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		<title>For My Father: God is Pleased</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For My Father Deuteronomy 1:29-31 Then I said to you, &#8220;Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=328&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Activate: The Small Group “Elephant in the Room”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m picking up writing about Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups. My first entry had to do with Nelson and Kerrick’s encouragement to rethink how we see small group ministry. Basically, they challenged the reader to think from the outside in, not the inside out when planning your small group ministry. In this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=320&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Ministry “Security Blanket”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am (somewhat) proud to admit that as a kid I never had a security blanket. No “wubby” or “blankie” for me! It is definitely an interesting thing to watch a mother or father try to take that blanket from an attached child. To say that it’s a battle would be quite the understatement. To [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=311&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Activate: Rethinking the Small Group Approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just picked up a copy of Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups by Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas. Nelson and Kerrick are pastors at The Journey Church NYC. It’s an incredible community with multi-sites around the NYC metro area. I first heard of Journey about 4 years ago and have been following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=307&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Laying Down Your Identity: Gal 3:28</title>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/laying-down-your-identity-gal-328/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female&#8230;  We&#8217;ve all most likely read through this verse or had it preached to us countless times. I&#8217;ve generally heard it explained in the same manner throughout my 31 years of churchgoing, but I have recently been challenged, not necessarily [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=296&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Postmodern Children&#8217;s Ministry</title>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/postmodern-childrens-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 21:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a staff we are reading through Ivy Beckwith’s Postmodern Children’s Ministry. I first read this book about 3 years ago (mentioned it on this blog as well) and was deeply moved by Ivy’s insight into the culture in which we minister, but also the hearts that we are attempting to reach. I say “hearts” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=285&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Currently Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are three books that I&#8217;m currently reading. I&#8217;m on a big Peter Rollins kick right now. The Fidelity of Betrayal may be one of the best and most challenging books I&#8217;ve read in years.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=276&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Repainting Faith/Belief</title>
		<link>http://johnsorrell.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/thoughts-on-repainting-faithbelief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 21:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About five years ago I picked up Rob Bell’s “Velvet Elvis” amidst the hype from my friends as we sat in our mid-twenties and were pushing out on our faith and belief systems. Those “systems” were the church, more specifically the churches that we attended and were leaders in. At this point in our lives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=240&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Catch-Up!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been away for quite some time. Life has been a bit hectic and I&#8217;ve neglected writing here. I started my new classes two weeks ago. This is my last semester and I&#8217;m definitely ready to be done! I am taking 18 hours this fall and will graduate in December. I know it&#8217;s crazy to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=116&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Busy Week!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I can safely estimate that this has been one of the busiest weeks of my life in ministry. We are kicking-off our new Children&#8217;s Ministry format this Sunday and we&#8217;ve been working non-stop! I&#8217;ve been getting home late every night and just crashing. To make matters worse, I&#8217;m sick. I mowed the yard on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnsorrell.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3262122&amp;post=111&amp;subd=johnsorrell&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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