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		<title>a list for friday&#8211;worship songs I have trouble singing, part 1 (repost)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many, many fine &#8220;hymns, psalms and spiritual songs.&#8221; But I&#8217;m a words person, and it&#8217;s difficult for me to sing a song with lyrics that are silly, untrue or confusing. Unfortunately our evangelical bubble is filled with them&#8212;and &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6558">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>see YOU write</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6534</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[40 days]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Bible, 40-day timeframes were often times of testing; Jesus fasted and prayed in the desert for 40 days, Noah endured the ark, Moses hung out with God on mountaintops, and the Israelites explored the Promised Land. In the &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6534">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: 5-word advice</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6439</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always wanted to write an advice column, primarily because it would be a way of telling people what to do. (This may also be why I enjoy editing.) However, I would not take paragraphs to dispense my wisdom &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6439">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a call for shrewd management</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6361</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil unions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[parable of the shrewd manager]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I posted an article on Facebook about the decline in church attendance. It reported shrinking numbers for most of the mainline American denominations, and I posted it in part because the independent Christian churches were one of the few &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6361">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>(step)mother&#8217;s day</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6426</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not their mom. I&#8217;m not yet their stepmom. But I&#8217;m already a candidate for a sanity day at the spa this Sunday. Miles, it’s just really annoying that you won’t even let me try. Nina, it’s my turn. If &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6426">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>loan stars</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6468</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[giving & giving back]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t already found the perfect Mother&#8217;s Day gift, your shopping troubles are over. This year, honor your mom by changing the life of another hard-working woman with a microloan. Several years ago my brother and sister-in-law partnered with &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6468">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>things I don&#8217;t understand, part 16</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6441</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making extensive notes&#8230;&#8230;in library books. Posting on Facebook while you&#8217;re in labor. How automatic faucets that turn on every time your shadow passes within five feet are economizing on water. Thinking 20 chicken nuggets for $4.99 is a good idea. &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6441">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>seeing the light</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6428</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conventional wisdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Until a few hundred years ago, your ancestors went to bed shortly after dark, slept for four hours, woke for an hour or two, then went back to bed for a &#8220;second sleep.&#8221; This pattern was the norm throughout much &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6428">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: things I rarely regret doing</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6386</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping my mouth shut. Going for a run. Putting on a little makeup. Doing the hardest work first. Staying off Facebook. Turning off the TV. Paying the bill today. Cooking real food. Throwing stuff away. Leaving enough time to get &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6386">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>talking back</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6358</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week NPR published an article profiling anthropologist T.M. Lurhmann and her study of the Vineyard churches, with a focus on members who &#8220;said God had repeatedly spoken to them and that they had heard what God wanted them to &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6358">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: things to do before I&#8217;m 40</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6364</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With today&#8217;s birthday, I begin the long slow slide to 40&#8212;I&#8217;m now closer to that number than I am to 30. Which does not fill my heart with joy. But when I turned 30 I said this would be my &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6364">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: a day in the life</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6327</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7:30: Wake up. Consider complete depravity of a culture that requires one to do anything before 9am. Consider going for a run. Decide tomorrow will be better. 7:40: Make coffee. Check five most important email accounts while waiting impatiently for &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6327">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>what would you tell a new minister?</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6316</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, a conversation with some good friends turned to several youth ministers in various churches who have recently been involved in inappropriate and illegal relationships with girls in their youth groups. What were they thinking, we wondered, noting that &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6316">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: bad choices for your &#8220;life verse&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6229</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned and despised by all! (Psalm 22:6) No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord. (Deuteronomy 23:1) For there are eunuchs &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6229">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>what&#8217;s essential?</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6276</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The independent Christian churches say &#8220;in essentials, unity,&#8221; and one of the biggest essentials is patterning themselves after the New Testament church. This typically includes autonomous congregations with their own elders, rejection of any hierarchical denominational structure, baptizing people by dunking &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6276">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: things I wish I could add to our wedding registry</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6232</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paper towels. Sweatpants. Brownies with extra frosting. Used books. Because I just don&#8217;t have enough of them. Purses. Ditto. Someone to pack up my stuff in Nashville. Patience. Malbec. Andrew Peterson singing Invisible God at the ceremony. Sunglasses (I lost &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6232">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>worth the weight?</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6195</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anorexia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dove campaign for real beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating disorder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read Portia de Rossi&#8217;s autobiography, Unbearable Lightness, a brutal book about her struggles with anorexia. I respect her unflinching account of this time in her life: forcing herself to run sprints in a Beverly Hills parking garage (dodging &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6195">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: my life in texts</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6175</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You were in my dream and you were correcting someone’s spelling. Half the speakers are on my flight. Hope we don’t crash. Are you having bridesmaids? This is not a ploy to be one. At Target. A two-year-old girl was &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6175">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>repost: single minded</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6164</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a conference of young leaders this week, I sat down next to a guy I didn&#8217;t know and we did the typical get-to-know-you chitchat that happens at things like this: Where do you live, how do you like it, &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6164">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: the rules of taylorville (repost)</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6151</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week my mom wrote the following on Facebook: Generally annoyed by the grandmother in Wal-Mart who persisted in directing her snippy comments to her little granddaughter who was doing nothing wrong. I vote for a reinstatement of the public &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6151">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>attention ministry wives: I want your advice</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6139</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 109 days I will marry a pastor. Last Sunday I worshipped with my wonderful new church family in PA and realized I am woefully unprepared for this major transition. How do I adapt to this new role without losing &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6139">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: jobs I&#8217;d have if I couldn&#8217;t be a writer</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6114</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Forest ranger, just because it would be fun to tell other people. Try it. Say: &#8220;I&#8217;m a forest ranger.&#8221; Bet you smiled. &#8211; Meteorologist in southern California. Seriously, this has to be the easiest job ever; 362 days a &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6114">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>dream year books</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6089</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My family and friends are tired of hearing me gripe about how best-selling books like the Hunger Games trilogy and The Shack are full of punctuation and grammar errors (hello, Suzanne Collins) or paragraphs of unnecessary copy (I’m talking to &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6089">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>things I don&#8217;t understand, part 15</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6067</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believing the King James Version is the only inspired, true version of the Bible. Apparently these folks read nothing but the KJV. Why male ballet dancers can&#8217;t just wear looser pants. &#8220;Pin trading&#8221; at Disney World. Why parents who are unable &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6067">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>focused group</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6057</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I visited Carnegie Hall to hear a concert by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a group known for maintaining the highest level of musical artistry while also performing without a conductor. Instead of one director, different members &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6057">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: things I&#8217;m loving right now</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6026</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why should Oprah be the only one who gets to share her favorites with the world? Here are some things I&#8217;m reading, watching, using, (or eating!) that I love. This cartoon (thanks, Lisa!). Perspective on today. Smart History, a free, &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=6026">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>civil defense, part two</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5993</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been an interesting week.  I was fired by a client who said he wouldn’t work with someone who was “for gay marriage.” I was emailed by someone else thanking me for opening the door to talk about faith with &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5993">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: things you could give up for Lent</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5955</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday&#8217;s the big day. Instead of giving up Facebook or chocolate for forty days this spring, how about stopping one of these? Talking about Whitney Houston Beginning sentences with &#8220;Anywho&#8230;..&#8221; Refusing to use your turn signal Naming your kid &#8220;Archer&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5955">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>civil defense</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5894</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve long been in favor of separation of church and state when it comes to issues like prayer in schools. (Christians seem to forget it doesn’t automatically equal prayer to the Judeo-Christian God. Force their kids to pray to Allah &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5894">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>what&#8217;s the beef?</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5865</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a cliché to complain about Christian clichés. But  a recent project reminded me how many there are, from the nebulous (how exactly does one &#8220;do life&#8221;?) to the theologically questionable (&#8220;everything happens for a reason&#8221;) to the unnecessary (we can&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5865">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday&#8211;15 things to do before saying &#8220;I do&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5839</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As excited as I am about my new family, there are some trade-offs involved. Here&#8217;s my &#8220;bucket list&#8221; of things I&#8217;m going to carve into my schedule while I still can. Sleep in. Spend an entire day watching movies by &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5839">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>child support</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5747</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[giving & giving back]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s one of my CD tracks: if more Christians built relationships with unwed mothers, maybe we could make a bigger (and more positive) impact on the abortion debate in our country than we do by holding signs and shouting. If &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5747">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday&#8211;things I learned singing BGVs for Larnelle Harris at TBN</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5751</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You read that right. &#8211; It takes me about 45 minutes to memorize a song well enough to sing it with occasional looks at a teleprompter. I&#8217;m not sure this knowledge will ever be useful to me again, but now &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5751">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5749</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I finally saw The Iron Lady, the new movie about the life of Margaret Thatcher. Although Meryl Streep (nominated this morning for a Best Actress Oscar) was a triumph, the film was somewhat disappointing; a New York Times &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5749">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday&#8211;12 things I no longer believe</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5727</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Brian and I were working on Stake last year, he suggested a recurring feature asking preachers, professors and other Christian leaders what they used to believe but don&#8217;t anymore. Although it didn&#8217;t work out to do it there, I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5727">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>what are you preaching?</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5708</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written before about the annual Christian Standard contributing editors&#8217; meeting, my favorite meeting of the year. The caliber of the people in the room and our years-long work together make this one of the few gatherings where &#8220;favorite meeting&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5708">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>open enrollment at church?</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5697</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[the church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Zehring often makes thoughtful comments on this site, but I especially appreciated his response to my blog last month on whether we are asking the wrong questions. I invited him to share some of his thoughts in a guest &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5697">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday&#8212;trade-offs</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5651</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Things I will gain by becoming a pastor&#8217;s wife, stepmom, and Pennsylvania resident: &#8211;A new family, immediate and extended. &#8211;A new church family. &#8211;A best friend to go through life with. &#8211;Back scratches from that friend as an inducement to &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5651">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>legacy system</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5565</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may not have heard of First Christian Church in Santa Ana, CA. But you probably know at least one of its 103 grandchildren. In 2002, FCC made the difficult decision to close its church and sell its property. Although &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5565">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from Nashville</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And from our malls. &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday&#8211;my favorite websites of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[best of 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clients from hell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There about a trillion websites (not an exact count) and I could try to impress you by saying BBC News and Christian Classics Library are the ones I check most often, but let&#8217;s be real&#8211;you already know of my love for People &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5612">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>season&#8217;s greetings to the billboard ladies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[billboard ladies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Merry Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[season's greetings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had another post ready to go today, and then I started watching video clips from my blog reader at 11:30 last night, and then I got all annoyed. So, if you are offended by the use of &#8220;Happy Holidays,&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5597">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: 22 things I&#8217;d tell my 22-year-old self</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. That idea of coloring your hair red? Just say no. 2. He&#8217;s not worth it. Neither is the next one or the next one or the next one or the next one. In fact, my girl, you&#8217;re in for &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5569">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>asking the wrong questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s Google search for &#8220;women&#8217;s role in the church&#8221; brought up more than 122 million links. Most of the pages I looked at echo questions I hear every week: Can women be ordained? Can they be senior ministers? What about &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5547">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a holiday tip and a new tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5535</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third year in a row I&#8217;ve posted this public service announcement the week after Thanksgiving, which officially makes it a tradition. I won&#8217;t rest until the whole world hears this message. A Holiday Tip  People who should &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5535">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>saying yes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago my friend Jan taught me the importance of saying yes when life hands you an unexpected opportunity to try something challenging or learn something new (or, as she puts it, &#8220;at times you would ordinarily just &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5513">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>repost: thanks for goodness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week it&#8217;s typical for people to express thankfulness for their family, friends, jobs, and health. And I’m very, very grateful for each of those things. But this year I’m also counting the smaller blessings that make life a bit &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5488">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday: activities of questionable value at which I&#8217;m quite good</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5445</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Painting my toenails Cutting paper in a straight line Creating iTunes playlists Wandering antique stores Clipping recipes out of magazines Not making them Skee ball  Analyzing a poem&#8217;s rhyme scheme Raising one eyebrow and looking skeptical Remembering the birthdays of &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5445">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>the why&#8217;s the limit</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5424</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Missions Health Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was honored to be part of the behind-the-scenes team for the Global Missions Health Conference, the largest medical missions conference in the country. Thousands  of students, missionaries, and medical professionals&#8212;as well as many others with an interest &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5424">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a list for friday&#8212;things I&#8217;d like to tell everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5395</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we all stopped shopping there, Walmart would eventually go away. Giving your kid an unusual first name does not make him special. That&#8217;s up to him. It just makes him a kid in suburbia with a weird name. The &#8230; <a href="http://www.seejenwrite.com/?p=5395">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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