{"id":1406,"date":"2012-12-27T04:07:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T09:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2012-12-27T04:07:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T09:07:52","slug":"chief-priests-and-scribes-whats-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2012\/12\/27\/chief-priests-and-scribes-whats-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief priests and scribes: What\u2019s the word?"},"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: #7661e5\"><strong>Matthew 2:3-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7661e5\"><strong>Question for Reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWho do you turn to for answers to big questions? Experts in the area or someone who just always seems to know the right thing to say?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7661e5\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAll-knowing God, help us to find answers to our questions. We know there is not always an easy answer, but help us find those close who may have the knowledge we seek. May we also be able to search out in ourselves the right questions to ask. Bless us with patience to wait for the answers. Amen<\/p>\n<p>~ Rachel Witkovsky, National Junior High Conference Coordinator<\/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: #7661e5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #7661e5\">Advent Devotional<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0written by Walt Wiltschek, campus pastor of Manchester University. (Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #7661e5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #7661e5\">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<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 2:3-6 Question for Reflection: Who do you turn to for answers to big questions? Experts in the area or someone who just always seems to know the right thing to say? Prayer for the day: All-knowing God, help us to find answers to our questions. We know there is not always an easy answer,<\/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":[54,81,879,952],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-advent","tag-answers","tag-patience","tag-questions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","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=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}