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		<title>Doubly grateful</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2010/01/22/doubly-grateful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a week of birthdays in our house. My daughter turned four on Tuesday, and my son is celebrating nine years today.
January 22 will always be a significant date to me . . . but not just because of my son&#8217;s birthday. While the joy my children have brought me is impossible to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=1829&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A season of thanks</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2009/11/01/a-season-of-thanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many times it seems that we save up our thanksgiving praises for the week of Thanksgiving. We all have so much for which to be thankful. I challenge you this year to be intentional in remembering your blessings throughout the whole month of November.
At our house we have a tradition in which we collect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=1597&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking through Halloween</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2009/10/30/thinking-through-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8212; you know, the time when Christians debate the pros and cons of Halloween.
I must admit that I&#8217;m not all that big a fan of Halloween. Pumpkins are fine. And I&#8217;ve even been a scarecrow once or twice in my adult life. But times have changed a lot since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=1574&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m kind of a skeptic (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2009/10/16/im-kind-of-a-skeptic-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally dedicate this space to current events, but maybe my blog and I are going through some kind of transition. Anyway, fortunately the situation I blogged about yesterday turned out okay . . . at least in that the little boy was found alive.
However, questions linger and are actually being fueled today by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=1161&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone needs a friend</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2009/08/30/everyone-needs-a-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight my heart was ripped out.
Our move to North Little Rock has been such a rich time for me and my family. We absolutely love our church and community. I am really enjoying my ministry and staff team. And God is clearly working in and through us to have Kingdom impact.
But I&#8217;d by lying if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=1054&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What did you say?!</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2009/08/19/what-did-you-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Communication is such an important part of our lives. It has been said that where two people exist in close proximity, communication is taking place &#8212; whether or not words are ever exchanged. That&#8217;s because communication is more than words. It&#8217;s about those non-verbal factors, like facial expressions, body language, and eye contact.
Communication really is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=1032&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My 10 favorite things about VBS</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2009/06/09/my-10-favorite-things-about-vbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again! School is out for the summer, and thousands of churches all across the country are either doing &#8212; or preparing to do &#8212; Vacation Bible School. You&#8217;d probably have to look high and low to find anyone more passionate than me about VBS.
There are MANY things I enjoyed about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=642&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The gift of a godly mother</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2009/05/10/the-gift-of-a-godly-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 05:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mothers are perhaps the most overworked and underappreciated people in all of life. I count myself incredibly blessed to be married to someone who is an absolutely incredible mom.
In recent weeks, having had the opportunity to be at home a lot, I have come to appreciate her even more. Michelle starts her day early each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=409&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Daddy&#8217;s home!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2008/04/17/daddys-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
As I returned home this evening from a late counseling session, those were the words I heard from my two-year-old daughter &#8212; who had been tucked into bed an hour earlier.
Of course, I couldn&#8217;t resist the urge to go in and tell her goodnight. She bounced gleefully in her bed, springing up to kiss me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=142&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It is your problem too</title>
		<link>http://garrickdconner.com/2008/04/04/it-is-your-problem-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Garrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think about your childhood, what kinds of images come to mind? Think about it for a moment.
For some, the images may include riding bicycles, fishing with a grandparent, helping mom in the kitchen, or bringing home a new sibling &#8212; or a pet.
Others may recall sad or troubling images, ones that still bring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=garrickdconner.com&blog=2294139&post=131&subd=expressionsandinsights&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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