{"id":422,"date":"2026-08-31T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/?p=422"},"modified":"2026-08-02T18:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T18:54:22","slug":"ardent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/ardent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/08\/26-08-17-DSC_2117-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/08\/26-08-17-DSC_2117-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/08\/26-08-17-DSC_2117-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/08\/26-08-17-DSC_2117-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/08\/26-08-17-DSC_2117-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px-560x343.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/08\/26-08-17-DSC_2117-byCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><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>\u201cLet love be genuine; <\/em><br><em>hate what is evil; <\/em><br><em>hold fast to what is good; <\/em><br><em>love one another with mutual affection; <\/em><br><em>outdo one another in showing honor. <\/em><br><em>Do not lag in zeal; <\/em><br><em>be ardent in spirit; <\/em><br><em>serve the Lord.\u201d<\/em><br>&#8211;Romans 12:9-11 (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\">Choose one of the eight phrases in these scripture verses to focus on today. For example, if you focus on \u201clet love be genuine,\u201d think about how genuine love could improve your day. Or if you focus on \u201cbe ardent in spirit,\u201d could that help you be closer to God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"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.\u201d&#8211;Romans 12:9-11 (NRSVue) Activity Choose one of the eight phrases in these scripture verses to focus on today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":414,"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-422","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\/422","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=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/pause\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}