{"id":304,"date":"2025-12-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/?p=304"},"modified":"2025-11-21T21:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:17:58","slug":"praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/11\/25-12-22-20241230_101006-2-1200px-463x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/11\/25-12-22-20241230_101006-2-1200px-463x1024.jpg 463w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/11\/25-12-22-20241230_101006-2-1200px-136x300.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/11\/25-12-22-20241230_101006-2-1200px-506x1120.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/11\/25-12-22-20241230_101006-2-1200px.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo credit: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe angel said to them, \u2018Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAnd suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, <\/em><br><strong><em>\u2018Glory to God in the highest heaven, <\/em><br><em>and on earth peace among those whom he favors!\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/strong> <br>\u2013 Luke 2:10-14 (NRSVue)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br>Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Write <strong>\u201cGlory to God and peace on earth\u201d<\/strong> on a small piece of paper and carry it with you today, in your pocket or purse or backpack, as a way of joining in the angels\u2019 praise at Jesus\u2019 birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe angel said to them, \u2018Do not be afraid, for see, I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tiny-retreat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}