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		<title>thoughts from an island.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am at Seabrook Island and St. Christopher’s for a brief respite.  The sun continued its perpetual resurrection this morning.  It rose from it’s grave to kiss every storied grain of sand with warm lips.  The salty moisture captured in these earthly kernels is temporarily offered up as a sacrifice to the sun’s embrace until, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1371&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>never be afraid of missing out because it&#8217;s good right here.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2013/04/09/never-be-afraid-of-missing-out-because-its-good-right-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, two friends of mine, Blake and Jonathan had birthdays. I&#8217;m not that great at giving gifts. I didn&#8217;t know what exactly to get them so I took the opportunity to write them each a letter briefly expounding on my thoughts and feelings toward them. It was pretty cathartic for me and I couldn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1356&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>christians can have funny pastimes.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2013/03/09/christians-can-have-funny-pastimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christians can have funny pastimes.  We like to form coalitions and high councils, often centered around the diagnosis of culture as biblical or not.  Some of us like to play referee between the sacred and secular, the profound and profane, the already and the not yet.  Unfortunately this habit can become doubly dangerous when the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1118&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the tribal gods love this god-talk.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s just the business I&#8217;m in.  Every industry has its vernacular, it&#8217;s jargon.  Kenneth Cole talks about fashion and likely, profit margins.  Apple talks about plastic and glass and China.  Barack Obama is talking about the State of the Union, so I get it. The thing is in my business I&#8217;m supposed to talk [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1299&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>i&#8217;ve been here before.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2013/02/10/ive-been-here-before/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been here before, this lounge and lobby in Manila.  New World Hotel in Makati City is likely the most exotic hotel I&#8217;ve ever stayed at. I wish you could see the leather-covered elevator walls, the marble floors, the chocolate buffet or the saunas.  My imagination is captured by every foreign accent, every business suit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1292&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;and God is still good.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/10/11/and-god-is-still-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has life ever felt like one brand new experience after another, some experiences you have asked for and some that you haven&#8217;t? Personally, I think that we are often prepared only for those enterprises in life that are familiar and rote.  Rarely are we prepared for those experiences and times that hurt, that would offer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1166&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>political conventions and permission to doubt.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/08/29/political-conventions-permission-to-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write these words, Ann Romney stands at the podium admonishing the nature of love in a Republican-Mormon family.  This week the Republican National Convention is taking place in Tampa, FL.  Next week, in my hometown of Charlotte, NC the Democratic National Convention will meet.  There will be political maneuvering behind the scenes, back-slapping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1137&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>what the 80&#8242;s taught me about manhood.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/08/21/what-the-80s-taught-me-about-manhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a fairly typical guy when it comes to action movies from the 1980&#8242;s.  I&#8217;m literally a &#8220;Die Hard&#8221; fan of the genre.  Give me some Predator or Aliens to watch and I&#8217;m good to go.  The prototypical tough guy served well as my stereotypical hero.  I loved these guys and I wanted to emulate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1126&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On this, my 30th&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/07/07/on-this-my-30th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suppose I was looking to wake up feeling different or smarter as I embark on my 31st year. Alas, such forlorn thinking is reserved for the movies. Rather, I woke up just a little more grateful for those people in my life I call &#8220;friends&#8221; and a little more grateful for the grace of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1106&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>teaching a perfectionist to pray.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/04/18/teaching-a-perfectionist-to-pray/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leave it to a perfectionist to mess something up like prayer.  I&#8217;m convinced that perfectionism isn&#8217;t just a personality characteristic, it&#8217;s a barrier to freedom. In my eternal struggle to cross every &#8216;t&#8217; and dot every &#8216;i&#8217;, I was recently reminded that prayer isn&#8217;t about that.  More about that reminder in a second&#8230; My theological [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1085&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>why true leaders are powerless: a reflection on the cross.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/04/06/why-true-leaders-are-powerless-a-reflection-on-the-cross/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was my first magazine interview.  And by magazine I mean &#8216;denominational publication&#8217; and by interview I mean a Q &#38; A sheet.  In fact, they really just wanted to fill the last page with something, so I was picked for &#8220;Meet The New Guy&#8221;.  One of the questions asked was for a favorite quote.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=1052&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>when did porn cost so much?</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/03/05/when-did-porn-cost-so-much/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back In The Day I remember in the 9th grade, I could buy a magazine or a video for a few dollars from a kid at school who may have taken it from his dad.  Getting my hands on something pornographic wasn&#8217;t difficult at all. It could have been on trading cards or something else [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=976&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>visible families in the (in)visible kingdom.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/02/20/visible-families-invisible-kingdom-renovatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHO CAME FIRST? Before there were kingdoms or empires, before governments or sovereigns, states and tribes there were families.  No matter the meta-narrative (or grand story of the universe) you ascribe to, you have a mother and a father. Thankfully, our science hasn&#8217;t quite &#8216;progressed&#8217; to the imagination of Aldous Huxley&#8217;s Brave New World where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=996&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>why &#8216;Girl With the Dragon Tattoo&#8217; is hurting woman: a response.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2012/01/07/why-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-is-hurting-woman-a-response/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2012/01/07/why-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-is-hurting-woman-a-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a response I wrote to Karen Swallow Prior&#8217;s piece titled &#8220;Why &#8216;Girl with the Dragon Tattoo&#8221; Is Hurting Woman&#8220;.  It is not an exhaustive review of the books (which I have read) or the American version of the movie (which I have not seen).  Please read her original article to gain context [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=964&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>confessions of a formerly-retired children&#8217;s pastor.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/30/confessions-of-a-formerly-retired-childrens-pastor/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/30/confessions-of-a-formerly-retired-childrens-pastor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came out of retirement this year.  Jonathan Stone helped to remind me of that, although I would argue that &#8216;retirement&#8217; is a bit of a misnomer in that I did have intentions of returning to &#8216;work&#8217;.  That work, in the words of Frederick Buechner, is to &#8220;tell the truth of the Gospel, as tragedy, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=942&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>how are you using your voice?</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/27/eric-whitacre-virtual-choir-voice/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/27/eric-whitacre-virtual-choir-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing my thoughts from yesterday, here is one of my favorite TED talks.  Eric Whitacre is a composer who used the medium of the internet to conduct a choir of 2,000 voices from around the world.  This project and its resulting song is one of the most moving I&#8217;ve ever heard.  Listen to what he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=932&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>finding your voice in the new year.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/26/voice-leadership-new-year-rem/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/26/voice-leadership-new-year-rem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it&#8217;s probably just my ambitious ego, I like to think I have a third ear for music.  I was sitting in a friends living room recently while his iTune&#8217;s Genius was mixing us some tunes.  There were some songs playing that I had never heard before and the occasional beat would steal my attention [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=911&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 social media schedulers and why you need one.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/12/5-social-media-schedulers-and-why-you-need-one/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/12/5-social-media-schedulers-and-why-you-need-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small businesses, large corporations and now churches are engaging the world through social media.  If Facebook were a country it would be the world&#8217;s third largest country.  Social media has forever changed how you broadcast your message.  The question is no longer &#8220;if or why you should utilize social media&#8221; but &#8220;how most effectively and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=867&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>are you being the best parent you can be?</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/09/are-you-being-the-best-parent-you-can-be/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/09/are-you-being-the-best-parent-you-can-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite TED talks.  The speaker, Ric Elias, was in the front seat of Flight 1549 when it hit the Hudson river.  He talks about three things he learned while the plane crashed.  Listen to the third and most important thing he learned.  He was given the gift to see into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=859&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>in celebration of blogging: my 50th post.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/05/in-celebration-of-blogging-my-50th-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is kind of a big deal: my 50th post in the 5th month since I started.  I can&#8217;t think of a better thing to write about than &#8216;writing&#8217; itself. This whole thing has always been cathartic for me.  I enjoy finding just the right words to express what I&#8217;m thinking and feeling and then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=820&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 lessons learned from my first WWE Smackdown.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/01/3-lessons-learned-from-my-first-wwe-smackdown/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/12/01/3-lessons-learned-from-my-first-wwe-smackdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All good things come to those who wait.  That&#8217;s what they say right?  At least, I think my first WWE Smackdown was a good thing.  Come to think of it, I wasn&#8217;t really waiting for it either. Like most young American boys, I grew up with the WWF &#38; WCW on the periphery.  The superstars [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=793&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the quickest way to lose your influence.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/29/the-quickest-way-to-lose-your-influence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are in any position of leadership, you are in a position of influence.  The longevity of your influence is a direct result of your gratefulness for those you influence.  Klout can&#8217;t measure this.  Whether your followers are continents away, hidden behind a computer screen or invited into your living room on a weekly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=773&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the waiting room.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/22/the-waiting-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mistakes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=754</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The young man sits and waits, with anxious thoughts and sweaty palms.  He was here last week and the routine is the same.  Come in, sit down, grab a magazine and watch the faces of people coming and going. Very few make eye contact.  Nobody really wants to be recognized.  Anonymity is a strange solace.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=754&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>all that&#8217;s beautiful is broken.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/18/all-thats-beautiful-is-broken/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/18/all-thats-beautiful-is-broken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The day following Christ became difficult wasn&#8217;t around the time that I failed my wife or smoked pot or started lifting cigars from the local grocery store.  It actually happened long before that, around the time I started noticing what kind of language the other kids were using. They got to say words like &#8220;damn&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=744&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a Penn State of mind.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/14/a-penn-state-of-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Penn State Scandal. Doesn&#8217;t this all feel so episodic?  The media dishes these dirty stories out like an American soap opera &#8211; quick &#38; ruthless.  The roving eye of justice has once again settled on the next big celebrity.  As a society we&#8217;re not quite so interested in the injustice of young boys being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=722&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a soundtrack for the valley.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/10/a-soundtrack-for-the-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week has been trying.  My faith has been stretched.  I&#8217;ve been reminded that trust is the currency of God&#8217;s kingdom.  I&#8217;ve also felt renewal and strength in His presence.  Here are some songs that have given me heart.  Some are old, some are new, but I can worship with them all.  Enjoy! Filed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=694&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>sweet baby [coen] james.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/09/sweet-baby-coen-james/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve worn a lot of hats in my brief life and recently, I&#8217;ve added another: that of uncle.  This post is dedicated to new life.  Coen James was born to my brother David and his wife, Brittany.  He was born this last Saturday night, November 5th in Matthews, NC. Unfortunately, Coen&#8217;s first 48 hours were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=669&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>don&#8217;t touch the signs.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/11/07/dont-touch-the-signs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=656</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Sunday morning at The Broadcast Group, a group of liars, dreamers and misfits gather to set up sacred spaces for adults and children alike.  This process is sometimes easy, sometimes draining but always worth it.  We descend upon the former seat of Jim Bakker&#8216;s empire and transform it into a place of hope and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=656&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>love sick_an elementary curriculum_part seven</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/27/love-sick_an-elementary-curriculum_part-seven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love Sick_An Elementary Curriculum_Part Seven We Can Know God Loves Us Because Jesus Died for Us! 1 John 3:11-22 Free Time/Organized Play – for free time while children are making their way into the classroom.  This is also a good time to get bathroom breaks out of the way. Howzitgoin? – use this time to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=647&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>why I love those Renovatus parents.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/26/why-i-love-those-renovatus-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/26/why-i-love-those-renovatus-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend at Renovatus was an exceptional one for me.  It&#8217;s quite an exceptional church to begin with.  However, after spending time with families and parents, planning for activities and watching life happen, I came to the conclusion that I want to be more like the members of this particular community. You see, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=636&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>how to know when your employee is about to quit.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/20/how-to-know-when-your-employee-is-about-to-quit/</link>
		<comments>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/20/how-to-know-when-your-employee-is-about-to-quit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://spitandmud.com/?p=610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Working at and managing a department in a major retail store has it&#8217;s lessons.  One of those lessons is keeping an eye out for the folks who might be on the verge of quitting.  While turnover is high in occupations like &#8216;retail sales&#8217; it doesn&#8217;t necessarily have to be.  In fact, I&#8217;m convinced that if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=610&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the space between absence and presence.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/18/the-space-between-absence-and-presence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wish there was a delete button for your life?  Like, you could highlight a certain thing you said or did and just magically erase it? What if our entire life was written out on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and editing was simply a matter of &#8216;undo, redo, cut, copy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=443&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the space between love and obedience.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 12, 1922.  The day wedding vows were rewritten. Over time, even something as traditional as the marriage covenant has to evolve.  The section on matrimony in The Book of Common Prayer from 1662 has the classic line &#8221; to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part&#8230;&#8221;  This book has been just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=500&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>love sick_an elementary curriculum_part six</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/11/love-sick_an-elementary-curriculum_week-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LoveSick_AnElementaryCurriculum_Week 6 1 John 3:1-10 The Father calls you His child! Free Time/Organized Play – you can allot up to 15 minutes for free time while children are making their way into the classroom.  This is also a good time to get bathroom breaks out of the way. Howzitgoin? – use this time to capture [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=548&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the roaring twenties.</title>
		<link>http://spitandmud.com/2011/10/06/the-roaring-twenties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the third decade of my life rapidly comes to a close, I&#8217;m faced with the same question I had at the end of my second decade: &#8220;What was I supposed to be doing again?&#8221; Should I feel guilty that my twenties haven&#8217;t produced some meteoric trajectory for my life?  I mean, I haven&#8217;t found [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spitandmud.com&#038;blog=351604&#038;post=502&#038;subd=spitandmud&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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