{"id":2223,"date":"2013-12-25T04:36:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T09:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2013-12-25T04:36:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T09:36:47","slug":"making-room-for-jesus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/12\/25\/making-room-for-jesus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Making room for Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2011\" alt=\"2013 Advent good_news_hi_res\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-Advent-good_news_hi_res-e1387468556566.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"252\" \/><span style=\"color: #f4c300\"><strong> Luke 2:1- 7<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #efba0f\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nLord, you came to a family who was welcomed into a home when there was no room. On this day when we celebrate the gift of salvation in the miracle of life, open our eyes to those around us seeking welcome. May our homes and our churches be places of refuge and rest. May our embrace be one that reflects your love made tangible in the welcome of a child. Amen<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #efba0f\"> Question for reflection:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nWho do you need to make room for today?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~ Josh Brockway, Director for Spiritual Life and Discipleship<\/p>\n<p 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 <strong><span style=\"color: #e9b215\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=2013+advent+devotional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #e9b215\">Advent Devotional<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>written by Tim Harvey, pastor of Central Church of the Brethren (Available from\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #efba0f\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #efba0f\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>in print and E-Book formats). Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Tim&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 2:1- 7 Prayer for the day: Lord, you came to a family who was welcomed into a home when there was no room. On this day when we celebrate the gift of salvation in the miracle of life, open our eyes to those around us seeking welcome. May our homes and our churches be<\/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":[54,204,228,491,708,718,754,978,1019],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-advent","tag-celebrate","tag-christmas","tag-gift","tag-love","tag-make-room","tag-miracle","tag-refuge","tag-salvation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","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=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}