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Monthly Archives: February 2012

“Rural rebound…”

February 28, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  In a previous post, I mentioned that rural communities can look as …

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Rural Churches Grapple with a Pastor Exodus (TIME Magazine)…

February 24, 2012

This morning, I ran across this article (Thanks, Charles Hill) in TIME Magazine from back in 2009 that I found …

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Jesus is better than a six-dollar burger…

February 23, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  Jesus is Better Than a Six-Dollar Burger Now, the church does not …

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Out of the “junk drawer” and back on the shelf…

February 21, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  Sorting through the “junk drawer…”             Every …

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No demographic favoritism…

February 16, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  A cultural bias… Now, I am assuming that it is not necessary …

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Can anything great come out of a small town?

February 14, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR) Called to Something Great The call. One can almost hear the hallowed …

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Welcome to the middle of somewhere…

February 14, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR) Welcome to The Middle of Somewhere, an aspiring resource environment for the …

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