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	Failstate (Failstate, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legends (Failstate, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Kynetic: On Target 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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By my reckoning, it has been a year and a half since I’ve written a post here. A year and a half. Holy cow. So where have I been?

Well, obviously not here. But while I may have left my blog and my website go fallow, there’s a couple of reasons why.

For starters, life has kicked me pretty hard as of late. A year and a half ago, the senior pastor of the congregation I serve took a new position at a di

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“[T]hey led us through a fifteen-minute set of what I called "seven-eleven" songs. Sing seven words, and repeat the phrase eleven times.”
― John W. Otte, Failstate

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“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”
― Martin Luther

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