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		<title>Unplugging From Religion: First of a Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Disclaimer: This blog series is designed to be raw &#8212; like a blog is intended in the first place.  I am not going to write, edit, write some more, smooth out, edit again, make sure my thoughts are written perfect and unchangeable, etc.  My desire is to begin writing a book and use the blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=396&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Blog Series: &#8220;Unplugging From Religion&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m preparing a new blog series titled &#8220;Unplugging From Religion&#8221; which is the precursor to a book I&#8217;m going to start writing under the same working title.  It is a subject very important to me and one I cannot remain silent about.
The series and book will reflect where my personal &#8220;spiritual&#8221; journey, especially the past [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=393&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frustrated by Frustration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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I’ve been wrestling a lot lately.  And it has nothing to do with my love of the UFC and mixed martial arts. (Wrestling in MMA is my least favorite discipline anyways &#8212; love watching good striking, muay thai and jiu-jitsu!)
I&#8217;ve been wrestling with God.
And in that wrestling has come frustration.  And a lot of that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=384&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Line Between Past &amp; Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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As Christians, doesn’t it often seem like we are constantly doing one of two things, either keeping our past at bay or simply making sure our future is secure?
Growing in the life of faith means moving forward.  Moving forward means things change.  It means not everything we once believed, did, said or acted out remains [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=374&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God is Hard to Find in Church or Religious Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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OK&#8230;first off&#8230;RELAX people (especially those in the ultra-sensitive Bible Belt bubble or the dominant Catholic community)&#8230;let me explain.
The headline above summarizes a Tweet (can you &#8220;summarize&#8221; 140 words?) I blasted out yesterday, stirring up a few souls in the process.  It is amazing how much self-professed Christians cling to the safety net of church attendance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=351&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Public&#8221; Writing on Hiatus</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/writing-on-hiatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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I love writing &#8212; whether authoring a book like Cottage 12 or blogging personal thoughts.  It is a welcome release for me and an activity where I feel purpose.  I also have come to understand it as the way I connect with and worship God.
However, it takes a lot of time to write with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=343&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling Beneath the Surface</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a song says it better than we can&#8230;

Matthew 14:28-31 (NIV) &#8212; &#8220;Lord, if it&#8217;s you,&#8221; Peter replied, &#8220;tell me to come to you on the water.&#8221;  &#8220;Come,&#8221; he said.  Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.  But when he saw the wind, he was afraid [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=336&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Forgiveness is Hard</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/when-forgiveness-is-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Forgiveness is an easy topic to write about when the focus rests with God&#8217;s incredible grace and mercy toward us.  We desperately need it and continually ask for it when we fail God&#8217;s standards.  And we always count on Him being there to forgive again and again and again, forgetting our broken promises of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=318&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Foul Balls &amp; Orange Cake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Yesterday (July 1), I turned 21 for the second time&#8230;literally.  It is amazing to look on my birth certificate, see a birth year of 1967 and yet encounter people all the time in their young- to mid-30s who look older than me or no less than the same age (WHEN my weight is down where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=307&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Wineskin &#8212; From Hindsight to Foresight</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/new-wineskin-from-hindsight-to-foresight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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One of these days I&#8217;m going to enter a season of testing and apply foresight knowledge to get me through the challenge &#8212; and no, God, I am not requesting such a test &#8212; still recovering from recent trials,  . My last two posts have discussed recent circumstances that have led to hindsight knowledge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=274&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choose Your Perspective</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/choose-your-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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In my last post, I wrote about the valuable lesson God was wanting to teach me about the responsibility of truth.  
I feel like the second part of that lesson is what I am beginning to experience &#8212; truly letting go and trusting Him with truth and how or when it is revealed.
It&#8217;s one thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=259&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Responsibility of Truth</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/responsibility-of-truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Just over two weeks ago, one of the most profound and important lessons God has ever wanted to teach me landed at my feet.  Never have I heard His voice more forcefully or clearly.  This followed two weeks of pure hell that I never want to experience again.
Readers of BiggStreams know from my last post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=245&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grace Under Trial</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/grace-under-trial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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I just finished reading a book for the second time called &#8220;The Fire of Delayed Answers&#8221; by Bob Sorge.  The first time I read it was in early 2006.  I was in the midst of similar doubts and questions I find haunting me now.  Questions and doubts regarding what God was doing in my life [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=219&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sliver of Light</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/sliver-of-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Darkness is a word often used during times in the faith journey where we feel as if there are no answers.  We’ve all been there no matter our level of faith or if we are faithless but blind to the fact we are being called from the darkness.
Another word for these times is “wilderness.”
Darkness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=213&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Assembly Line Faith</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/assembly-line-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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After dropping my son off for school this morning, I had one of those moments where the mundane and routine of life sparks the image of something more spiritual.  This blog-inspiring moment took place among a clone army of suburbia SUVs leaving the school grounds.  
At the exit point after drop-off, those turning left onto [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=198&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sitting on the Fence</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/sitting-on-the-fence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Have you ever been in that place where you simply don’t know what to say to God?  Your prayers seem repetitive and you grow weary of saying the same things over and over when you know God has already heard. 
Maybe you’ve suffered an injustice that makes no sense.  Maybe the path you’ve been traveling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=188&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pain of Scripture</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/the-pain-of-scripture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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In faith circles, we often hear about the comfort of Scripture.  Recited with regularity are the Biblical verses and stories of victory and great promise.  It’s natural for us to desire clinging to the inspirational and pleasant things while ignoring that which is not as easy to receive.  In a difficult and challenging world, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=183&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stretch Yourself</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/stretch-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Believers are often challenged to “stretch themselves” and reach new levels of faith as they walk out their beliefs. It is frequently a reference to searching for ways to gain deeper intimacy in your relationship with God.  The image forms of self reaching upward with both hands extended as far as possible to grasp more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=171&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be Careful of the Mirror</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/be-careful-of-the-mirror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Warning: people who call themselves Christians because they regularly attend church services somewhere, occasionally give to or serve a charity and define their “being a good person” by their own definitions WILL NOT like this blog.
How do I know the above warning is true?  Because I was one of those Christians before I understood [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=165&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Picture?</title>
		<link>http://biggsy.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/whose-picture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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On some level we all seek clarity on where we are heading or confirmation in how we see ourselves just about every waking day.  Some of the most powerful images are those we cast inward as reflections of the best we see ourselves becoming.  The power of such imagery rests in the reality that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biggsy.wordpress.com&blog=371609&post=160&subd=biggsy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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