<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438985121950039917</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:55:48.953-06:00</updated><category term='The first blog.'/><category term='Readings'/><category term='Homosexuality'/><category term='Seinfeld'/><category term='The End Times'/><category term='Sermons'/><category term='Holiday'/><category term='Grace'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Jennifer Knapp'/><category term='Books'/><title type='text'>impact of the sacred</title><subtitle type='html'>seeking to find the sacred's impact in the most unlikeliest of places..</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159676137602939325</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438985121950039917.post-6416790513670965114</id><published>2011-09-02T14:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T14:05:08.476-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seinfeld'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grace'/><title type='text'>Duality</title><summary type='text'>
Matthew 6:24 says this: "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
How many of you like Seinfeld?  In Seinfeld, George becomes engaged to a woman he doesn’t want to be engaged to.   Jerry’s place is this place of refuge where George can be George.  There is this one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/feeds/6416790513670965114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2011/09/duality.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/6416790513670965114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/6416790513670965114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2011/09/duality.html' title='Duality'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159676137602939325</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438985121950039917.post-6269376695851360291</id><published>2011-02-22T14:39:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-22T14:39:47.574-06:00</updated><title type='text'>More Than Meets The Eye</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0         false   false   false                             MicrosoftInternetExplorer4   &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; 
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So why do I bring up Zombie movies?  Well, what makes a Zombie a Zombie?  This is something that you need to know in the instance of a Zombie Apocalypse.  To</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/feeds/656280343007962446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2010/10/belief-despite-doubt-praising-one-we.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/656280343007962446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/656280343007962446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2010/10/belief-despite-doubt-praising-one-we.html' title='A Belief Despite Doubt (Praising the one we have not seen...)'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159676137602939325</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438985121950039917.post-7611524168754604932</id><published>2010-07-21T18:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T15:32:30.288-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sermons'/><title type='text'>The Power of Visions</title><summary type='text'>
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Jesus Wants to Save Christians
They Like Jesus But Not the Church
Transforming the Church in Rural America
After You Believe
Everything Must Change
Will post reviews as soon as possible.

Here is your question of the day:

What are you reading?

Oh yeah, one more thing:

Happy Mother's Day</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/feeds/6364830688158385689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2010/05/current-reads.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/6364830688158385689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/6364830688158385689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2010/05/current-reads.html' title='Current reads'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159676137602939325</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438985121950039917.post-3216129380054454538</id><published>2010-05-04T10:35:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T10:51:36.264-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homosexuality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jennifer Knapp'/><title type='text'>Jennifer Knapp comes out to a deeper discussion hopefully.</title><summary type='text'>One of my favorite artists as a twenty year old was Jennifer Knapp.  I loved her deep, thought provoking lyrics and her amazing guitar ability.  In the early 2000s she announced that she was leaving the music biz for awhile.  That is when the rumors came out about her being gay.  Yet, no statement came out from her about it. Then she announced that she was writing music again. I was saddened when</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/music/features/21396-jennifer-knapp-comes-clean' title='Jennifer Knapp comes out to a deeper discussion hopefully.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/feeds/3216129380054454538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2010/05/jennifer-knapp-comes-out-to-deeper.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/3216129380054454538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6438985121950039917/posts/default/3216129380054454538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://impactofthesacred.blogspot.com/2010/05/jennifer-knapp-comes-out-to-deeper.html' title='Jennifer Knapp comes out to a deeper discussion hopefully.'/><author><name>Richard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03159676137602939325</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6438985121950039917.post-662029931901225289</id><published>2010-01-10T01:14:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T15:31:58.221-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sermons'/><title type='text'>Suffering</title><summary type='text'>This is a message from where I had spent sometime preaching at. 


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