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		<title>Over Packing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can admit it…I over pack.  I have the tendency to bring along way more than I need to.  I can’t help it.  Whether it’s a weeklong vacation or just a day trip, I always have these grand visions of us accomplishing way more than is humanly possible in the allotted time.  But what if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattbellwords.com&blog=4478575&post=161&subd=mattbellwords&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>These Things Are Rarely Things [Materialism]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is a revision of a piece I wrote last year, hence the baby references of my youngest.  Otherwise, I thought it might be timely.  mb]
I said it again when I prayed tonight. I didn&#8217;t really mean to but it just slipped out, sort of like when you go into &#8220;sub-conscious prayer mode&#8221; and find [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattbellwords.com&blog=4478575&post=153&subd=mattbellwords&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water Walk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t been able to stop thinking about yesterday.  My son and I shared an experience together that was so deeply memorable and significant that I have had trouble getting my head in the game today.
Last week while on the Calvin College campus, I had heard from a student about a &#8220;Water Walk&#8221;, an event [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattbellwords.com&blog=4478575&post=128&subd=mattbellwords&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lunch is Fifth Period And There’s A Taser In The Desk [How We Change]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after moving to Virginia, it became clear that I was going to need to pick up an extra job in addition to the internship I was doing at the church there.  So I did what every single one of us said we would never do- I became a substitute teacher.  I say this because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattbellwords.com&blog=4478575&post=119&subd=mattbellwords&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kill the Weeds or Kill the Garden [Anger]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have several flower gardens at our home.  In the right season, they produce some really extraordinary flowers that fill our yard with a beautiful array of colors.  My wife gets all the credit there.  I really don’t do much to help with them.  Well, I don’t step on them.  I guess that helps.  But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattbellwords.com&blog=4478575&post=103&subd=mattbellwords&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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