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	<description>Ryan Russell - Leader - Coach - Development - Seattle, WA</description>
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		<title>repost: not enough belief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[this is a re-post from Seth Godin. He is not a believer, but he has this thing right on the spot.
Too much data leads to not enough belief

Business plans with too much detail, books with too much proof, politicians with too much granularity&#8230; it seems as though more data is a good thing, because data [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryan.russell5.com/not-enough-belief/</link>
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		<title>be genuinely friendly&#8230; it isn&#8217;t that hard.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s weird and fun being on the other side of local church leadership&#8230; it is making for some helpful and new insights. Through my new experiences being an attender at local churches I have been able to identify a few basic items that make a for a healthy and successful church. Of these, probably one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Do you help people like me?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[@xxxchurch.com got an email from somoene inside the adult industry who wanted out; he left us his phone number &#38; email. I decided to call&#8230; this is important. The journey of his struggles has taken him to rock bottom. His friend had told him about us. His basic question&#8230; &#8220;Do you help people like me?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryan.russell5.com/do-you-help-people-like-me/</link>
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		<title>fat pastors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me lead with &#8212; I have been both fat and a pastor. Unfortunately, no one really ever thought to tell me I was fat, although a few buddies teased me.
Stolen stat: 73% of pastors are overweight with 50% more than 30 lbs overweight.
At one point I was 230lbs. Today I am 190 on my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ryan.russell5.com/fat-pastors/</link>
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		<title>Brothel Makeover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was an incredible project. The best part about it has to be the ongoing relationships that Jessica is building on behalf of the ministry and Christ. Many people struggled with the concept leading up to the project cause they couldn&#8217;t wrap their minds around the idea of loving prostitutes through giving a huge gift [...]]]></description>
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