{"id":3208,"date":"2013-12-12T16:08:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T16:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2013-12-12T16:08:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T16:08:07","slug":"half-way-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/?p=3208","title":{"rendered":"Half way there"},"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\u2019s 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<p>7 Zac the religious man, performing duties in the temple doubted, will we let our religion blur our vision of the kingdom coming this advent?<\/p>\n<p>8 In advent a new equality was birthed at the stable, heaven joined earth, different strata of society, animals?&#038;angels gathered in solidarity<\/p>\n<p>9 The advent story is enriched by the diversity of culture through the Magi, this advent may we open to the voice of the other<\/p>\n<p>10 The census was an exertion of control, and power, In advent we remember the subtle ways Jesus&#8217; birth demonstrated resistance, and change.<\/p>\n<p>11 The wise men approached Herod first to find the newborn king, this advent let us prepare for the upside down kingdom the baby introduced.<\/p>\n<p>12 The angels announcement to Zachariah  connected the past, present and future, this advent we remember we are caught up in the ongoing story.<\/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=3208\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208","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=3208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3209,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3208\/revisions\/3209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sundaypapers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}