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		<title>Why I Don&#8217;t Preach the Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A man recently asked me why I did not preach more about sins and their consequences. Why, for example, did I not talk more about what he called &#8220;obvious&#8221; sins, and about how they would bring pain and punishment. Now, perhaps this is an area where I need to be challenged. It is possible that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/why-i-dont-preach-the-law/</link>
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		<title>The Tools of The Almighty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally post stuff from other blogs, but today I had to make an exception.  Mike Mercer at Internet Monk recently published something I wish I wrote, and something sorely needed in today&#8217;s church culture. You can find the original post here if you want to see the comments about it.  Otherwise, I post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/the-tools-of-the-almighty/</link>
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		<title>Why Pastors Get Depressed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m a pastor. And I get depressed sometimes. Are you OK with that admission? I’m told it is something of an occupational hazard for clergy.  One well-publicized study reported that 70 percent of Pastors said depression haunted them. 70 percent! Another study followed seminary graduates into their careers, and found less than 10 percent were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/why-pastors-get-depressed/</link>
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		<title>Save the Nuba</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, the title of the post does not refer to the name of a new rock band, nor a video game.  It is actually a serious issue. About a month ago I agreed to something I did not think I would ever do: use this blog to send out an occasional post written by someone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/save-the-nubia/</link>
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		<title>How I Became non-political</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I see the presidential election season is heating up.  Soon, it will be a two-man race, Obama versus a candidate to be named later. I find I care less each election cycle. Now, don’t get me wrong. I still vote, and I do so after a good deal of reading about the candidate’s positions.  But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/how-i-became-non-political/</link>
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		<title>The White Stone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from a sermon by the great George McDonald.  For some reason, it speaks to me powerfully, and gives me great comfort and encouragement. May it do the same for you. To him that overcometh, I will give a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/the-white-stone/</link>
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		<title>The Tomb or the Womb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have sometimes wondered, dear Christ Which was the greater sacrifice Was it the tomb or the womb? Dark death held you inside Three days, and nights beside Imprisoned in the world you had framed But nine months did You face There in Mary’s dark place Growing in the woman you had made Did You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/the-tomb-or-the-womb-2/</link>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich, the Religious Right, and Rank Hypocrisy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not a political person. Though there was a time when I felt very adamantly that one party was right, and the other wrong, three decades of adulthood have taught me the wisdom of the biblical admonition, &#8220;Don&#8217;t put your trust in men&#8221;.  Frankly, I don&#8217;t care as much about politics as I used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/newt-gingrich-the-religious-right-and-hypocrisy/</link>
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		<title>Climbing the Superstition Mountains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago I had a real treat: a hike with my brother Derrick. This was a treat because I so rarely get to spend time with him (He lives in Arizona, I in Indiana) and also because we went to my favorite trail: The Siphon Draw trail to the top of the Superstitions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://danieljepsen.com/climbing-the-superstition-mountains/</link>
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		<title>The First Church Service I Ever Walked out of</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m not much of a protester.  Too easy going and all that.  I did walk out of a movie once, but it was so long ago I forget why. I have certainly never walked out of a church service in anger. Until this month.  Two weeks ago I walked out during the middle of the [...]]]></description>
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