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	<description>I follow Jesus.  Help others follow Jesus.  Empower others to do the same.</description>
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		<title>And this is my prayer</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2011/04/18/and-this-is-my-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March, I attended a fund raising symposium with 108 people from thirty eight ministries. The intent for me to go was to learn how to be a regional fund development coach for other staff raising their budgets. My biggest take home however, was a conviction about my own fund development. During one session we studied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for death</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2011/01/04/preparing-for-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday afternoon we arrived at my parents house for a visit with my parents and grandmother after Christmas.  We were planning to travel home Wednesday afternoon to prepare to host a new year&#8217;s party at our house.  Tuesday, Grandma stopped eating and drinking and when she went to bed that evening my dad and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering from Burnout</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/12/23/recovering-from-burnout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think every leader experiences it at some point.  It feels like there is nothing left to give.  We get tired.  Sometimes it seems the effort we put into something is all in vain.  Where do we go?  What should we do?  Is it unspiritual?  Most importantly, how do we recover? I got my inspiration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiply your time</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/12/16/multiply-your-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the realizations I believe we all have at some time in our life is that we have a limited amount of time.  There are only 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week.  It seems as though there is never enough time to accomplish what we might want to do.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 minute mentoring</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/12/09/5-minute-mentoring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Next Generation Church Leaders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The funny thing about working with college students is that while I keep getting older, they are always the same age, 18-22.  There are always students graduating and students who are just getting started.  Therefore, it is important to developing the next set of leaders.  I want to focus on one way to that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The root of all evil</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/12/03/the-root-of-all-evil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is sometimes said that &#8220;money is the root of all evil.&#8221;  Is it?  I don&#8217;t think so.  A few weeks ago our gas fireplace stopped working.  As my wife and I researched the cost to replace it we realized we didn’t have the money to do that which led us into a three-day discussion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living the adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/07/19/living-the-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently while staying at a friends house, I was playing with my daughter and their two daughters and I witnessed an interesting dichotomy. As I lay on the floor, tired from moving out of our house, the girls started running around me.  I reached out, pretending to grab one of them which began an hour long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re Moving!</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/05/26/were-moving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 19:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duluth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You’re getting three offers on your house!” our realtor said over the phone.  We couldn’t believe it! Four weeks ago we decided we would list our house and if it sold we would move to Duluth.  We listed the house Thursday.  On Monday we had three showings and all three made an offer.  Tuesday we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I graduated! What&#8217;s next?</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/04/29/i-graduated-whats-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I did it! I graduated from New Area Director Training.  It took me two years, but I have completed the training with friends from around the nation.  The training is designed to help me transition from campus work to my new role as a supervisor. So what did I learn?  Much of what we learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching the whole campus</title>
		<link>http://www.asker.net/2010/04/29/reaching-the-whole-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Asker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years the Bemidji State InterVarsity chapter was at the lowest point of involvement in about 20 years. We had a small leadership team and my wife and I were newly married. We decided that we would both lead two small groups and at the end of that year we had about forty students [...]]]></description>
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