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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answer: &#8220;A confusing network of passages where a single, uninterrupted path is the only solution.&#8221; This coming Wednesday, Feb. 1st, Cru will be hosting an event called &#8220;The Maze&#8221; which is an unique mixture of illusion, intuition, psychology, humor, mystery, and danger. The question that is constantly being asked throughout is, &#8220;How can I know &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2012/01/27/the-maze/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1296&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What does Spiritual Leadership look like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The ultimate test of a person&#8217;s leadership is the health of the organization when the organizer is gone.&#8221; Recently I shared with some of our student leaders about why their leadership is incredibly important to not only the overall growth of this movement at Cal Poly, but also their personal development. There&#8217;s one thing that, for &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2012/01/23/spleadershi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1285&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our God is Boundless &#8211; Winter Conference 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ministry recap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer and Praise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello friends and partners, our annual winter conference is starting tonight and will run for another three days. Where else can you tangibly feel the energy in the room as 800 crazy college students worship Jesus? No where! Here&#8217;s a quick video update about how you can pray for the students and the staff this &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/12/28/sdwc2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1272&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How can I say Thank You enough?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ministry recap]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I reflect upon this past year, I am struck by how much God has been gracious to provide for my needs &#8212; financial, spiritual, and many others. Many of you who will read this have been partnering with me for over two years now to bring the good news of Jesus to not only &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/12/14/how-can-i-say-thank-you-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1268&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding 53 Starving Kids for a Year</title>
		<link>http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/11/17/fmsc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last spring a freshman named Jordan approached our campus director, Jamey, with a pretty crazy idea: ask our movement to get behind a social justice organization called Feed My Starving Children and package food meals for starving children in developing countries. Typically we, as a campus ministry, don&#8217;t focus our time and efforts towards something &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/11/17/fmsc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1251&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Providence is not easy.</title>
		<link>http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/11/02/providence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pride]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[STINT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, four years ago, marks the day I was released from the hospital in Hungary. Maybe you&#8217;re wondering how I got there in the first place. That&#8217;s a good question, and a long answer. *For the sake of brevity for some, I&#8217;ll underline most of my main thoughts.* When I first began thinking, considering, praying &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/11/02/providence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1209&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We want your prayer for Fall Retreat</title>
		<link>http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/10/21/we-want-your-prayer-for-fall-retreat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fall retreat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our fall retreat is happening THIS weekend. It&#8217;s always a great time for students to get away and hear from the Lord through a great speaker, processing life with friends, and building new and old relationships. We would absolutely cherish your prayer for us this weekend. - Pray for a heart of surrender not only &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/10/21/we-want-your-prayer-for-fall-retreat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1203&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everything works together for good. Really?</title>
		<link>http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/10/05/really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Theology thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll begin by saying that I have been experiencing the lies and effects of sin in a much more &#8220;intimate&#8221; way lately. A few of those in my life have been walking in sin and choosing to let their hearts be mastered by it &#8212; myself included. Now, I don&#8217;t mention this to defame them &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/10/05/really/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1190&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SLO Bound: Welcoming 4,000 freshmen to San Luis Obispo</title>
		<link>http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/09/29/slo-bound-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we had the privilege of meeting and introducing over 4,000 freshmen to California&#8217;s most beautiful city, San Luis Obispo. The previous statement is my opinion, but still true. Our welcome gift to them was a wide variety of incredible free stuff! Held within what we refer to as &#8220;Freshman Survival Kits&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/09/29/slo-bound-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1175&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer reading never felt so good</title>
		<link>http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/09/15/summer-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today felt like the first day with real &#8220;fall potential.&#8221; I hacked out some junipers in my front yard. It was overcast, cool, and drizzled on and off. In fact, as I&#8217;m typing this blog it is raining just outside my window. I like the sound and smell of rain. It&#8217;s something about the freshness &#8230; <a href="http://mattwilliamscru.com/2011/09/15/summer-reading/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattwilliamscru.com&amp;blog=5262129&amp;post=1164&amp;subd=mmwilli&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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