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		<title>Andy Stanley on Trust vs. Suspicion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I discovered Andy Stanley's leadership podcast and was very challenged by his talk on "Trust vs. Suspicion".  (Listen here)  It was satisfying to hear someone eloquently explain how so many organizations go wrong in this area and how they can do better.  As you read this or listen to his podcast, keep in mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Take Life For Granted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife recently received the following thought-provoking email from a friend. With all the news lately about the weather and snow that the Midwest and East Coast areas are experiencing, we shouldn't forget that Phoenix also has had its share of devastating weather in the last few weeks. Below is a photo showing damage to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=659</link>
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		<title>Fail Often</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A failure should be a lesson-learned that leads you to something better.  An environment that doesn't allow you to fail can become the catalyst that leads you to a better place.  The following article from Todd Hampson at Timbuktoons perfectly addresses this. The week before we went to the KidScreen Summit in NYC, I saw a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=655</link>
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		<title>Is Your Church This Focused?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a recent blog post by Seth Godin: Tim Cook at Apple: “This is the most focused company I know of, am aware of, or have any knowledge of... We say no to good ideas every day.” Cook then pointed out to analysts that every single product the company makes would fit on the single [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=652</link>
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		<title>Visit Russia and Meet an Orphan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This March, visit Russia and spend time with a Russian orphan! Travelers will choose a child, fly to Russia as a group, meet and spend time with the child in Moscow, sightsee together, and decide whether to pursue the child’s adoption. Travelers not interested in adoption are welcome to join us. Single boys and girls, ages 7-14, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=650</link>
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		<title>Bad News for Perfect Parents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The January issue of Christianity Today has an insightful article on the myth of the perfect parent.  Here are some quotes to whet your appetite and encourage you to read the whole article. "If our supposition--that we can measure the success of our parenting by the outcome of our children--is scripturally based, we should be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=648</link>
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		<title>Abundant Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here's a great blog entry from my wife (TexasPeaks.com) for Sanctity of Life month. "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have life more abundantly". (John 10:10) January is Sanctity of Life month. In memory of the Roe vs Wade supreme court decision that happened in January 1973, we've tried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=641</link>
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		<title>Great Insight for Children&#8217;s Pastors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Fields has a great list at KidBlitz.com of the ten things he will never do as a children's pastor.  Here are my favorites. Never beg for workers. Never pacify a chronically malcontented worker. Never do anything just because it's the way it's always been done. Never teach without involving kids. I've spent a lot of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=634</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=626</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re moving to Phoenix!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, I accepted an offer from Paradise Valley Community Church in Phoenix to be their new Children &#038; Families Pastor. I'm SUPER excited about the opportunity to jump back into full-time ministry with such a great group of people! We hope to be there in early January--probably right before a major ice storm hits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brentpeak.com/?p=618</link>
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