{"id":1413,"date":"2012-12-28T04:13:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T09:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2012-12-28T04:13:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T09:13:22","slug":"the-star-how-i-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2012\/12\/28\/the-star-how-i-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"The star: How I wonder"},"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: #5142db\"><strong>Matthew 2:7-10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #5142db\"><strong>Question for Reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis passage is like a suspenseful movie. \u201cNo don\u2019t do it!\u201d you yell at the screen, \u201cIt\u2019s a trick!\u201d But we know how it ends. We can sit back, for now, and enjoy the wonder of the moment, the brilliance of the star, with the scholars. What moments do we miss because we\u2019re too concerned about what\u2019s going to happen next?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #5142db\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGod, teach us to let go of fear and anxiety. We want to live in the moment and be in your presence but sometimes our worries get in the way. Please help us to learn to stop and look around us, taking in your wonders and glory. 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: #5142db\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #5142db\">Advent Devotional<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>written by Walt Wiltschek, campus pastor of Manchester University. (Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #5142db\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #5142db\">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;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 2:7-10 &nbsp; Question for Reflection: This passage is like a suspenseful movie. \u201cNo don\u2019t do it!\u201d you yell at the screen, \u201cIt\u2019s a trick!\u201d But we know how it ends. We can sit back, for now, and enjoy the wonder of the moment, the brilliance of the star, with the scholars. What moments do<\/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":[54,442,1222],"class_list":["post-1413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-advent","tag-fear","tag-wonder"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413","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=1413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}