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		<title>By: ncmoz (@Greensboro_NC)</title>
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		<dc:creator>ncmoz (@Greensboro_NC)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: ncmoz (@Greensboro_NC)</title>
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		<dc:creator>ncmoz (@Greensboro_NC)</dc:creator>
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		<title>By: &#34;Abba! Father!&#34; &#171; Christian Smoker</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#34;Abba! Father!&#34; &#171; Christian Smoker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A very good suggestion. Thank you! I personally like to mix up my genres a little. My first pick this summer is something I have been looking forward to reading for a while now. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yuantsungchen.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Return to Middle Kingdom&lt;/a&gt; is an insider&#039;s account of the Cultural Revolution that unravels the perplexities of modern Chinese history for the reader. A remarkable story of adventure, political intrigue and family life.   :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A very good suggestion. Thank you! I personally like to mix up my genres a little. My first pick this summer is something I have been looking forward to reading for a while now. <a href="http://www.yuantsungchen.com/" rel="nofollow">Return to Middle Kingdom</a> is an insider&#8217;s account of the Cultural Revolution that unravels the perplexities of modern Chinese history for the reader. A remarkable story of adventure, political intrigue and family life.   <img src='http://www.goingtoseminary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Patterson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Patterson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In summer class today a fellow student (church planter among the hardest places in the world for most of 2 decades, now in seminary) called himself &quot;an avid non-reader.&quot; He said it with a smirk when we were each talking about the most influential book outside the Bible in our lives. This first year of seminary has taught him the need to learn and grow and read, especially as he wants to be a resource and mentor to the next generation of radical church planters in the hardest, unreached places.

In our home reading is a delight and the best form of entertainment. We muse instead of a-muse, I guess. While I didn&#039;t read hardly a page until college (yea for public schools!), my Mom did model voracious reading growing up and I married a reader -- it all caught up in the last decade. So many books, so little time, yet as Spurgeon would say, &quot;read much, not many.&quot;

Jeff Pattersons last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.detheos.com/2008/06/11/listening-takes-time/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Listening takes time&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In summer class today a fellow student (church planter among the hardest places in the world for most of 2 decades, now in seminary) called himself &#8220;an avid non-reader.&#8221; He said it with a smirk when we were each talking about the most influential book outside the Bible in our lives. This first year of seminary has taught him the need to learn and grow and read, especially as he wants to be a resource and mentor to the next generation of radical church planters in the hardest, unreached places.</p>
<p>In our home reading is a delight and the best form of entertainment. We muse instead of a-muse, I guess. While I didn&#8217;t read hardly a page until college (yea for public schools!), my Mom did model voracious reading growing up and I married a reader &#8212; it all caught up in the last decade. So many books, so little time, yet as Spurgeon would say, &#8220;read much, not many.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jeff Pattersons last blog post..<a href="http://www.detheos.com/2008/06/11/listening-takes-time/">Listening takes time</a></p>
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		<title>By: Jake Belder</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jake Belder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeff, a very wise and knowledgeable man whom I respect a great deal told me of the importance of reading fiction for some of the same reasons you said.  And further, he emphasized that it was especially important to read &lt;i&gt;good&lt;/i&gt; fiction (notably classics and significant literary works).  This means tackling figures like Dostoevsky and Austen who can be imposing but are immensely rewarding at the same time.

Ryan, go for it man.  You don&#039;t want to lose it at this stage you&#039;re at now, or you are going to be in trouble!  Not to scare you or anything... ;)

Terry, yeah, I know what you mean.  Sometimes it can be feeling like a waste of time.  But there can be great reward from reading other things, not to mention the ability to expand your mind.

Jake Belders last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jakebelder.com/2008/06/not-i-but-christ.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Not I, But Christ&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeff, a very wise and knowledgeable man whom I respect a great deal told me of the importance of reading fiction for some of the same reasons you said.  And further, he emphasized that it was especially important to read <i>good</i> fiction (notably classics and significant literary works).  This means tackling figures like Dostoevsky and Austen who can be imposing but are immensely rewarding at the same time.</p>
<p>Ryan, go for it man.  You don&#8217;t want to lose it at this stage you&#8217;re at now, or you are going to be in trouble!  Not to scare you or anything&#8230; <img src='http://www.goingtoseminary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Terry, yeah, I know what you mean.  Sometimes it can be feeling like a waste of time.  But there can be great reward from reading other things, not to mention the ability to expand your mind.</p>
<p>Jake Belders last blog post..<a href="http://www.jakebelder.com/2008/06/not-i-but-christ.html">Not I, But Christ</a></p>
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		<title>By: Terry Delaney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terry Delaney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of my  problems is that I want to read too much.  I have a list of like at least 30 books I want to read.  The other problem is I feel like if I am not reading something related to theology I am wasting my time.  

I have yet to start my language studies at the seminary level (I took Greek with a massive concussion) so I am not too worried about keeping that sharp.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my  problems is that I want to read too much.  I have a list of like at least 30 books I want to read.  The other problem is I feel like if I am not reading something related to theology I am wasting my time.  </p>
<p>I have yet to start my language studies at the seminary level (I took Greek with a massive concussion) so I am not too worried about keeping that sharp.  <img src='http://www.goingtoseminary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: W. Ryan Burns</title>
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		<dc:creator>W. Ryan Burns</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>languages... sheesh... the only studying I&#039;ve done of Hebrew is the studying of my online grades which has yet to return a grade from my Hebrew class... I really need to polish up my Hebrew least I end up as nervous next semester at grade time as I am now...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>languages&#8230; sheesh&#8230; the only studying I&#8217;ve done of Hebrew is the studying of my online grades which has yet to return a grade from my Hebrew class&#8230; I really need to polish up my Hebrew least I end up as nervous next semester at grade time as I am now&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff Patterson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff Patterson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jake,

Thanks for the reminder to keep reading. That&#039;s my default impulse (and am taking summer classes too), but still, it needs to be stated. Also the reminder to read &lt;em&gt;fiction&lt;/em&gt; too. I take those in very sparingly and need to increase, for the sake of creativity, story telling and just plain understanding people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jake,</p>
<p>Thanks for the reminder to keep reading. That&#8217;s my default impulse (and am taking summer classes too), but still, it needs to be stated. Also the reminder to read <em>fiction</em> too. I take those in very sparingly and need to increase, for the sake of creativity, story telling and just plain understanding people.</p>
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