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		<title>big deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Why is that we all are so annoyed by people who act like they are a really big deal, even if it&#8217;s only an occasional act, while wishing we were big deals, denying that we want to be big deals, acting like we believe that wanting to be a big deal is just wrong, trying to figure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=918&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>years between commas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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I get stuck in the first few verses in Matthew.  My mind wanders at each comma and paragraph break.  There are years of lives lived in those pauses for punctuation and format.  The spaces are thick with years:
. . . Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab,
Boaz begot Obed by Ruth,
Obed begot Jesse,
and Jesse begot David the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=910&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God graciously acquiesces on the human dung bit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I randomly picked a CD from my audio-Bible earlier this week and came up with Ezekiel, a book I actually favor &#8211; at least the  parts I can understand.  While driving with the audio going, I only pick up a passage here or there before my mind follows something said off onto a tangent.  Sometimes I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=901&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>nebraska, tennis, and the good life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the middle of a busy evening last Friday, Hannah, my favorite fifteen-year-old daughter, intersected my path with a silly grin on her face and that sheepish look in her eyes, and said something like, &#8220;Dad, I wanna go to Nebraska.&#8221;
That statement was followed by a more sheepish grin, with a blush washing over her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=891&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the weight of it all</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://namesake.wordpress.com/?p=884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I keep dropping the ball, here.  But, it&#8217;s so heavy sometimes.
You know what I hate about lifting weights?  They&#8217;re heavy.
Especially on a Monday, too.  I know, I know, Monday&#8217;s so stinking cliche, it&#8217;s ridiculous for a grown man to even bring it up, but still.
Everything seems heavier on Monday, or on any other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=884&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>on the brink</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/on-the-brink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From here on the brink, the cool, clear water,
gently lapping at my feet and the earth beneath,
draws me sincerely into its shallows
and still beckons me come deeper.
&#160;
I am loath to follow,
for in the midst of the rushing water is a torrent of lost control
from which the overwhelmed struggle to upright themselves,
though the hearty welcome submission [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=881&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>sunrise</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/sunrise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What, then, ought we to think, seeing that the darkness comes at the end of each and every day to fill the vacancy left behind by the departing light of the sun?
The earth turns its face, my face, to the rising of the sun each morning, to soak up the warmth and allow the light to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=874&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>higher education</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/higher-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just for the record, I&#8217;ve never really been the father of a college student before.
I&#8217;m not sure how this is supposed to go.  I&#8217;m not sure how I&#8217;m supposed to act.
We&#8217;ve had some difficult conversations as we&#8217;ve wandered through the ideas about Katie leaving home and finding her way in life beyond us.  How, where, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=862&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>handing out tent poles and starting bonfires</title>
		<link>http://namesake.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/handing-out-tent-poles-and-starting-bonfires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I&#8217;ve been imagining people entering a place of worship with large, sagging blankets draped over their heads.
I know.  Pray for me.
Pray for me, though, as you follow me in this little metaphorical adventure.
(Tonight, and several nights recently, I&#8217;ve entered my home to find piles of little moving blankets just inside the front door, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=858&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>joining the same old song and dance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My soul is singing a bit today.  I&#8217;m pretty sure I overheard the angels singing these words as the sun rose.  I just thought, maybe you&#8217;d like to join us.
You dance over me, while I am unaware.
You sing all around, but I never hear the sound.
Lord, I&#8217;m amazed by you.  Lord I&#8217;m amazed by you.  Lord, I&#8217;m amazed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=namesake.wordpress.com&blog=1654126&post=856&subd=namesake&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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