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	<title>Ed Kang (Gracepoint Berkeley)</title>
	
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	<description>Thoughts &amp; Reflections on Ministry &amp; Life at Gracepoint Church in Berkeley</description>
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		<title>To honor history</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend sent me this touching story.
http://www.guideposts.com/story/matthews-korean-war-hero
I remember on a visit to Washington DC, visiting the Korean War Memorial and seeing the words etched onto the wall there:  &#8220;OUR NATION HONORS HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO DEFEND A COUNTRY THEY NEVER KNEW AND A PEOPLE THEY NEVER MET&#8221;
The reason that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=211&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sierra Retreat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a lot of fun building some outdoor structures at the Sierra Retreat this past week. We had some people from Gracepoint SF and Waypoint as well as some bros from Gracepoint Berkeley for a total of 18 people working 2 days. Here are some pictures.




The arbor, almost completed. All of the timber for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=189&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Guardrails</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taboos work as guardrails of our thoughts.  Like guardrails that prevent errant drivers from going off the road, a proper sense of taboos can serve as mental guardrails, keeping us from destruction.  For e.g. even in the heat of a fight, a wise couple will never even think of, let alone bring up, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=187&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Men of Gracepoint, Fulfill Your Oaths, to Lord and Land</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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What some may regard as the most important improvement to our already wonderful Sierra Retreat, we’ve just installed blazingly bright lights on our basketball courts! 
We decided to go ahead and do this when many brothers came forward with great confidence and assured me that all brothers among us would generously contribute to the costs.  I’ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=168&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Run to the battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[King David]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about the infidelity of Governor Mark Sanford, all over the news this week. We are doing a series called “Truth Haters” during the Gracepoint Friday Bible studies, and I thought that there must have been a lot of truth he avoided to get to this point. All this brought me to study [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=165&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Local Production of Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I once read an article by Ken Meyers on the importance of locally produced culture.  (Ken is the sharp and erudite host of an audio journal I&#8217;ve been subscribing for years called &#8220;Mars Hills Audio.&#8221;)  When the makers of pop culture&#8211;media, basically&#8211;don’t live in your town they are not subject to some basic restraining forces:  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=162&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regrets or Reminiscences?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I occasionally read or listen to sage advice from famous retired ministers. Their perseverance through many years to build a powerful kingdom ministry now gives them a platform to speak to younger ministers. 
Often, their advice goes something like this:  Spend more time with your family.  I did not, because I was too devoted to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=159&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons on How To Do Anything in Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a video from a while ago, a valuable lesson from Sierra Lodge on how to do anything in life.  Posted by Daniel Kim

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		<title>Sense of Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read the other day that usage of Facebook (and related social network sites) has surpassed porn in cyberspace.  I guess that&#8217;s good news. But the addictiveness, the time sink, the voyeurism … some of the same factors are involved, it seems.  Still, I think this is great news.  Very few things can rival porn&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=146&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lame at Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having moved in my son, Isaiah, to his college dorm room not more than 2 weeks ago, I got to thinking about a lot of things, most of which are not what this entry will be about, because I still don’t know quite what to make of the experience entirely—the mixed feelings of sadness, pride, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edkang.wordpress.com&blog=2458705&post=143&subd=edkang&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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