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		<title>How Can We Not Return Thanks?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies&#8230;They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=330&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Invitation to KIDSTORM: BLAST 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to invite all kids and parents to an awesome weekend at our church.  KIDSTORM: BLAST is gonna rock the house!  And the best part is that it is all FREE!  Here&#8217;s the lowdown&#8230; WHEN?          Friday &#38; Saturday (August 12th &#38; 13th) TIME?             6:30-8:30pm [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=175&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Have the Power!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, my brother and I were hanging out and decided to take a trip back in time by watching one of our favorite shows from our childhood.  Any guy that grew up in the early to mid- 80&#8242;s can probably tell by the title of this post what show I am referring to. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=101&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in the Way?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a pastor, one constant eats at my heart about the 21st century church.  We are living at at time when more resources and tools for the advancement of the Kingdom are literally at our fingertips, yet there is far less being done for the Kingdom.  What is worse, is that there seems to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=96&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tap Out Already!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a wrestling fan, then hopefully you will appreciate this post.  There comes a time in most wrestling matches when one of the opponents knows he is defeated.  It is at this time the wrestler must make the decision to &#8220;tap out&#8221; or concede victory to his opponent.  It is a humiliating experience [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=92&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Can I Really Live?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever stopped to consider the question, &#8220;Is this all there really is to life?&#8221;  Of course I realize that most of you reading this are so important and fulfilled with your life that you have never had this thought cross your mind, but for a moment, please humor the rest of us &#8220;regular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=89&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be a Wimp!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of a hero, what picture comes to your mind?  What words would you use to formulate a description?  There are many facets to a hero or heroine, but I would venture to say that not many would allude to a figure who is weak, whether it be in physical, mental, emotional or spiritual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=87&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Waste Another Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new year is now 12 days old.  I wonder by now how many resolutions have already been broken on a global scale.  Have you ever stopped to consider why it is that we make resolutions at the beginning of a new year?  For me, it is the sense of refreshment and renewal, or the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=84&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Success of &#8220;Lite the Nite&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, the church where I am privileged to be pastor hosted a Fall Festival / Trunk or Treat outreach event for the first time.  As with any first-time event, we weren&#8217;t quite sure what to expect as far as attendance or candy to kid ratio.  I must honestly say that I was stunned at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=81&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Syncing Up</title>
		<link>http://derekholmes.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/syncing-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great spiritual challenges of life is getting in &#8220;sync&#8221; with God.  &#8220;Sync&#8221; is mostly a techie term in today&#8217;s language that usually refers to plugging a phone or iPod into a computer for backups or file transfer; or it is a term used by Ford drivers to describe their dashboard features.  Whatever [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=derekholmes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7308694&amp;post=74&amp;subd=derekholmes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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