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		<title>GET UP &#8230; AND LET&#8217;S GET GOING!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was officially the first day of Lent. At the Dodgeville United Methodist Church, we gathered for a time of worship, to remember our need of repentance, and to be marked by 'ashes' as a reminder of our helplessness without a God who loves us--who sent his Son to reconcile us, through the giving of his very life. Now, it may sound a bit strange to some, but--and especially during this time of year--I see God in the simplest of circumstances.&#160; Do you?&#160; There was something--just a little thing--that took  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2010/get-up-and-lets-get-going/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breakfast at McDonald&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rom A. Pegram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;I usually receive several forwarded emails a week...&#160; Most of them are worth reading; some of them are even worth considering.&#160; I received one from my sister, Joy (Florida), this week ... and actually read&#160;it&#160;(for a second time) as a part of my devotional time one day. At the risk of you having already heard this one, here it is:

I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2010/breakfast-at-mcdonalds/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>GOD OF THE EARLY MORNINGS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rom A. Pegram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this particular entry, I simply want to share with you something that has become near and dear to my heart ... as I spend daily quiet time with God.&#160; In readying My Utmost for His Highest the other day--the daily devotional based on the writings of Oswald Chambers (pictured below), he had a prayer on his January 9 page that has become an entry-point to my time with God each day--centering me, helping to re-prioritize my life, etc.&#160; Well, I don't take his prayer exactly as it was written  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2010/god-of-the-early-mornings/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;I just read a newsletter the other day that hit me as being 'right on target.'&#160; It was a bulleye, if you know what I mean.&#160; It just happened to be written by my son, Josh, who is a United Methodist pastor up in Richland County. And I thought it was the perfect message for a brand new year.&#160; Listen...
Hebrews 12:1-2a reminds and encourages us, &#34;As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2010/focus/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>If Something Needs to Change&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rom A. Pegram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I got to thinking about necessary change that needs to take place in the church and how difficult that can be sometimes.&#160; I suddenly realized, in the midst of this thought,&#160;that God has given me the perfect illustration of what it takes to see positive change take place in life...
Recently, I have had to deal with some health issues that not that many years ago I would not even have dreamt of.&#160; A few years back (I'm 51+ years old now), I began getting an annual checkup  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2009/if-something-needs-to-change/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Apples or Oranges?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rom A. Pegram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Matthew 7:15-20 (TEV) Jesus tells us,&#160;&#34;Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves. 16 You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs. 17 A healthy tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a poor tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 And any tree that does  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2009/apples-or-oranges/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Distractions&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week or so ago, I was reading a devotional by Oswald Chambers (as I normally do each morning) and this one hit with great impact--like right between the eyes!&#160; The part of the devotional that really hit me had to do with 'distractions' in life ...
John 20:21 (TEV) says, &#34;Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father sent me, so I send you.'&#34; According to Chambers, a missionary (and this means all of us, as disciples of Jesus Christ) is one who is sent  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2009/distractions/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Big &quot;O!&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I taught my Essential Transformation class about what a man named Harry Burger used to do every time my dad would preach the topic of 'obedience.'&#160; He would--even sitting in the middle of the congregation in the middle of a sermon--reach his hands up high over his head ... and make a big 'O' (which stands for OBEDIENCE, of course).&#160; We'll have to see, but many promised me that they would begin to do the same while I preach ...
Obedience is one of those things that is  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2009/the-big-o/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Hurts the Most!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I kind of trailed off in writing about the 5 practices of fruitful congregations, but if you go back to the September 17, 2009 post on &#34;5 Purposes&#34; you'll get the idea.
Today, I'd like to share some thoughts on CHANGE-yep, that thing that churches seem to dread the most.&#160; This past weekend, I made at least one comment about this and it went this way: &#34;...change isn&#8217;t easy.&#160; Actually, people don&#8217;t fear change as much as they fear loss&#8212;loss of familiar &#38; comfortable patterns, behaviors, &#38; attitudes.&#34;&#160; Do  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2009/what-hurts-the-most/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What I Learned from College</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rom A. Pegram</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I graduated from Asbury College back in 1991, I managed--with God's help--to accomplish something that probably didn't happen everyday.&#160; For someone who for their&#160;high school career managed a C grade point average, I graduated college at about 32 years old with a 4.0 GPA (and this was&#160;while having worked just about full-time at the same time as going to school).&#160; Needless to say,&#160;I&#160;walked across the stage very proud of my gold cord.&#160; At the same time, I knew that where I was headed--pastoral ministry--I would probably never be asked  <a href="http://www.dodgevilleumc.org/blog/2009/what-i-learned-from-college/" class="read_more"> [Continue...]</a>]]></description>
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