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		<title>A Woman&#8217;s Words</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/a-womans-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bible, a book recorded in antiquity, has great regard for women. So much so, it records the words of women. Whole sermons, in fact.
Guess who.
Comment away. And don&#8217;t use your concordance!

You make me strong and happy, LORD.
You rescued me.
Now I can be glad and laugh at my enemies.
No other god is like you. We&#8217;re [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=872&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Favoritism in the church?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our church has a Meal&#8217;s for Mom&#8217;s ministry where we take food to families that just had a baby. Its a super help, and I appreciated it when Henry was born. It helped keep us sane with an insane baby!  The ladies who run it do a terrific job getting volunteers and continuing the service [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=884&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pen and Paper</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/pen-and-paper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbonikowsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblical Counseling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[thought journal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a rare bird who likes to write things out. I don&#8217;t. This blog is a daily discipline for me&#8230;or spanking  if I put it off. (Lots of those!) But, in an age where culture highlights emotion and restrains reasoning, putting your thoughts into something you can read and evaluate is invaluable.
In my counseling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=780&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Steal my Joy!</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/don%e2%80%99t-steal-my-joy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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I taught middle schoolers for a while. And while I loved the experience, there were days that I spent hours complaining after class about their juvenile behavior. I must have let them really get me down, because one day I had a friend look me in the eye and say, “Don’t let them steal your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=778&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick to Quit</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/quick-to-quit-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[discouragement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most discouraging things in life, to me, is when fellow workers either don&#8217;t follow through on their commitments, or complain about how hard it is to do things I work very hard at being cheerfully faithful at. I begin to think, &#8220;Am I a big geek because I keep at this thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=765&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smelly Grace</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/smelly-grace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbonikowsky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard this illustration from Don Marlyne (Berean Baptist Church Griffin, GA). I re-told it in my own words  for an article in The Spectacle.

It is Monday morning. Time to get ready for work. I do my usual routine; shower, hair, tooth-brushing, get dressed, put on perfume, grab a cup of coffee, check on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=762&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quit Complaining&#8230;or Die.</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/quit-complaining-or-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbonikowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adults whine too.

Life sucks. Why can't I have a bigger house? Why does the policeman always pull me over? I need more time to myself. My kids don't appreciate me enough. My husband doesn't tell me he loves me. Why can't things be the way they used to be? Why is gas so expensive!? Why does no one help me when I need it? I feel unhappy.

I don't usually think of grown-ups complaining, but we do it as much as my tantrum-throwing toddler. Our adult version of whining often masquerades behind a "mood." A pervasive bad feeling that sits in our gut and spoils our enjoyment with life. A gripe props up bitterness. A whine fuels depression. A complaint motivates  a bad temper. A grumble spoon-feeds heartache.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=717&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take the First Step</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/take-the-first-step/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, writing more on leadership. Read my first posts here and scroll down.

A leader will have initiative.
A leader will have initiative. I believe this so strongly, that I will go so far to say that any person with initiative is a leader.
The American Heritage® Dictionary defines initiative as the power or ability to begin or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=677&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiving is unfair and brutal.</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/forgiving-is-unfair-and-brutal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kbonikowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we&#8217;ve screwed up really bad, seeking forgiveness is the only option left to us. Usually we feel dreadful remorse for our action.
If only I could rewind time, I&#8217;d do everything differently! 
I can&#8217;t believe I did this! 
If only I knew now what I knew then, I wouldn&#8217;t have behaved like that!
But all those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=681&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Imbalanced and Evil Christianity</title>
		<link>http://kbonikowsky.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/imbalanced-and-evil-christianity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been following the blog of a couple of ladies who have left the faith because of the guilt laden and legalistic (and I will say heretical) patriarchy movement festering the corners of Christianity. Their courage and faith journey is documented with humor and poignant sorrow. I am rebuked and strengthened by their words.
No [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kbonikowsky.wordpress.com&blog=3396788&post=669&subd=kbonikowsky&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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