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	<title>Leaving Normal Behind</title>
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		<title>Choose or Chosen for Community?</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/choose-or-chosen-for-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am mulling a question posed by Erwin McManus via twitter, &#8220;Do we choose community? Does the community choose us? As outsiders are we willing to serve a people not our own and earn the right to belong?&#8221;  I have many strong opinions that arise from being a former church staff member and now a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=644&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trails (cont.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pond and trails at I.H. Managerial Park were impressive today. More than I expected. It was a little quiet at first but as I was leaving several cars arrived to fish at the pond. There were a lot of picnic tables around the pond and it would be a great place for groups or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=638&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memphis Find(s): Trails!</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/memphis-find-trails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten months after moving to Memphis I find myself still feeling like a visitor most days &#8230; however, I&#8217;m slowly finding (and forcing) the time to step away from work and explore this great city.

Fun-ness of this week? Exploring some of the local hiking trails.
Today I was at the Wolf River Trails (yellow trail) with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=632&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fred Astaire + Michael Jackson: Smooth Criminal</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/630/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fred Astaire + Michael Jackson &#8211; Smooth Criminal [short film]
A fun, great tribute to Fred Astaire + Michael Jackson.
Enjoy &#8230;
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		<title>Something&#8217;s brewing &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/somethings-brewing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; in my mind.
And it&#8217;s not coffee at this time of day!   
Being awake until 4am Monday morning gave me plenty of time to wonder &#8220;why&#8221; I couldn&#8217;t sleep. After thinking through people and issues to pray over I began to work through &#8220;lessons&#8221; I might need to meditate on.
I was reminded of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=613&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Than Reading Material for the WC &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/more-than-reading-material-for-the-wc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
I love to read.  In fact, this might be an understatement. Amazon and Paperback Swap are dangerous for my pocketbook and non-existent bookshelf space.  Very dangerous!!!!!      I am working through my (large) stack of unread books and will pass on the books (white papers, magazines, etc.) that I consider worth your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=595&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Long Overdue</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/long-overdue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So &#8230; almost one month and no post. What&#8217;s to say?  &#8230; How about a description. One word will do in fact. Chaos.
Still no idea if I will have a job after June 22 &#8230; only it&#8217;s not just me but everyone employed at the college. I&#8217;m learning to be a little more settled. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=590&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buddies</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/buddies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Charlie MacTavish and Chuck
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		<title>Gotta Question &#8230; of no real importance &#8230; seriously &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/gotta-question-of-no-real-importance-seriously/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A silly question really &#8230; but, &#8220;Is a lower-dugout seat (Autozone Park) at the St. Louis Cardinals-Memphis Redbirds exhibition game worth my $45?&#8221;
  
And hopefully I&#8217;ll have something of importance to say in the near future!!   
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		<title>Perspective</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apparently don&#8217;t have time to update my blog with insightful thoughts of my own .. hence, the two week absence &#8230; but when I read this post by Seth Godin I felt compelled to share.
In a time of economic uncertainty, unique family, racial, and cultural experiences, as well as various levels of wealth or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=561&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dangers of a Smart Dog (That Plays Dumb)</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/dangers-of-a-smart-dog-that-plays-dumb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a light-hearted followup to my last post I wanted to upload photos I took when I arrived home and found that my dog had (for the second time today) escaped from his &#8220;area&#8221;.  How he is climbing, maneuvering, or otherwise foiling the 3-foot doggie gate stumps me!  :-)

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		<title>Time</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; is tickin&#8217; away. Tick. Tick. Tickin&#8217; away.
During college, friends and I would &#8220;boot scoot&#8221; to the DC Talk version of this song on mission trips to East St. Louis, IL.
Country dance.  
To DC Talk.  
Really?
Regardless, this post has nothing to do with DC Talk.  But follows up on questions asked during small group tonight.
I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=546&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insomnia and Tears &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/insomnia-and-tears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; not necessarily a good combination but better than some others!  Tonight was the first time I&#8217;ve cried in a long time.  The first tears of their kind, in fact, since the night before my move from Dallas to Memphis.  That night I slept on the couch because my bed was already packed and on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=542&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dad:  Update #3</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/dad-update-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where does time go?  It&#8217;s Thursday night &#8230; 8:18 pm at that.
All this to say &#8230; I was able to talk with Dad last night.  He had been moved to another (more private) room.  The few additional details I know are:


Doctors determined he had the heart attack at 4 a.m. on Sunday. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=540&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dad and More Prayers Needed</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/dad-and-more-prayers-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10:30 pm
On my way to pick-up Mom from the airport tonight I called Dad to see how he is doing. Julie (his wife) had gone home to get some sleep and I caught him awake (again!). He sounded MUCH better tonight. I asked if he remembered me calling last night and he said he did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=529&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Dad</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/update-on-dad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday Night Update
8:50 pm
I decided to chance a French-speaking hospital (as a non-speaker) and the possibility that Dad might be awake and phone the ICU Central Desk. My rationale for the timing was simple, &#8220;How much time allows for dinner and any subsequent medication-induced &#8216;naptime&#8217;?&#8221;. Apparently I scored!   My call was transferred right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=524&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2009:  A Recap</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/2009-a-recap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day into the new year and these are the first moments I&#8217;ve spent in any form of reflection or consideration of the new year.
Part of the delay has been apathy.  The last few weeks have borne witness to the random and strange turns life can take.  Actually, the entire year has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=519&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christianity and Africa</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/christianity-and-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following link posts to a Times Online article titled, &#8220;As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God.&#8221; There are interesting comments following the article.    Thoughts as I read the article and comments:


 What is my answer to those who are not Christian and argue &#8220;the end doesn&#8217;t justify the means&#8221;?
I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=504&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons (and the Presidency)</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/leadership-lesson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve posted.  It&#8217;s been a long week or so with work, travel, and a (seemingly) anxious puppy dog!   Although I re-enter the blogging world with another link I do have a short commentary.   

Regardless of political bent, this article has interesting excerpts from interviews with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mcfchr.wordpress.com&blog=2021558&post=496&subd=mcfchr&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fun movie montage</title>
		<link>http://mcfchr.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/494/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Loved this video montage and thought worth sharing.     More thoughts from me later.
Happy birthday Julie!!!
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