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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: July 2009

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Thursday, July 02, 2009. Do dogs have political beliefs? And views on technology? I got this from my wife today in an email. Tacoma (our bernese mountain dog) got a hold of my phone and it's completely destroyed. Yeah, I know. I'm going to kill him. Just so you know, that's why you can't get a hold of me. I'm going to try to find one off craigslist. And he destroyed your Communist book. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Do dogs have political beliefs? And views on techn.

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: May 2010

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Saturday, May 01, 2010. The Kentucky Derby - where would you sit? I have wondered, where would I belong? Which group would I want to enjoy the Derby in? It just made me realize how there can often emerge two worlds. Two sides of people. The haves and have nots. Both are there, enjoying themselves. Different drinks. Different outfits. Different perspectives of the track. of the weather. Where would you go? Run out in the mud and get dirty? That is a race, I would like to see. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: Unity amongst brothers.

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Monday, June 28, 2010. Psalm 133:1 - "How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity.". We live in a day where there are many sons, but there are few fathers to guide those sons. I can think of nothing deeper, no ache common to man than to be affirmed, blessed, and guided into his place as a man. It takes a father to do that. God sets himself up that way. He uses the language of father describing himself. I think its because we need more fathers, not more kings. And here lies one of the...

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: April 2010

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Sunday, April 18, 2010. One Church Many Tribes. I just opened a book written to the Church from a Native American offering his vision of some of the issues facing the clash between Native Americans and us Anglo-Europeans. It is a fascinating book, I find myself highlighting most of the pages. Isn't it fascinating that as the people of God's Kingdom, we have never asked what did His original inhabitants offer to us as a way of understanding the Kingdom? And a few vides on youtube. View my complete profile.

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: January 2011

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Wednesday, January 05, 2011. I have been reading through Ecclesiastes. I find myself returning there a lot. A king who seems to have had it all, both of good and God, along with wandering out into the world to see what it had as well. I imagine he would have to be considered one of the great wisdom teachers that the world has known. Why? I imagine because he has been through it. One friend shared with me the other day, wisdom only comes through the pain of suffering through it. I think it is important fo...

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: March 2010

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Thursday, March 18, 2010. I was watching Ken Burn's National Park series tonight. It is so well, well done. Evoking so much longing. It also reminded me of the wonderous beauties of some of the places I have been fortunate to go over the past few years. One of them a trip I took with my wife, Jayne, to the Grand Teton National Park. He said something of the sort, like, I get the satisfaction of coming back here years later, to see the work, and knowing what I am doing will be here for many years to come.

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: Laying a stone.

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Thursday, March 18, 2010. I was watching Ken Burn's National Park series tonight. It is so well, well done. Evoking so much longing. It also reminded me of the wonderous beauties of some of the places I have been fortunate to go over the past few years. One of them a trip I took with my wife, Jayne, to the Grand Teton National Park. He said something of the sort, like, I get the satisfaction of coming back here years later, to see the work, and knowing what I am doing will be here for many years to come.

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: The Kentucky Derby - where would you sit?

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Saturday, May 01, 2010. The Kentucky Derby - where would you sit? I have wondered, where would I belong? Which group would I want to enjoy the Derby in? It just made me realize how there can often emerge two worlds. Two sides of people. The haves and have nots. Both are there, enjoying themselves. Different drinks. Different outfits. Different perspectives of the track. of the weather. Where would you go? Run out in the mud and get dirty? That is a race, I would like to see. View my complete profile.

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Xan Hood - of Blood and Dirt: June 2009

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Serving the poor by teaching them. And I grieved at how we in part, made them dependent upon us. Behind all this often lies a poverty mentality. No sense of making the way through it. rising up. Often, there is very little motivation. Or reason. Those in power, are in power and in control. I will take what I can get. But what about the opposite side? What do they need? A friend, Paul, told me a story of how a project was taking place in Africa where they built a “chicken fac...