{"id":1834,"date":"2013-03-21T04:36:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T09:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2013-03-21T04:36:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T09:36:27","slug":"oreo-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/03\/21\/oreo-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Oreo Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525\" alt=\"Lent 2013 Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2013\/02\/Lent-2013-Cover.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #8b4513\"><strong> Hebrews 2:1-9<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b4513\"><strong>Question for reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe Jesus in Me Loves the Jesus in You\u201d is often sung at Church of the Brethren intercultural gatherings. As we sing, we move from person to person, holding their hands as we acknowledge that we see Jesus in each other. It is energizing to connect with each other and Jesus in this way. How do you open your heart to see Jesus in others? Can you hear and receive what they have to share?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8b4513\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nLord, help me to be open to hearing and seeing Jesus in others. Help me, also, to be Jesus\u2019 compassionate presence to others.<\/p>\n<p>~ Kim Ebersole, Director of Family Life and Older Adult Ministries<\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><em><em>Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year&#8217;s L<\/em>enten devotional, <span style=\"color: #8b4513\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=practice+of+paying&amp;Search.x=8&amp;Search.y=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #8b4513\">The Practice of Paying Attention<\/span><\/a><\/span>, written by Dana Cassell, Minister of Youth Formation at the Manassas Church of the Brethren. <em>(Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #8b4513\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #8b4513\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0in print and E-Book formats)\u00a0<em>Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Dana&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hebrews 2:1-9 Question for reflection: \u201cThe Jesus in Me Loves the Jesus in You\u201d is often sung at Church of the Brethren intercultural gatherings. As we sing, we move from person to person, holding their hands as we acknowledge that we see Jesus in each other. It is energizing to connect with each other<\/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":[260,687,852,921,1029,1030],"class_list":["post-1834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-compassion","tag-lent","tag-open-your-heart","tag-prayer","tag-see","tag-see-jesus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834","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=1834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}