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		<title>REVISED: OPEN LETTER TO BELLEVUE COUNCIL RE: PROPOSED BURNING ORDINANCE AND PERSONAL LIBERTIES</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/05/15/revised-open-letter-to-bellevue-council-re-proposed-burning-ordinance-and-personal-liberties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the confusion and misinformation out there regarding the proposed burning ordinance and whether or not it would restrict grills, I&#8217;ve revised my initial letter to Bellevue Council.  Below is the letter that will be presented to the council at the special meeting to be convened next week as well as sent to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=613&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Letter to Bellevue Council re: Proposed Burning Ordinance and Personal Liberties</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/05/14/open-letter-to-bellevue-council-re-proposed-burning-ordinance-and-personal-liberties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Mr. Mayor and Members of Bellevue Council, I write to you today to express my frustration with the newly proposed ordinance before Bellevue council which would require Bellevue residents to contact the fire department prior to lighting a controlled burn on one’s personal property (including and not limited to fireplaces and gas/charcoal grills).  Why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=608&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Will Be Done in Pittsburgh</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/04/27/gods-will-be-done-in-pittsburgh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, in PITTSBURGH as it is in heaven.  Give us today our daily bread.  And forgive us our debts,  as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one for yours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=600&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relevant Magazine: Deeper Walk, &#8220;Fall from Grace&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/04/24/relevant-magazine-deeper-walk-fall-from-grace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the daily &#8220;Deeper Walk&#8221; devotional message from Relevant Magazine.  I have found the Deeper Walk series to be very enriching to me spiritually.  I encourage you to check out Relevant Magazine and supporting their work. &#8220;For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=598&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Day I Nearly Sacked Art Rooney II&#8230;and the lessons he taught me thereafter</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/04/19/the-day-i-nearly-sacked-art-rooney-ii-and-the-lessons-he-taught-me-thereafter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to try different places for lunch throughout the week.  One day I&#8217;ll have lunch at the deli a few blocks from my office.  Another day I&#8217;ll pack a lunch.  The next day I&#8217;ll eat at my favorite coffee shop.  And, when the temptation arises, I&#8217;ll run downtown to grab lunch somewhere completely random. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=595&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Praying for Pittsburgh</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/04/17/praying-for-pittsburgh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago one of the leaders at Emmanuel Christian Church had a vision.  He had a bold vision about the power of prayer.  We are often taught in the church that if we are concerned about something, if something is not as it should be, that we should lift that &#8220;thing&#8221; to God in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=591&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review of Blue Like Jazz: the movie</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/04/15/review-of-blue-like-jazz-the-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I begin my review of the Blue Like Jazz, the film adaptation of the book of the same title written by Donald Miller, I must admit that I&#8217;m a bit biased.  I&#8217;ve been a fan of Don Miller&#8217;s work since the day I first read Blue Like Jazz.  I&#8217;ve anticipated this film for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=586&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going Deeper from Relevant Magazine</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/04/05/going-deeper-from-relevant-magazine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following meditation is from the daily devotional email of Relevant Magazine.  I thought it worth sharing. &#8220;When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=580&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life = Story</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/04/03/life-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a million miles in a thousand years]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard me talk about or post something about my personal life goal is to live a great story with my life.  I believe that living a good story to be a major solution to the problems we face in our personal lives and in the world around us.  We act out and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=576&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Illuminated Church</title>
		<link>http://tomfodi.com/2012/03/25/the-illuminated-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Fodi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the transcript of the parable/short story I wrote for a message on the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of the contemporary Christian. ________________________ Imagine with me a little town.  Imagine with me a little town before the popular use of electric lights.  Imagine a little town where after sundown the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tomfodi.com&#038;blog=19708484&#038;post=573&#038;subd=tomfodi&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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