:39-05:00</updated>
        <summary>When Rachel and I lived in Indiana we built a couple of houses. The home building company's CEO was an elder in our church. This homebuilding company has recently been chosen to build a home for Extreme Makeover Home Edition!...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a62070c8970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Screen shot 2009-10-07 at 10.53.44 AM" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a62070c8970c image-full " src="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a62070c8970c-800wi" title="Screen shot 2009-10-07 at 10.53.44 AM" /></a> <br /> </p><p>When Rachel and I lived in Indiana we built a couple of houses.  The home building company's CEO was an elder in our church.  </p><p>This homebuilding company has recently been chosen to build a home for Extreme Makeover Home Edition!</p><p>Make sure you tune in on Sunday nights in the month of January and cheer on Hallmark Homes!</p><p><a href="http://www.hallmarkextreme.com/">Check it all out here!!</a></p></div>
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        <title>This is what happens...</title>
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        <published>2009-10-05T22:41:12-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-10-05T22:41:12-05:00</updated>
        <summary>"When you don't write, people stop reading." Write that down. Take it to the bank. Write a book about it. It's true and there is no denying it. I have stopped writing and you have stopped reading. I get it....</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5c2adc2970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Screen shot 2009-10-05 at 10.29.27 PM" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5c2adc2970b " src="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5c2adc2970b-800wi" title="Screen shot 2009-10-05 at 10.29.27 PM" /></a> <br />"When you don't write, people stop reading."</p><p>Write that down.  Take it to the bank.  Write a book about it.  It's true and there is no denying it.  I have stopped writing and you have stopped reading.  I get it.  It just makes sense.  I wish I could promise more.  But I can't.</p><p>It's no secret, I love to write and teach.  Right now I am teaching a lot.  Which means I am going to write less.  </p><p>So maybe i'll just post random pictures of myself. </p><p><a href="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5c2b2d3970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="IMG_3081" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5c2b2d3970b image-full " src="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5c2b2d3970b-800wi" title="IMG_3081" /></a> <br /> </p></div>
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        <title>Great Leaders</title>
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        <published>2009-09-30T10:37:40-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-09-30T10:38:33-05:00</updated>
        <summary>From Craig Groeschel's blog When looking for great leaders, those who are truly great (or potentially great) usually don’t tell you they are great. In fact, they often don’t realize they are exceptionally gifted by God to lead. With rare...</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; color: #4b2415; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://swerve.lifechurch.tv/">From Craig Groeschel's blog</a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; color: #4b2415; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><em><br /></em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; color: #4b2415; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><em><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">When looking for great leaders, those who are truly great (or potentially great) usually don’t tell you they are great. In fact, they often don’t realize they are exceptionally gifted by God to lead.</span></em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; color: #4b2415; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><em><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">With rare exceptions, whenever someone initially rattles off a resume of success, I find that most of the time, these “apparently” great leaders are either:</span></em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; color: #4b2415; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><em><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">A) Very insecure.<br />B) Overselling themselves.</span></em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; color: #4b2415; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><em><span style="color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Those who are truly the best don’t seem to be driven to convince you they are the best. The most gifted do more than they talk.</span></em></p></span></div>
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        <title>Community</title>
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        <published>2009-09-25T09:45:32-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-09-25T09:45:32-05:00</updated>
        <summary>I like the new show Community on NBC. I especially liked this...</summary>
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        <title>Teaching notes</title>
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        <published>2009-09-23T14:17:21-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-09-23T14:17:21-05:00</updated>
        <summary>Here are a few notes for my teaching tonight. We are using a huge plexiglass board on stage and I will use it to draw these notes on. Can you guess what I'm teaching about?</summary>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Here are a few notes for my teaching tonight.  We are using a huge plexiglass board on stage and I will use it to draw these notes on.</p><p>Can you guess what I'm teaching about?</p><p><p class="asset asset-image"><a href="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5e93cd6970c-pi" style="display: block;"><img alt="Photo on 2009-09-23 at 14.13" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5e93cd6970c image-full" src="http://youthcrossing.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9c9a53ef0120a5e93cd6970c-800wi" style="margin: 0px;" title="Photo on 2009-09-23 at 14.13" /></a>
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