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		<title>Real Life Conversations: The Fortune Cookie</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2012/03/30/real-life-conversations-the-fortune-cookie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another real life conversation from my family. We were eating a late dinner and talking about each of our days. Ariel: I ate Chinese today. My fortune cookie said &#8220;You are pretty.&#8221; Laughter. Me: my favorite fortune cookie said &#8220;It is a nice day.&#8221; I wonder how you get the job of writing fortunes? I&#8217;d [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=332&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life Lesson #2: Expectations, First Impressions, and the Importance of Being Realistic</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2012/01/25/life-lesson-2-expectations-first-impressions-and-the-importance-of-being-realistic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a sweltering hot night in Matamoros, Mexico. I was in the middle of a three-week stint leading worship for a missions organization based in Georgia. Their base in Matamoros housed a large number of summer staff, translators, and visiting mission teams. It was about halfway through the summer when some new staffers arrived after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=311&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life lesson #1: Don’t lie, especially if you aren’t good at it</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2012/01/10/life-lesson-1-dont-lie-especially-if-you-arent-good-at-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childhood Memories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[broken lamp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember my first lie. I was a toddler. My idea of fun at the time was running a circle through our lovely 70’s style Ranch. I made a track from the living room, to the hallway, then the kitchen, and back to the other side of the living room. I was fast too. Just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=301&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weddings &amp; Worship Leading</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2011/11/14/weddings-worship-leading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the only thing you remember about the minister officiating a wedding is “We are gathered here today…” he has done a great job.  His role is to get the ceremony started, help the bride and groom connect to each other, and go unnoticed. Rarely do we remember anything about his role unless something goes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=278&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2011/09/13/a-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making sandwiches in the kitchen. Her: &#8220;We are like Michael and Holly.&#8221; Me: &#8220;What? Who?&#8221; (while trying to think of REAL people we actually know) Her: &#8220;You know, like Michael and Holly from &#8216;The Office.&#8217; We break out in funny voices at random times. We can&#8217;t be cool and funny and normal like Jim and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=243&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walk With Me</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2011/08/30/walk-with-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://heathbutler.com/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was the summer before my 8th grade year of junior high. I was at youth camp. It was my first trip away from home. I was even more awkward than I am now. But somehow, despite my awkwardness and a horrible stomach virus that made its way through the group, I made some friends. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=241&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Step Closer</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2011/07/08/one-step-closer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adulthood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[satire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Ok, so I’ve changed the names of some businesses because they aren’t compensating me for mentioning them…yet. I knew it was inevitable. And slowly, little by little, it is happening. I’m turning into my parents. I&#8217;m one step closer to adulthood.  Sure, I saw the signs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=221&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change (or Transition and Discontentment)</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2011/06/13/change-or-transition-and-discontentment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was written in 2006 and was on my old website. Although the original title was &#8220;Transition and Discontentment,&#8221; this article is really about change. Looking back on it, I&#8217;m feeling now some of the same things I felt when I wrote this. That&#8217;s why I decided to repost it. Hope it speaks to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=204&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>(Some of) The Best Words My Wife Ever Said To Me</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2011/05/17/some-of-the-best-words-my-wife-ever-said-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 23:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was the first time she said &#8220;I love you.&#8221; There was the time she said &#8220;yes&#8221; when I asked her to be my wife. When she said our wedding vows I was overcome with emotion.  The time she sat me down and told me we were expecting Ella Claire was a moment I&#8217;ll never forget. And then one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=182&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baggage</title>
		<link>http://heathbutler.com/2011/04/26/baggage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heath Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite parts of an airport is the baggage conveyor belt. I like watching my suitcase disappear through the plastic flaps.  I&#8217;ve always wanted to hop a ride on that conveyor belt to see where it goes. But in an effort to not get &#8220;randomly selected&#8221; for a special search every time I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=heathbutler.com&#038;blog=20130735&#038;post=160&#038;subd=heathbutler&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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