{"id":3203,"date":"2013-12-06T18:02:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=3203"},"modified":"2013-12-06T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T18:05:39","slug":"advent-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=3203","title":{"rendered":"Advent reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been trying to take time to do a simple advent reflection each day. So far I have<br \/>\n1 To prepare for the beginning of the new in advent we must also recognise the new to come is an end &#038;reshaping of ALL we have known before.<br \/>\n2 At advent we prepare to be caught up in the dance towards the redemption &#038; renewal of all things, on earth, in heaven &#038; under the earth.<br \/>\n3 In advent we can choose to see, like the wise men the creators signs, and continue our journey towards redemption.<br \/>\n4 In advent we remember whilst Joseph may have been floored by confusion and angst at Mary&#8217;s news he accepted the journey ahead.<br \/>\n5 Those on the edge were open to the change coming, like the shepherds let us travel light this advent.<br \/>\n6 In advent Marys journey recalls our need to experience the restless discomfort of a journey that seeks to give birth to the new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been trying to take time to do a simple advent reflection each day. So far I have 1 To prepare for the beginning of the new in advent we must also recognise the new to come is an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=3203\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3207,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3203\/revisions\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}