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		<title>Middle School Graduation Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 20:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 4, 2011 Anna Banana, As you conclude Middle School and prepare for High School, we are very proud of you. Not because of your athletic ability in soccer and basketball. Not because of your good grades or thriftiness. Not because of your unique, colorful, and neat style of dress. Nor is it because of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=582&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Might Have the Wrong Benefits Broker if…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Sure, he or she is your broker. They are there to help you select the right employee benefits and insurance for your employees. But are they THE broker for your team?  Here are a few thoughts to assist you in answering this question.   You might have the wrong benefits broker if… You ask [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=558&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today, at age 50, I Ran My First Marathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day I turned 50 is not a day that holds pleasant memories. I didn&#8217;t like it. As I wallowed in my self-pity and misery I contemplated several personal goals. One—run a marathon. Yes, I told myself that this would be the year I would take this fat old body and chug it over 26.2 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=541&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Emotionally Intelligent Manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently shared with the Accountant at our firm that it might be good if she was in a negative mood while working. While I said this in jest, there was an element of truth behind my remark. I made this comment shortly after reading The Emotionally Intelligent Manager by David R. Caruso &#38; Peter Salovey. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=532&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worship for Dummies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like a Georgia Pine in a sea of Dogwoods, Marva J. Dawn&#8217;s Reaching Out without Dumbing Down. A Theology of Worship for the Turn-of-the-Century Culture, stands out among the myriads of writings on worship. It tops my list of books on worship. Knowing how to fit culture into our worship—and not the other way around—is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=525&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Team of Rivals</title>
		<link>http://jackwbruce.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/team-of-rivals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have found my Twitter landing page for a book I am currently reading: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Here you will find my thoughts expressed in various tweets that have been birthed from this book. Eventually, this post will be a summary of my thoughts stemming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=500&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The New Tolerance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tolerance is a word that is commonly used today to mean something it was never intended to mean. Today, when you hear the word tolerance it most likely is used in the context of acceptance and approval. But this is not what the word was intended to mean.  Staying true to its meaning, to tolerate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=468&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Trash and Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://jackwbruce.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/talking-trash-and-health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[A Change In My Thinking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an uproar in Gwinnett County, Georgia. We, as county residents, were informed by letter that there would be changes in how our trash is picked up from our homes. Where previously we could choose our trash hauler, we are now being assigned a trash hauler—based on the zone in which we live. Furthermore, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=458&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s So Great about Christianity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is the little whisper, if we will hear it, that our science even today rests on religious foundations.&#8221; Though not a common thread in Christian conversation, this statement is just one example of the author&#8217;s assertion that science, philosophy and mathematics are interwoven, and belong, within Christianity. Sitting at an Italian restaurant in Norcross, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=453&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supercapitalism Got Me Thinking</title>
		<link>http://jackwbruce.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/supercapitalism-got-me-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[A Change In My Thinking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must admit I strayed outside my typical reading boundaries when I picked up Robert B. Reich&#8217;s Supercapitalism. I am the richer for it. Instead of casting blame for the economic maladies of the United States, Reich defines and clarifies the issues that have merged to create the gross inequality of wealth in America. He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jackwbruce.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8885319&amp;post=444&amp;subd=jackwbruce&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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