{"id":961,"date":"2021-03-09T11:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=961"},"modified":"2021-03-09T11:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T16:59:29","slug":"reflection-from-john-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-john-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-9-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-9-21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-9-21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The red-osier dogwood is common in New England. It\u2019s not a showy shrub in summertime, but it does have blooms in May and offers berries to birds in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the winter, however, when our natural world fades into browns and greys, a red-osier dogwood\u2019s younger branches come alive in bright blood-oranges and reds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our natural world is gifted a burst of color during its darkest and coldest season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s like that with people, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of our lives are pretty ordinary most of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there comes a moment when we can offer something special to those around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The season of cold and dark has been especially long and difficult this year. But you who have been able to care for others during the pandemic &#8212; who have worked overtime on testing and vaccination, who have been there to check and double-check on people\u2019s welfare \u2013 you have been like the red-osier dogwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have been the burst of red in a brown-and-grey world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have been color when there was little to catch our eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have been making a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a moment to breathe, to appreciate how wonderfully ordinary yet how wonderfully special you have been, are, and will continue to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as God intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>John Terauds, CPE Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The red-osier dogwood is common in New England. It\u2019s not a showy shrub in summertime, but it does have blooms in May and offers berries to birds in the fall. In the winter, however, when our natural world fades into browns and greys, a red-osier dogwood\u2019s younger branches come alive in bright blood-oranges and reds. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-john-13\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflection from John<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}