<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195641357909723819</id><updated>2012-02-16T00:24:49.590-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Leadership Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>BCC Leadership</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195641357909723819.post-2330264682587553088</id><published>2008-01-03T22:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-03T22:28:36.683-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"What's In Your Spiritual Wallet"? </title><summary type='text'>Entropy is a measure of the unavailability of a system's energy to do work. The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics simply stated is the dispersal of energy. A couple of examples come to us from one of my favorite topics, cars. In a combustible engine,  gas and air mix together inside of a close cylinder to form energy. This energy is then "sparked" by a spark plug to explode. The disbursal of that energy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/feeds/2330264682587553088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4195641357909723819&amp;postID=2330264682587553088' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/2330264682587553088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/2330264682587553088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/2008/01/whats-in-your-spiritual-wallet.html' title='&quot;What&apos;s In Your Spiritual Wallet&quot;? '/><author><name>BCC Leadership</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195641357909723819.post-892287483890531093</id><published>2007-12-05T15:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-05T21:46:47.453-08:00</updated><title type='text'>God's Economy</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever discovered that some of the most precious times of spiritual growth have come through difficult circumstances? I think there are times that everyone longs for the mountaintop experience with God and yet its through the valleys that faith is challenged, strengthened and purified.Much of life seems to be a 2 sided coin. If looked at only at face value, the circumstances of life are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/feeds/892287483890531093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4195641357909723819&amp;postID=892287483890531093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/892287483890531093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/892287483890531093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/2007/12/gods-economy.html' title='God&apos;s Economy'/><author><name>BCC Leadership</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195641357909723819.post-1256602220581763742</id><published>2007-11-09T10:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-09T17:56:09.818-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GOD Provides</title><summary type='text'>I was blessed and honored to be able to give the offering devotion last weekend at the three services. (I sure don't envy the pastors having three presentations over a short period). During our formative years (which goes on today and into the future for me) we go through "stuff" that we don't always like, but as we are refined, God provides.   Do we always see it that way? The half empty or half</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/feeds/1256602220581763742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4195641357909723819&amp;postID=1256602220581763742' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/1256602220581763742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/1256602220581763742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/2007/11/god-provides.html' title='GOD Provides'/><author><name>BCC Leadership</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195641357909723819.post-7682388165581247464</id><published>2007-10-25T22:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T10:25:02.357-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BCC Family Meeting - 10/28/2007</title><summary type='text'>The Beaverton Christian Church Family meeting provided an opportunity for fellowship and praise and an update on the progress we have enjoyed with the implementation of the strategic plan presented in June of this year. Adam, Scott, and Janell provided an update on the changes that have been made in the children’s and youth ministries to help facilitate a time for families to worship together. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/feeds/7682388165581247464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4195641357909723819&amp;postID=7682388165581247464' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/7682388165581247464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4195641357909723819/posts/default/7682388165581247464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bccleadership.blogspot.com/2007/10/bcc-family-meeting-12282007.html' title='BCC Family Meeting - 10/28/2007'/><author><name>BCC Leadership</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
