{"id":990,"date":"2021-03-16T13:01:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/?p=990"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:01:04","slug":"reflection-from-john-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-john-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection from John"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-16-21-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-16-21-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-16-21-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-16-21-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/john-reflection-3-16-21.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I was little, I loved to pick dandelions when they had gone to seed. I would make a wish and blow, and watch the seeds scatter in the breeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remembered the dandelions as I thought about all the people I have met during my chaplaincy internship at HHH, and of what we have all been through in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw the dandelion seeds as my work and my presence with people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw time as the breath that scattered them in all directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each seed is so small, and seems so insignificant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet each seed also contains the potential for a new dandelion and hundreds of new seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dandelion seed is a gift from the past to the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breath of time brought it to me, and I am a short stop on its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That breath, that flower (the first place a bee will go to find food after a winter of fasting), and those seeds are my reassurance that I am part of the great cycle of life, and that I made a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>John Terauds, CPE Intern<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was little, I loved to pick dandelions when they had gone to seed. I would make a wish and blow, and watch the seeds scatter in the breeze. I remembered the dandelions as I thought about all the people I have met during my chaplaincy internship at HHH, and of what we have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/reflection-from-john-14\/\" 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-990","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\/990","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=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hhhinfo.com\/worship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}