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		<title>Advent 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God has done great things…. Why is this so hard for me to find the words to say?  I know God has done great things in my life.  Me standing here is a great thing God has done.  He did not give up on me even when I did. Advent… is about anticipation.  We celebrate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=464&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dinner tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So quick food update &#8211; my new wife and I have discovered over the course of our courtship, honeymoon and married life that we like to travel on our stomach&#8230;we like food.  So I thought I would share a quick tasty dinner we whipped up tonight: 4 Bar-S Smoked Sausages &#8211; quartered     //      1 box [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=457&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why do I stand by?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I called my ex yesterday, my son&#8217;s biological mother.  First time I&#8217;d spoken to her since he went into the mental hospital.  I&#8217;d missed and/or avoided calling her back right away after he got out&#8230;for a number of reasons.  One of which is I have now had two therapist/counselors tell me that my son [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=455&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 years after and still here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a number of people have been encouraging me to go back to writing in here and while I&#8217;ve had several ideas I&#8217;ve written down over the last few months, I find it hard to believe how long it&#8217;s been since I actually last posted.  It seems like there is always something in the way, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=447&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Staring it in the face</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s been a while since I put anything up&#8230;hmm&#8230; Not as long as I thought though. Maybe I am getting better at getting back to writing stuff more regularly?  Riiiiight.  I wouldn&#8217;t hold my breath either. I came up against this reality not long ago.  But first I want to share something with you.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=443&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listening</title>
		<link>http://jademark1.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/listening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was driving into work today and I heard the following story about the Russian &#8220;Bruce Springstien&#8221; : http://www.npr.org/2011/01/04/132620334/yuri-shevchuk-russias-musical-advocate-for-democracy And one line at the end really spoke to me, particularly in light of the people we minister to at my home congregation and with respect to the people I have worked with in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=438&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So where does the Fall find me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting places I suppose, would be the somewhat cryptic and flippant answer.  But in truth I’m not entirely sure how else to describe it.  So far this fall, I have become involved with a wonderful young woman in a relationship that probably was not a surprise to anyone else but me.  My son has started [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=429&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where the summer finds me</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it has been a little while since I last posted on this open journal. There are several reasons for that not all of which matter right now.  I find myself in an interesting situation.  I have applied for a new job within my current employer&#8217;s business, applied (and been provisionally accepted) to Grad school [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=424&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Long overdue on silence&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 18:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was recommended to me that I blog about my experiences several weeks ago at a silent retreat before they escaped into the recesses of memory.  Admittedly part of the reason I have not yet felt overly compelled to do so was because some of the experience of change was still flowing so powerfully through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=418&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life is crazy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://jademark1.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/life-is-crazy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about the time I think I get something figured out, I get turned on my head and have to find a whole new equalibrium.  Take my church involvement for example:  I agreed to start coordinating Young Adult activities mostly because I&#8217;m a bit of a social hound and really enjoy getting together, hanging out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jademark1.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4780724&amp;post=415&amp;subd=jademark1&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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