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		<title>The Discipline of Service: Part 2 of 2</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/06/05/the-discipline-of-service-part-2-of-2/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to writing the second part of this topic. Between preparing for two sermons, work being busy and trying to keep up with yard work, I have had little time for anything else (not to mention playoff hockey). When we choose to be a servant, we give up the right to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Service: Part 1 of 2</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/05/19/the-discipline-of-service-part-1-of-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 18:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is such a broad discipline, it&#8217;s hard to summarize it in one post, so I will be using two posts for the discipline of service. First, I would like to distinguish the difference between self-righteous service and true service. I will be using references from Richard J. Foster&#8217;s Celebration of Discipline as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Submission</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/05/15/the-discipline-of-submission/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me well will probably laugh if they see that I am writing on the topic of the discipline of submission. I am not exactly known for how well I submit to others. However, the purpose of writing is not necessarily to tell others how to live, rather, to explain the discipline and, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Solitude</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/05/13/the-discipline-of-solitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The disciplined person is the person who can do what needs to be done when it needs to be done&#8230; most of us can get the ball into the hoop eventually, but we can&#8217;t do it when it is needed. Likewise, a person who is under the Discipline of silence is a person who can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Simplicity</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/04/29/the-discipline-of-simplicity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This discipline is a massive kick in the ass of Western Civilization. I will quote from several places in Richard J. Foster&#8217;s chapter on Simplicity: Simplicity is freedom&#8230; simplicity brings joy and balance&#8230; Contemporary culture lacks both the inward reality and the outward life-style of simplicity&#8230; We are trapped in a maze of competing attachments&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Study</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/04/26/the-discipline-of-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Richard J. Foster writes in his book, Celebration of Discipline, study involves four steps: Repetition. Ingrained habits of thought can be formed by repetition alone, thus changing behavior. Concentration. The brains natural ability to store and focus on information is enhanced when, with singleness of purpose, we center our attention upon a desired object [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Fasting</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/04/24/the-discipline-of-fasting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is sobering to realize that the very first statement Jesus made about fasting dealt with the question of motive (Matt. 6:16-18). To use good things to our own ends is always the sign of false religion. How easy it is to take something like fasting and try to use it to get God to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Prayer</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/04/24/the-discipline-of-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need not worry that [prayer] will take up too much of our time, for &#8220;It takes up no time, but it occupies all our time.&#8221; It is not prayer in addition to work but prayer simultaneous with work. We precede, enfold, and follow all our work with prayer. Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Discipline of Meditation</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/04/22/the-discipline-of-meditation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian meditation, very simply, is the ability to hear God&#8217;s voice and obey his word. Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline, Chapter 2 Meditation is a discipline that many Christians don&#8217;t understand, or have an incorrect understanding of. The meditation talked about in popular culture involves clearing your mind and releasing negative energy. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebration of Discipline: Liberation</title>
		<link>http://williamknelsen.com/2008/04/21/celebration-of-discipline-liberation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite books on the topic of Christian discipline is the book by Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline. It is an extremely challenging book, but at the same time it opened my eyes to new ways of practicing what Foster lists as the 12 disciplines of the Christian Faith. Foster, in Chapter [...]]]></description>
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