{"id":2255,"date":"2013-12-30T03:24:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T08:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2013-12-30T03:24:44","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T08:24:44","slug":"authentic-worship-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2013\/12\/30\/authentic-worship-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Authentic worship (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-Advent-good_news_hi_res-e1387468556566.jpg\" alt=\"2013 Advent good_news_hi_res\" width=\"180\" height=\"252\" \/>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9966\"> <strong>Matthew 2:7-11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9966\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAccompanying, wise God, prepare me for the journey that the days, weeks, and months ahead will bring. Please use the gifts and talents that You have given me to serve and bless others in the upcoming year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff9966\"> Question for reflection:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe transition from the old year to the new year is a time for reflection on our life\u2019s journey. Considering 2013, which of your gifts and talents did you offer to God, your community, and the wider world? As you look ahead to 2014 and prepare for a new leg in the journey, what do you want to bring along with you? Are there skills or gifts that you are feeling a need to develop or focus on in the new year?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">~ Gimbiya Kettering,\u00a0 Intercultural Ministries Coordinator<\/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: #ff9966\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Search=2013+advent+devotional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff9966\">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: #ff9966\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff9966\">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>\u00a0 Matthew 2:7-11 Prayer for the day: Accompanying, wise God, prepare me for the journey that the days, weeks, and months ahead will bring. Please use the gifts and talents that You have given me to serve and bless others in the upcoming year. Question for reflection: The transition from the old year to the<\/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":[54,228,492,493,808,977,1130,1158],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-advent","tag-christmas","tag-gifts","tag-gimbiya","tag-new-year","tag-reflection","tag-talents","tag-transition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255","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=2255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}