{"id":377,"date":"2026-06-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/?p=377"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:29:16","slug":"genuine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/genuine\/","title":{"rendered":"Genuine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/26-06-01-20240427_142940-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\" style=\"width:702px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/26-06-01-20240427_142940-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/26-06-01-20240427_142940-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/26-06-01-20240427_142940-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/26-06-01-20240427_142940-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-900px.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<strong>Let love be genuine;<\/strong><br>hate what is evil;<br>hold fast to what is good;<br>love one another with mutual affection;<br>outdo one another in showing honor.<br>Do not lag in zeal;<br>be ardent in spirit;<br>serve the Lord.<br>Rejoice in hope;<br>be patient in affliction;<br>persevere in prayer.<br>Contribute to the needs of the saints;<br>pursue hospitality to strangers.<br>Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.<br>Rejoice with those who rejoice;<br>weep with those who weep.<br>Live in harmony with one another;<br>do not be arrogant, <\/em><br><em>but associate with the lowly;<br>do not claim to be wiser than you are.<br>Do not repay anyone evil for evil, <\/em><br><em>but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.<br>If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.<br>Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, <\/em><br><em>for it is written, \u2018Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.\u2019<br>Instead, \u2018if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, <\/em><br><em>for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.\u2019<br>Do not be overcome by evil,<br>but overcome evil with good.<\/em><br>&#8211;Romans 12:9-21 (NRSVue)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Romans 12:9-21 in the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue) is titled \u201cMarks of the True Christian.\u201d Some think of this section of scripture as a recipe for Christian living, or perhaps for behavior that makes for righteous human society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Take time to read and savor each phrase, one at a time. If that will take too long for your day today, return to this list over the next few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">What would your life look like if you could fully live out each of ingredients in the recipe? <br>How would you be different? <br>How would the world be different, if we all behaved this way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet love be genuine;hate what is evil;hold fast to what is good;love one another with mutual affection;outdo one another in showing honor.Do not lag in zeal;be ardent in spirit;serve the Lord.Rejoice in hope;be patient in affliction;persevere in prayer.Contribute to the needs of the saints;pursue hospitality to strangers.Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,6],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tiny-retreat","tag-tiny-retreats"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","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=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}