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	<description>...first, do no harm!  A Hippocratic oath for the Church.</description>
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		<title>Got a good thing coming your way Denver!</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/11/20/got-a-good-thing-coming-your-way-denver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got three friends of mine from staff here at North Point, who are moving out to Denver to launch a church in 2009.  Their Lead Pastor, Stephen Redden, and I have a friendship that extends all the way back to 5th grade (that means 25+ years, wish that was in dog years :-).  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What God Cares Most About</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/10/12/what-god-cares-most-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some days, I just feel waves of gratitude wash over me.  Why?  Because of the people I work with.  Our team at North Point, the Lead Pastors of our Partners and their staffs, and the amazing volunteers who help with 15, mostly setup/teardown churches.  I honestly cannot believe I get to do what I get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulpit &#38; Politics</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/09/29/pulpit-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/09/29/pulpit-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard about the handful of pastors over the weekend who decided to defy IRS regulations and use their pulpits to publicly endorse candidates
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/29/pub-pastors-participate-pulpit-freedom-sunday/
For those unfamiliar with what this can do to a church, it has been IRS policy that a church risks losing its tax-exempt status if the pulpit is used for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proximity?</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/09/07/proximity/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/09/07/proximity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Dan Kimball&#8217;s book, They Like Jesus, But Not The Church, he has this great question - If Jesus sent us on a mission to be his salt and light to others, why is it that we have basically set up our church systems and subcultures to remove maturing people from relationships with people outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saddleback Presidential Forum</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/08/17/saddleback-presidential-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/08/17/saddleback-presidential-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tank</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[presidential election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I only got to catch parts of the forum between Obama and McCain last night (darn Olympics will suck you in!), but I was impressed with the format and questions.  I liked the fact that each candidate got an individual slot to answer questions with Rick Warren.  That cut down on the typical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow up to &#8220;What will make them care?&#8221; post</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/08/06/follow-up-to-what-will-make-them-care-post/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/08/06/follow-up-to-what-will-make-them-care-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[church attendance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ran across this link on Tony Morgan&#8217;s site, which details some reasons the unchurched may stick once they attend a church - http://churchrelevance.com/qa-top-reasons-for-church-attendance/
Which led me to ask, &#8220;Yes, but what will get them there in the first place?&#8221;.  We&#8217;re spending a lot of time examining assumptions these days at NP.  I love it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;m thinking about these days&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/08/03/what-im-thinking-about-these-days/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/08/03/what-im-thinking-about-these-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Even though I&#8217;m at a great church and Sundays rock, I know several hundred thousand people in the area are either unaware, could care less or are flat out hostile to what we do.  How do we intersect with their lives?


If people gave to the Church like they really believe God existed, everything they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautifully Authentic</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/07/28/beautifully-authentic/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/07/28/beautifully-authentic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I heard a raw, honest approach to God that I&#8217;ve got to believe He craves more of in the Church.  Do yourself a favor and listen to at least the last half of this message - http://www.northpointministries.org/player/player.jsp?occurrenceID=3109
This is Louie Giglio finishing his 2nd half of the series &#8220;Home Free, Even Me&#8221;.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose church is it?</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/07/20/whose-church-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/07/20/whose-church-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transforming Church]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just got a chance to listen to Andy&#8217;s session 3 talk from Drive recently.  Yes, I was there the whole time, but on the staff side, it&#8217;s all-hands-on-deck in terms of set-up, tear down, hosting, etc., so we don&#8217;t often get to see a lot of the conference.  Anywho, I remember being out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will make them care?</title>
		<link>http://hippochurch.com/2008/07/13/what-will-make-them-care/</link>
		<comments>http://hippochurch.com/2008/07/13/what-will-make-them-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a favorite line that I repeat often, &#8220;It&#8217;s not like unchurched people don&#8217;t know churches are there.  They just don&#8217;t care.&#8221;  I say that a lot because I&#8217;m always intrigued by how to make them care.
Let&#8217;s face it, the world is getting smaller.  We&#8217;re not just our city, our state, [...]]]></description>
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