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	<title>Alon Banks</title>
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		<title>Alone</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/10/08/alone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At what point in your life is it comfortable to be alone? I am kept awake at night praying for my son to make friends at his new school, but]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Ministry Can Learn From The Boy Scouts</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/10/07/youth-ministry-can-learn-from-the-boy-scouts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended a Boy Scout meeting to celebrate some achievements my son was receiving. I was prepared for a long boring meeting, but I was completely surprised. I]]></description>
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		<title>I Lost My Hope In Youth Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/10/01/i-lost-my-hope-in-youth-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always appreciated Youth Specialties and still do, but my perspective has changed a bit. I not only believe that youth workers are under appreciated and taken advantage of,]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Complaining</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/09/21/stop-complaining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it bothers you that much&#8230;..stop using the free service!]]></description>
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		<title>Life Is Heavy</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/09/21/life-is-heavy-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life has felt heavy recently. I have recently been hit with a stark realization that raising children is a big responsibility. Not that I have taken it lightly the past]]></description>
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		<title>7 Symptoms of Procrastination and How to Fight Them</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/09/12/7-symptoms-of-procrastination-and-how-to-fight-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all do it to some degree or another; put off for tomorrow what we know should be done today. Postpone the inevitable pain for the current moment of pleasure.]]></description>
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		<title>Howling Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/08/03/howling-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kids as we entered the wolf habitat. They were ready to get out of the car.]]></description>
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		<title>Perseverance and Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/06/23/perseverance-and-stupidity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I journey through my &#8220;professional career&#8221; I wonder if I&#8217;m being stupid or persevering. How do I balance the human side with the experience of God providing? Last week]]></description>
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		<title>Padres Fellowship Night</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/06/09/padres-fellowship-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight we are attending Fellowship Night at the San Diego Padres game. Madison will be saying &#8220;Play Ball&#8221; before the game from the field. Then after the game a few]]></description>
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		<title>YMEC 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/05/24/ymec-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alonbanks.com/2011/05/24/ymec-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 18:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was privileged to participate in the 22nd annual NNYM Youth Ministry Executive Council (YMEC), held in Costa Mesa, CA. The event was entitled &#8220;Summit on America&#8217;s Youth.&#8221;]]></description>
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