{"id":655,"date":"2008-09-14T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/made-to-matter\/"},"modified":"2008-09-14T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T03:00:00","slug":"made-to-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/made-to-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Made to Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Randy Kilgore, who is blessed with one the most insightful minds concerning faith and the workplace, just released a book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/MADE-MATTER-DEVOTIONS-WORKING-CHRISTIANS\/dp\/1572932678\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1220991963&amp;sr=8-1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cMade to Matter \u2014 Devotions for working Christians.\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I ordered my copy and I encourage you to do the same. <a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Y6qRWSwMJs8\/SMnHHrpvjZI\/AAAAAAAAEHs\/qbDFKPYBzlw\/s1600-h\/Made+To+Matter.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Y6qRWSwMJs8\/SMnHHrpvjZI\/AAAAAAAAEHs\/qbDFKPYBzlw\/s320\/Made+To+Matter.jpg\" width=\"191\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For several years now, I\u2019ve found his weekly email devotionals among the best-written and most encouraging I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering if this book is for you? Do you work? Do you struggle with your place in this world? Do you ever wonder if your faith is important in any setting besides church? Do you wish you could make a difference?<\/p>\n<p>Then this book belongs on your desk.<\/p>\n<p>And while you are at it, subscribe to his weekly devotional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madetomatter.org\/pages.asp?pageid=69306\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He has a number of prrofessional, theologically sound and life-changing bible studies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/www.madetomatter.org\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be interviewing Randy later and giving away some free copies of his book. What kind of questions would you like him to answer? 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