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		<title>[MAILER SERIES] The Dirty Details</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The design is done, now you just need to figure out who gets this awesome mailer you just created. There are several administrative tasks to accomplish before you are ready to mail. Think of them as a check list. The only thing more boring than this part of the process is reading an article about it, so I will keep it brief.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/07/29/mailer-series-the-dirty-details/</link>
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		<title>Why do Christian movies suck?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The entire film serves as an excuse to dispense the gospel without regard for what makes a movie a categorically good movie. These are "God Exploitation" films, and if all you want to see is people believing in God, then you’ll like them. Just like if all you want to see is naked people, you'll like porn. It serves no other purpose.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/07/21/why-do-christian-movies-suck/</link>
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		<title>[MAILER SERIES] A Book is Only Worth its Cover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The biggest factor and first step in convincing your target individual to not dump your piece in the trash is the look and feel of it. Basically, your mailer has to make an impression on a person for longer than 1 second.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/07/19/mailer-series-a-book-is-only-worth-its-cover/</link>
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		<title>Direct Mail &amp; the church, a Love Story.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pretty sure sometime after the Ascension, the early Church purchased a demographic study of the Roman Empire, designed a 5.5” by 11” mailer, and sent it by chariot and carrier pigeon to the most densely populated ZIP codes around their local catacombs. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/07/12/direct-mail-the-church-a-love-story/</link>
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		<title>[FREE RESOURCE] Brainstorming &amp; Discussing Your Web Strategy: A Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy this free guide of questions for discussing/brainstorming/dreaming up your web strategy.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/07/08/free-resource-brainstorming-discussing-your-web-strategy-a-guide/</link>
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		<title>The Evolution of the Worship Leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Styles have always changed and adapted, and modern worship leaders have always had their own sub-culture: a mix between tradition and MTV.  Yesterday it was Journey and the NIV, today its Coldplay and Bible iPhone apps. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/07/05/the-evolution-of-the-worship-leader/</link>
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		<title>Finding God in the gaming world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jesus frames everything that we see in modern media. Spend enough time in the words of God, and the stories in games start to look similar to those in scripture. There buried below the surface is some hidden truth which we can leverage for a conversation about God.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/06/30/finding-god-in-the-gaming-world/</link>
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		<title>[REVIEW] Meet iPad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet iPad.  He’s definitely the coolest thing I’ve ever owned.  He’s a brilliant picture of where cool technology is headed.  He’s a slim, cool, social media hipster.  He’s a good-looking, cool, digital reader.  He’s a cool, lean-mean-app machine.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/06/28/review-meet-ipad/</link>
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		<title>5 Ways to Cultivate a Crippling and Irrational Fear of Muslims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 11, 2001, I walked out of my classroom at Mesa Community College and saw a group of people huddled around a television. The TV was about 15 feet away from me. Little did I know that those 15 feet would be the first steps on my journey to becoming a peacemaker.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/06/23/5-ways-to-cultivate-a-crippling-irrational-fear-of-muslims/</link>
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		<title>10 Free Resources You Need to Know About</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of free tools and resources on the web and we are going to help you find some of them. Each of these listed below can be used by your church and staff to help do what you do but better, with more efficiency and cheaper. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/2010/06/23/10-free-resources-you-need-to-know-about/</link>
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