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		<title>Preconceptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preconceptions - how easily we form them, and how unhelpful they can be.  WHY do we let ourselves get drawn into them so easily and so often?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=556&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Translating The Gospel</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/translating-the-gospel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What's wrong with just telling people about Jesus in the same sort of way we talk about him at Church?  Isn't that good enough?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=553&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A bit here, a bit there&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/a-bit-here-a-bit-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever get worried about how to witness for Christ?  What to say?  If you'll forget something?  Or mix it up?  Or how much to say?.... What if I told you not to worry; just give 'em something, a little bit.  Would you agree?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=550&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Witness:  questions, questions, questions</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/effective-witness-questions-questions-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So.... HOW do you go about giving an effective personal witness of Jesus to a friend or co-worker?  No pat answers, but I do offer a suggestion or two to consider.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=548&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obedient Harvest Prayer</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/obedient-harvest-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a very uncomfortable thing that happens when you believe that Scripture's message applies to us today.... combined with Matthew 9:38 being immediately followed by Matthew 10:1.  Suddenly, an abstract principle becomes uncomfortably real and immediate!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=544&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attitudes In Witnessing</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/attitudes-in-witnessing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So.... what DO you do when you pray for an opportunity to share your faith with a friend or coworker, and God actually ANSWERS YOUR PRAYER? (yes, be careful what you pray for!).  When that moment comes along - THEN WHAT?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=540&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does Jesus think about what I think about others?</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/what-does-jesus-think-about-what-i-think-about-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could it be that my thinking about others has become too rigid, too cold, too distant?  Lord, have mercy!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=533&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reasons For Thanksgiving At Calvin Church</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/reasons-for-thanksgiving-at-calvin-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm thankful for family, friends, freedom, and fellowship of believers in the family of faith.  How about you?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=531&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Praying For Rain</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/praying-for-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of the Holy Spirit as the rain that refreshes our soul<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=528&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Messy, Messy Business</title>
		<link>http://pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/a-messy-messy-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, why the mess?  If Jesus is so powerful, why is life still sometimes so terribly messy?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorkensnotes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489240&amp;post=525&amp;subd=pastorkensnotes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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