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		<title>Is &#8220;Separation of Church and State&#8221; Biblical?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a theology geek before I&#8217;m a political geek, but I do love both topics. My good friend Justin Fontes has been informally posting a series of questions on Facebook that are designed to examine the intersections of faith and culture. As one would expect, his questions in that digital public-forum result in a variety [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2010/01/06/is-separation-of-church-and-state-biblical/</link>
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		<title>New Year, New Websites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like right around January 1st each year, I roll out some newfangled change to this site in anticipation of a stellar year of blogging. And then, a month goes by without any posts before I ashamedly post one or two thoughts before disappearing again. Last year was particularly disappointing for me in regards [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2010/01/01/new-year-new-websites/</link>
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		<title>Looking Back On 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoy the celebration of the New Year&#8217;s holiday. Now, I&#8217;m not referring just to the traditional aspects that involve socializing with others until midnight; those gatherings can be fun, and I certainly do enjoy ringing in the new year with good friends. Rather, my favorite part of the celebration is actually the opportunity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/12/31/looking-back-on-2009/</link>
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		<title>Custom j.mp Plugin for Twitter Tools</title>
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In preparation for my return to the blogosphere (yes, I say that every December/January and July/August), I&#8217;ve been doing some under-the-hood things to the site. This post is about the most recent geek-change.
In the world of URL shorteners, it seems bit.ly has the edge for a variety of reasons. Nevertheless, I prefer the j.mp service [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/12/18/custom-j-mp-plugin-for-twitter-tools/</link>
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		<title>A BlogPress Test Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is actually just a test post, posted using BlogPress from my iPhone. I may very well delete it. 
However, I thought it may be nice to share a cute picture of my daughter, Moriah, playing with her friend, Natalie. (Moriah is the little one.)
I hope the post works well, and that the graphics match [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/11/11/a-blogpress-test-post/</link>
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		<title>My Media Debut</title>
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Although I&#8217;m not quite sure why, over the years I&#8217;ve had a handful of opportunities to be featured on television, radio, podcasts, and other forms of media. With the exception of one incident, all of them have been enjoyable experiences. But none compare to my first-ever media appearance.

My parents (who address me by my middle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/08/19/my-media-debut/</link>
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		<title>Deans to Lead Broome Community College</title>
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The Watertown Daily Times is reporting that Dr. John W. Deans (left, with Congressman and current SECARMY-Nominee John M. McHugh) is expected to be named today as the Interim President of Broome Community College. Dr. Deans previously led Jefferson Community College as President from 1992-2002 and again on an interim basis in 2006.
I was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/06/24/deans-to-lead-broome-community-college/</link>
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		<title>ESV Study Bible App for Mac&#8230; Kinda</title>
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Since late 2004, when my wife first bought me a copy of the English Standard Version, the ESV has been my Bible translation of choice for most applications. I pre-ordered the ESV Study Bible when it was announced, and was very pleased when it was released last fall. It&#8217;s an incredible resource, and I highly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/05/15/esv-study-bible-app-for-mac-kinda/</link>
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		<title>WordPress and Selective Twitter Status for Facebook</title>
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For some time now, I&#8217;ve had lenflack.com (powered by WordPress) configured with Twitter Tools to automatically update my Twitter account with an announcement of any new blog posts. I&#8217;ve also had Facebook configured to pull my tweets as a status update. This essentially keeps all of my major social media outlets linked together, and requires [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/04/09/wordpress-and-selective-twitter-status-for-facebook/</link>
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		<title>Getting Healthy with LIVESTRONG</title>
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I&#8217;ve written in the past about my health and related goals. I lost 40 pounds in 2008, and had been aiming to drop another 60 in 2009.
Unfortunately, around the first of the year I hit a brick wall. I started feeling bad. Really bad. Like crap, really. All the time. Long story short, I&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/04/08/getting-healthy-with-livestrong/</link>
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		<title>Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip</title>
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I recently mentioned the awesomeness that is my wife&#8217;s buffalo chicken wing dip. Here is the recipe, for anyone who is interested.
Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
9 oz hot chicken wing sauce
3 tablespoons butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
12 ounces blue cheese dressing
1 bag Tostito corn chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/03/30/buffalo-chicken-wing-dip/</link>
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		<title>GeekTool for Mac</title>
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I recently discovered an awesome utility for Mac OS X called GeekTool. The author&#8217;s site describes the software like this:
GeekTool is a PrefPane (System Preferences module) for Panther or Tiger to show system logs, unix commands output, or images (i.e. from the internet) on your desktop (or even in front of all windows).
In other words, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/02/21/geektool-for-mac/</link>
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		<title>Death By Love Contest</title>
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Ryan Burns over at Going to Seminary is running a contest to give away a signed copy of Mark Driscoll&#8217;s book, Death By Love. The way one may enter the contest is simple: post a comment on the GtS blog to &#8220;publicly thank someone who has helped you on your Christian journey.&#8221;
You can also get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/02/07/death-by-love-contest/</link>
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		<title>Ten &#8220;W&#8221; Things I Love</title>
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My sister, Ruth, gave me the letter W for this fun meme to list 10 things I love. All ten things have to start with W.

Water &#8211; we take running water for granted, but not everyone in the world is so blessed.
Women &#8211; particularly the most important ones in my life: my wife, daughter, mom(s), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/01/26/ten-w-things-i-love/</link>
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		<title>Diana&#8217;s Story</title>
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My awesome wife, Diana, recently posted a series of blog entries on her blog detailing her story of faith (that&#8217;s a &#8220;testimony&#8221; for those of you who prefer Christianese).
Even though we&#8217;ve been together for over six years, and are coming up on our fifth anniversary, I learned new things about her through reading these posts, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/01/22/dianas-story/</link>
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		<title>Review: 8-Bit Jesus</title>
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I love music. All music. Well, most music. I even love music that sucks by other people&#8217;s standards. Even the Gaithers. Even Eminem. Even this stuff.
You get the point.
That said, I&#8217;m really digging this new Christmas album by Doctor Octoroc called 8-Bit Jesus: Classic Christmas Songs in the Style of Classic NES Games. Released as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/01/02/review-8-bit-jesus/</link>
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		<title>Read the Bible in 2009</title>
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I&#8217;ve been doing the &#8220;read the whole Bible in a year&#8221; thing for a number of years now (with varying levels of success in different years) and overall I&#8217;ve found it to be a great discipline to get into.
I&#8217;ll be doing it again this year, and while I originally had planned on doing it with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/01/01/read-the-bible-in-2009/</link>
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		<title>My Resolutions for 2009</title>
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Happy New Year!
Last year I posted some of my resolutions for 2008. It was the first time I recall articulating &#8220;New Year&#8217;s Resolutions&#8221;. Looking back, I feel I did pretty good with the list.

Blogging Once a Week: Fail!
Certainly not; didn&#8217;t even average a post weekly!
 
More posts on Ministry, etc.: Success!
51% of 2008 posts counted; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2009/01/01/my-resolutions-for-2009/</link>
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		<title>Nothing To Look Forward To</title>
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Happy New Year!
It&#8217;s currently about forty-five minutes to 2009. Diana and I have the obligatory Dick Clark&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Rockin&#8217; Eve on for background noise, and have enjoyed an evening of chatting while working to straighten our desks and organize random files from the year.
It occurs to me that as I await the arrival of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2008/12/31/nothing-to-look-forward-to/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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Merry Christmas from Elijah and Moriah!
(and Diana and I, too!)
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		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2008/12/17/merry-christmas/</link>
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		<title>It Isn&#8217;t All Lost, After All!</title>
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Well, I can&#8217;t use Apple&#8217;s Time Machine to set back the clock on my blog&#8217;s destruction, but the good news is that I just managed to generate a text file of all of my old blog entries. 
This means I&#8217;ll be able to slowly cut-and-paste old entires back onto the site. It&#8217;ll be time consuming, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2008/12/17/it-isnt-all-lost-after-all/</link>
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		<title>Had A Bad Day</title>
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Lyrics from &#8220;Had A Bad Day&#8221; by Daniel Powter:
Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
Yep, that&#8217;s the gist of it.
Early this morning, as I lay in peaceful slumber, everything on lenflack.com was destroyed by automated script gone crazy. I have semi-recent backups of most of the visual theme stuff, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2008/12/16/had-a-bad-day/</link>
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		<title>Pastor-Theologian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who have known me well over the past few years know that one of my growing passions is to see a resurgence of pastors who embrace the historic concept of the pastor-theologian.
In America, a paradigm has developed where pastors often focus exclusively on the issues of congregational care and evangelism, leaving the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2008/12/11/pastor-theologian/</link>
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		<title>Ten Years of Blogging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I started using dial-up BBS&#8217;s in 1992 (when I was nine years old) and eventually setup my own part-time BBS. However, after getting on a Wildcat board that had text-based internet access for Gopher, FTP and IRC, it wasn&#8217;t long before I had a PPP dial-up account and was hooked into teh inter-tubes in all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2008/12/10/ten-years-of-blogging/</link>
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		<title>Best. Clip. Ever.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to be honest.  I didn&#8217;t think this would be the post that would bring me back from almost two weeks of inactivity on the blog.  But this is absolutely worth it, because the video below is the best YouTube clip I&#8217;ve ever seen!
HT: Relevant Magazine
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		<link>http://www.lenflack.com/2008/11/17/best-clip-ever/</link>
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