{"id":1451,"date":"2013-01-03T04:38:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2013-01-03T04:38:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T09:38:15","slug":"galilee-awash-in-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/01\/03\/galilee-awash-in-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus the child: A precocious one"},"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: #82639c\"><strong>Luke 2:41-52<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7f6599\"><strong>Question for Reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWho is the most \u201cspirited\u201d child you regularly encounter? Albeit occasionally annoying, how might God be revealed in this child\u2019s words and actions?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7f6599\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGracious, transforming God, give us vision. When we look at young ones still growing, help us to see the potential lying just beyond the next birthday or two. Fill us will patience. Teach us how to walk with people through tricky transitions.<\/p>\n<p>~ Becky Ullom Naugle, Director of Youth &amp; Young Adult Ministry<\/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: #7f6599\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #7f6599\">Advent Devotional<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0written by Walt Wiltschek, campus pastor of Manchester University. (Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #7f6599\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #7f6599\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in 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>Luke 2:41-52 Question for Reflection: Who is the most \u201cspirited\u201d child you regularly encounter? Albeit occasionally annoying, how might God be revealed in this child\u2019s words and actions? Prayer for the day: Gracious, transforming God, give us vision. When we look at young ones still growing, help us to see the potential lying just beyond<\/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":[54,912,1156,1187],"class_list":["post-1451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-advent","tag-potential","tag-transform","tag-vision"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451","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=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}