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		<title>Check Out The People of Walmart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an UBER clever and funny video!  Also more photos at http://www.peopleofwalmart.com EMBED-People Of Walmart Song &#8211; Watch more free videos]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2011/06/15/check-out-the-people-of-walmart/</link>
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		<title>Must See Angry Birds Video!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this sale from Simply Youth Ministry and be sure to see this super creative Angry Birds video!]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2011/06/14/must-see-angry-birds-video/</link>
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		<title>Father&#8217;s Day Coloring Pages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this via email today. For some reason I thought this was uber cool. Check them out. They are coloring pages for kids to color and give to Daddy. Maybe for his desk at work or hanging on the mirror for when Dad gets ready in the morning. Snap a picture and send [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2011/06/07/fathers-day-coloring-pages/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Hard To Remember Names&#8230; Right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know I am a huge people person.  One thing I have learned over the years is the power of remembering a name and a special event in someone&#8217;s life.  I came across this short video on tips to remember someone&#8217;s most valuable asset, their name.]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2011/04/08/its-hard-to-remember-names-right/</link>
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		<title>Arizona Wildcats Coming</title>
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		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2011/03/26/arizona-wildcats-coming/</link>
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		<title>Gotta Be One of the Funniest Announcement Videos&#8230;EVER!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More can be found at:  http://conference.youthministry.com/Tools/Videos/tabid/91/Default.aspx]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/12/18/gotta-be-one-of-the-funniest-announcement-videos-ever/</link>
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		<title>Gleening from Nordstrom&#8217;s Employee Manual</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like the business world the church could have a laser focus on what Jesus has called them to. As a friend/mentor of my said recently, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be like light diffused, which has no power. Rather, I want to be focused like a laser.&#8221; Are you focusing on what Jesus has called you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/11/15/gleening-from-nordstroms-employee-manual/</link>
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		<title>My Reading List for Class &#8211; Join me on my journey.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought I would post my reading list this semester for my seminary class.  It is Pastoral Counseling taught locally.  I&#8217;m exited for sure.  If you would like, pick a book or two and join me in this journey! Adams, Jay E. How to Help People Change: The Four-Step Biblical Process. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/08/30/my-reading-list-for-class-join-me-on-my-journey/</link>
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		<title>My Greatest Desire for Epic Church is&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#60;!&#8211; /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:&#8221;"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:&#8221;Times New Roman&#8221;; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:&#8221;Times New Roman&#8221;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/08/07/my-greatest-desire-for-epic-church-is/</link>
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		<title>Personality Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone sent me a link to take a Personality Style Profile. http://www.personalitystyle.com/ I enjoy these things SO much that I want to encourage you to take the same test and you can post your results here as a comment or create an email and email me the results.  I would love to get to know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/08/02/personality-style/</link>
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		<title>Saturday Reflection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Church Planting is hard work.  Period.  The &#8220;existing&#8221; church has a lot to be thankful for.  Mainly structure and support.  In church planting we are blazing new roads.  Many times without the support of mature Godly men and women around you.  The summer has been tough at Epic Church.  Attendance has been low with many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/07/10/saturday-reflection/</link>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes of Identity &#8211; A New Series at Epic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a sneak peak behind the new series we are starting tonight at Epic Church called Identity.  This series stems really from a personal reflection at who am I in Christ.  I forget all too often who I am in Jesus and where my value comes from.  So, peak at my musings as I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/07/10/behind-the-scenes-of-identity-a-new-series-at-epic/</link>
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		<title>Which Is More Important?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading a little bit of the Old Testament today at my office (Starbucks) I had a thought.  I wish it was unique to me but I am sure someone smarter than I came up with it. As I was reading Joshua, thinking about what God did for his people during the Exodus then again what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/07/01/which-is-more-important/</link>
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		<title>Day 2 &#8211; California</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our drive was great Sunday. It was so much fun to be with just my family. Do you ever have those moments in life where you just &#8220;know&#8221; you are doing what God has called you to do? Well, I had one of those moments yesterday. It was shortly after we had arrived in Southern [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/06/07/day-2-california/</link>
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		<title>Christians Can Have A Voice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Followers of Jesus Christ are able to have a voice in their community.  I feel there is this big misconception that followers of Jesus are supposed to be quiet and not have a voice on things which plague our communities.  It is ok for you to be a Christian and have an opinion on issues.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/05/04/christians-can-have-a-voice/</link>
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		<title>Struggling With God&#8217;s Choices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife, Jennifer, was waiting all day for an update on the status of Kate McRae.  The update came around 11pm this evening.  It was heart breaking to Jennifer and myself. Kate is 6 years old, just like my daughter.  She has a great smile, blonde hair, blue eyes.  When I see picture of Kate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/03/24/struggling-with-gods-choices/</link>
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		<title>The Power of Monday&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a secret fan of Monday&#8217;s.  As a pastor most of the time Mondays are really hard.  We are coming down from a high or even focusing on a low.  Let me explain that a bit. A high would mean that attendance was high on Sunday, or it was a good offering, or even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/03/01/the-power-of-mondays/</link>
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		<title>From Sunday</title>
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		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/02/28/from-sunday/</link>
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		<title>A Definition of Church</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The church is a group of transformed follower of Jesus, who perceive themselves to be the Body of Christ in their local community and to the nations, and live as such. This is a definition of church.  Help me interact with it and let me know what you think about this.]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/01/22/a-definition-of-church/</link>
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		<title>New Experiences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really like hanging around people like Allan Karr, Alan Hirsch, Sean Benesh, Michael Frost and such.  But at the same time I really hate it because they JACK UP my way of thinking.  I am an out of the box thinker but they system I am in is so IN the BOX.  So, just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jakerasmussen.com/2010/01/20/new-experiences/</link>
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