{"id":1207,"date":"2012-12-10T04:30:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T09:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2012-12-10T04:30:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T09:30:16","slug":"genealogy-and-history-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2012\/12\/10\/genealogy-and-history-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy and history: By the numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-920\" title=\"Advent 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2012\/11\/Advent-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>Matthew 1:7-17\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>Question for Reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThere is rhythm in the reading of the genealogy of Jesus, as well as symmetry in the numbers: fourteen plus fourteen plus fourteen generations in all. The God-created generational rhythm might go unnoticed except for Matthew\u2019s pointing it out for us in verse 17. Preacher Alyce McKenzie calls us to cultivate \u201ca knack for noticing\u201d how God is at work in, around, and through us. What are you being called to notice this Advent season? What do you need to be paying attention to?<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Prayer for the day:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nGod of the generations, in this time of waiting, grant us a \u201cknack for noticing\u201d your presence in our midst. In the name of Christ we pray, Amen<\/p>\n<p>~ Kim Ebersole, Director of Family Life and Older Adult Ministries<\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Advent Devotional<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>written by Walt Wiltschek, campus pastor of Manchester University. (Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0in print and E-Book formats) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Walt&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 1:7-17\u00a0\u00a0 Question for Reflection: There is rhythm in the reading of the genealogy of Jesus, as well as symmetry in the numbers: fourteen plus fourteen plus fourteen generations in all. The God-created generational rhythm might go unnoticed except for Matthew\u2019s pointing it out for us in verse 17. Preacher Alyce McKenzie calls us to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[54,510,830,1029,1194],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-advent","tag-gods-presence","tag-notice","tag-see","tag-wait"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}