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		<title>Are You Going To Finish Strong?</title>
		<link>http://www.sillyoldbear.net/2010/01/are-you-going-to-finish-strong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Rear</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiring Stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember as a child hearing someone tell a joke (and probably repeating it myself) that went something like this: &#8220;What do you call a kid with no arms and no legs?&#8221; Answer: &#8220;First Base!&#8221; Nick Vujicic (pronounced Voy-a-chich) probably heard lots of jokes like that growing up. Nick was born in December of 1982 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Little Birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Rear</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Favorite Songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never been a huge fan of Reggae music. To be honest, though, I&#8217;ve never really given it much of a chance. I was eating lunch with my good friend Zach yesterday, and the conversation turned to music. Zach is a big fan of Reggae music, and Bob Marley is his favorite artist in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Are You, God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Rear</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loneliness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Struggles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered if God is really there; if He is really listening to you when you pour out your heart to Him in prayer? Has it ever gotten to the point that it seemed like He wasn&#8217;t there, or like He just didn&#8217;t even care? Have you ever found yourself asking that question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Henry Hughes</title>
		<link>http://www.sillyoldbear.net/2010/01/patrick-henry-hughes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Rear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you do if you were born without eyes, and with a tightening of the joints that prevented you from being able to straighten your arms and legs? Would you feel sorry for yourself? Would you consider yourself &#8220;disabled&#8221;? Life would certainly come with a greater level of difficulty. I can&#8217;t even imagine being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Until Then</title>
		<link>http://www.sillyoldbear.net/2009/12/until-then/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Rear</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ashley O'Rear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Randy McCoy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[About four months after Ashley died, Susan and Justin and I took a trip from our home in Texas to visit some friends in Tennessee and then spend a few days in the Great Smoky Mountains. Driving late at night, somewhere between Memphis and Nashville, the idea for a song began growing in my head. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Prodigal Son (Prodigal&#8217;s Perspective)</title>
		<link>http://www.sillyoldbear.net/2009/11/the-prodigal-son-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Rear</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Graduation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Repentance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[PART 3 OF 4] In the previous article, we looked at the Parable of the Prodigal Son from the perspective of the father in the parable. In this article, we will re-examine the parable from the perspective of the prodigal son himself. Go ahead and read through the parable again by clicking on the picture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Prodigal Son (Father&#8217;s Perspective)</title>
		<link>http://www.sillyoldbear.net/2009/11/the-prodigal-son-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Rear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[PART 2 OF 4] Over the course of the next few posts, we will be exploring the Parable of the Prodigal Son from three different perspectives: The perspective of the father The perspective of the prodigal son The perspective of the older brother Go ahead and read through the parable again by clicking on the [...]]]></description>
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