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		<title>Wheelwatchers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, May 7th, and tomorrow, May 8th, as well as Wednesday, May 27th, if you are wheelwatching, you could be mccroriewatching too!
Deborah and I had the opportunity to sit in on the taping of three shows of the Wheel of Fortune during our trip to California in early March.  You will see us on any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=510&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning More about Jon Kirby</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 00:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is some recent video from The Master&#8217;s Seminary of Jon Kirby sharing the faithfulness of God over his years in seminary.
 
Here is the audio from our public question &#38; answer time with Jon at Heather Hills:
Q&#38;A with Jon Kirby
Here is the audio from Jon&#8217;s teaching on spiritual development at Heather Hills: 
Four Essential [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=504&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heather Hills Welcomes Pastor Jon Kirby!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 16:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This morning in a special business meeting of Heather Hills Baptist Church, the congregation called Jon Kirby to be our Associate Pastor of Spiritual Development with an 87% approval vote.  Pastor Kirby will largely focus on the areas of discipleship and Christian education at Heather Hills.
 
We welcome Jon, Janel, Amber, Alisha, Tanner, Abby, and Trent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=501&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heather Hills to Candidate Jon Kirby This Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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After 4 months of searching and investigating over 50 resumes, I am excited to announce that Heather Hills is candidating a man for our new position of Associate Pastor of Spiritual Development!  It has been a rich process thus far and we have been able to interact with many godly men around the country who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=494&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Live From Hollywood!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Deborah and I had the day off from the Shepherd&#8217;s Conference so we tackled two prestigious locations.  The first was the resting place of my favorite U.S. President.  The second was the resting place of the most famous sign in the world.
Our trip to Simi Valley was 45 minutes of wonderful.  The scenery reminded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=490&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SHEPHERDS, DAY THREE: &#8220;If we seek to please God, it does not matter whom we displease.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2009/03/07/shepherds-day-three-if-we-seek-to-please-god-it-does-not-matter-whom-we-displease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, this final &#8220;official&#8221; day of the Shepherd&#8217;s Conference was a bright, sunny, and beautiful California day.  The first session of the day was begun with Grace&#8217;s Sunday night worship team, which is the more contemporary styled service.  They led a really wonderful medley of songs all pointing to the holiness of God: God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=484&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SHEPHERDS, DAY TWO: &#8220;2 Sermons, 1 Interview, and a Spinning Wheel&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2009/03/05/shepherds-day-two-2-sermons-1-interview-and-a-spinning-wheel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the most beautiful March day I have ever experienced in my life.  It was just a perfect day, sunny and warm.  When I got out of my car after finding a parking space on a nearby street this morning, I was almost overwhelmed by the aroma of flowers and blossoming trees and bushes. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=480&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SHEPHERDS, DAY ONE: &#8220;Step on the grass.  Shoot a deer.  Dig for oil. NOW!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2009/03/05/shepherds-day-one-step-on-the-grass-shoot-a-deer-dig-for-oil-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The first day of the Shepherd&#8217;s Conference found me driving in pouring rain up I-5 past a terrible car wreck, through deep puddles of water, and searching in vain for a parking spot on the Grace Community Church&#8217;s lot.
 
HA!  A little rain isn&#8217;t going to ruin this day!  I found a parking spot along the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=477&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Live from LA!  Shepherd&#8217;s Conference 2009</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2009/03/03/live-from-la-shepherds-conference-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, I am sitting in my hotel room in Burbank, California. I am eager to experience the Shepherd&#8217;s Conference for the first time. Each night, I will post a recap of the conference that day.
Why am I here? There are myriads of ministry conferences a pastor can attend in the 21st Century. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=469&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sermons Now Online</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2009/01/27/sermons-now-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who wants to &#8220;listen in&#8221; on my recent messages can now do so by going to:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/heatherhills
You can also access the most recent sermon on our church&#8217;s homepage (look down at the bottom!):
http://www.hhbcindy.org
I am finishing up a short sermon series on our church&#8217;s new mission statement and then will be back in the book of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=466&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Biblical&#8221; Models of Marriage</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/12/17/biblical-models-of-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Newsweek&#8217;s Lisa Miller, the Scripture is not a good source for supporting traditional marriage.  For example, here is the introduction to the article published Monday:
&#8220;Let&#8217;s try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does. Shall we look to Abraham, the great patriarch, who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=462&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And such were some of you&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/12/15/and-such-were-some-of-you/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/12/15/and-such-were-some-of-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have something to say.  That&#8217;s not surprising for many of you to hear.  I enjoy writing and speaking on all sorts of subjects.  But what I have to say today can&#8217;t wait for another day.  My spirit is restless as a result of this topic.  I believe that Christians have an obligation to speak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=457&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heather Hills Looking for Associate Pastor</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/24/heather-hills-looking-for-associate-pastor/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/24/heather-hills-looking-for-associate-pastor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heather Hills Baptist Church, on the east side of Indianapolis, is seeking to add a male, full-time, associate pastor to begin as early as April 2009.  Interested parties should contact the senior pastor Brian McCrorie at    317-894-7474    or can send resumes to bmccrorie (at) gmail (dot) com.
Heather Hills is an independent Baptist church in fellowship with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=452&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now Thank We All Our God!</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/10/now-thank-we-all-our-god/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/10/now-thank-we-all-our-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To All Ye Pilgrims: Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as He has protected us from the ravages of the savages, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=447&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Green at Heather Hills This Sunday!</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/06/steve-green-at-heather-hills-this-sunday/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/06/steve-green-at-heather-hills-this-sunday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s been quite a journey over the last 8-9 years.  There was a time, not so long ago, when I disdained Steve Green.  Yes, I disdained him.  When I was the official &#8220;music checker&#8221; at my Bible College, students were forced to turn in their Steve Green cassettes/CDs.  My job then was to make the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=443&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Nation Under God?</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/05/one-nation-under-god/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/11/05/one-nation-under-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday afternoon, I finally gave in and dragged myself to one political rally.  I hadn&#8217;t participated at all in the general election like I usually do.  I just was not motivated.  As my readers know, I was feverishly supportive of Mike Huckabee in the primary election; however, once McCain got the Republican nod, my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=438&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preaching the Gospel to Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/10/24/preaching-the-gospel-to-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/10/24/preaching-the-gospel-to-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am preaching through the book of Romans on Sunday mornings, and this recent message really resonated in our church family.  I thought I would post it here for your rumination as well!  May the Word dwell in all of us RICHLY!


By definition, a “debt” is something that is owed.   When you think of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=427&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organizing the Church</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/10/23/organizing-the-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scenario #1: We were all so excited to see ______________ join our church recently.  She was a breath of fresh air, full of excitement and creative ideas about the church&#8217;s _______________ ministry.  No sooner had she joined than she jumped in with both feet into active ministry.  Wouldn&#8217;t it be great to have a whole [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=416&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking it all in&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/10/22/taking-it-all-in/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/10/22/taking-it-all-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is anyone left who still periodically checks this blog to see if the heartbeat has finally come to grinding halt, I assure you that I am alive and well.  I have purposefully not engaged the blogging medium for the last 12 weeks so that I could fully devote myself to a new venture.
First, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=412&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The End of the Road&#8230;The Start of a Journey</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/07/27/the-end-of-the-roadthe-start-of-a-journey/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/07/27/the-end-of-the-roadthe-start-of-a-journey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more than 2 months and 5,500 miles of traveling around the United States, we finally have a home&#8230;and a new ministry family.
It was mid-February of this year when my pastor and I first discussed the idea of my leaving a wonderful church ministry in Denver to pursue a senior pastorate.  I did not have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=394&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/07/27/breaking-news/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/07/27/breaking-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our &#8220;Homeless Tour&#8221; is now officially over!  Stay tuned for more details&#8230;
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		<title>Another Senseless Tragedy&#8230;Another Sacred Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/07/24/another-senseless-tragedyanother-sacred-opportunity/</link>
		<comments>http://bowingdown.com/2008/07/24/another-senseless-tragedyanother-sacred-opportunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I can&#8217;t do this!&#8221; Katie** exclaimed as she stood before her high school speech class.  Katie was a junior in high school in a new school preparing for state competition in the extemporaneous speaking category.  My wife, Katie&#8217;s teacher, continued to encourage and coach Katie along.  When the moment came, Katie placed 2nd in the state.
While most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=381&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the Silence</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/07/22/breaking-the-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After over three months of conference calls, interviews, site visits, and much prayer, I was honored to be able to candidate last weekend for the senior pastor opening at Heather Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Although the final congregational vote is still to come this Sunday, July 27th, the Lord seems to be leading us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=377&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sweeter than Honey</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/06/26/sweeter-than-honey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years from now, when I turn 40 years old, I will have spent exactly half my life single and half my life with Deborah.  Trying to be a good husband, I researched the symbolism of the 16th wedding anniversary.  Well&#8230;there isn&#8217;t any.  It stops after 15 and then goes by fives.  So, what can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=375&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Without Him</title>
		<link>http://bowingdown.com/2008/06/16/without-him/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McCrorie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an email yesterday from John McCain that reflected on the life and death of Tim Russert, the long-time moderator of NBC&#8217;s Meet the Press.  I always enjoyed watching Tim do his thing.  It was obvious that he loved his job and had a high respect for politics and those who worked in that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bowingdown.com&blog=188173&post=373&subd=bowingdown&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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