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		<title>Passing The Torch, Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Jill and I got married in June of 1989, our first apartment was in Woodhaven, Michigan (southern suburbs of Detroit).  The Sunday after we returned from our honeymoon, we showed up at the Trenton Church of Christ, which was only about 2 miles from our apartment.  Mark Frost was (and still is) the minister [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2010/03/12/passing-the-torch-part-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=passing-the-torch-part-2</link>
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		<title>Preaching Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keith Brenton has a great blog post on preaching Jesus over at his blog.  It made me take an honest look at what I&#8217;m preaching week after week. Read his post HERE and let me know what you think.]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2010/03/11/preaching-jesus/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=preaching-jesus</link>
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		<title>Passing The Torch, Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John Dobbs has encouraged us to blog about ministers who have influenced us.  Looking back, I can think of two who have had a profound influence on my faith and ministry. During my sophomore year at Harding University, the College Church of Christ hired a new minister named Mike Cope.  He was a young man [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2010/03/05/passing-the-torch-part-1/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=passing-the-torch-part-1</link>
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		<title>My Cars Through The Years, Part 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the demise of our Ford Escort, we were in need of a second car that I could drive to the office and around town.  I really wasn&#8217;t sure what I wanted, and I checked out several different vehicles.  I began to look at Jeeps, and the more I looked, the more I liked them.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2010/02/28/my-cars-through-the-years-part-9/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-cars-through-the-years-part-9</link>
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		<title>Dressing up for church?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember when you were young and had to dress up in those itchy, uncomfortable clothes to go to church?  When you got back home, you couldn&#8217;t get to you room fast enough to change into a comfortable pair of jeans and a t-shirt.  When we asked why we had to &#8220;dress up&#8221; for church, we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2010/02/25/dressing-up-for-church/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dressing-up-for-church</link>
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		<title>My Cars Through The Years, Part 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These two vehicles are &#8220;Honorable Mentions&#8221; because they were given to us, and we only owned them for a short time. First is a 1985 Chevrolet Chevette given to us by my father-in-law (ironically, it was given to him by his church).  In 1994 I began preaching for the Fort Recovery Church of Christ in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2010/02/15/my-cars-through-the-years-part-8/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-cars-through-the-years-part-8</link>
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		<title>My Cars Through The Years, Part 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Read previous posts in this series here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6) Our daughter Emma was born in April of 1997, and as much as we loved our Corolla, e knew we needed a larger vehicle for our growing family. We wanted a minivan – specifically the Toyota [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2010/02/11/my-cars-through-the-years-part-7/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=my-cars-through-the-years-part-7</link>
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		<title>Detroit Marathon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  I have wanted to run a marathon ever since I was in high school. Well, I finally did it! A big thanks to my sister, Karen, who gave me the push I needed to finally do it. She called me late last year after completing her third marathon, and told me that if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2009/10/19/detroit-marathon/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=detroit-marathon</link>
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		<title>545 People&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I received this as an e-mail a few days ago and have seen it on some blogs.  I think it&#8217;s excellent.  What do you think?  Do we have &#8220;the gumption&#8221; to do what&#8217;s necessary? ================== Charlie Reese has been a journalist for 49 years. 545 PEOPLE By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2009/07/13/545-people/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=545-people</link>
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		<title>Outstanding Quote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As church leaders, we need to make decisions based on who isn&#8217;t here yet rather than who has been here the longest.&#8221;  &#8211;Eric Bryant How would our churches be different if we put this into practice?]]></description>
		<link>http://jeffslater.net/2009/06/18/outstanding-quote/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=outstanding-quote</link>
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