{"id":338,"date":"2020-03-22T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2020-03-23T10:47:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:47:27","slug":"church-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Church Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Churches measure time differently:\u00a0\u00a0not in years, or fads, or decades, or generations.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019re here for the long haul, longer even than human lifetimes.\u00a0\u00a0When the church says, \u201cWe will get through this\u201d that\u2019s a promise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPENING WORDS, #435 Kathleen McTigue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We come together this morning to remind one another<br>To rest for a moment on the forming edge of our lives,<br>To resist the headlong tumble into the next moment,<br>Until we claim for ourselves awareness and gratitude,<br>Taking the time to look into one another&#8217;s faces\u00a0<br>and see there communion:\u00a0\u00a0the reflection of our own eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This house of laughter and silence, memory and hope,\u00a0<br>is hallowed by our presence together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HOMILY \u201cChurch Time\u201d By Rev. Hoyt-McDaniels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;Two kinds of church time<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church Spiritual Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be in the moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The first part of our Opening Words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We come together this morning to remind one another<br>To rest for a moment on the forming edge of our lives,<br>To resist the headlong tumble into the next moment,<br>Until we claim for ourselves awareness and gratitude,<br>Taking the time to look into one another&#8217;s faces\u00a0<br>and see there communion:\u00a0\u00a0the reflection of our own eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church Institutional Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The church as a body that exists through decades<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beyond generations or human lifetimes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eventually even through centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The second part of our Opening Words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This house of laughter and silence, memory and hope,\u00a0<br>is hallowed by our presence together.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Memory and hope connecting to past and future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;Both kinds of church time are helpful for our current situation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be here now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To rest for a moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Claim awareness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Claim gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blessing of this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gift of life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">not forever but for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not what belongs to the past:&nbsp;&nbsp;(Regret, Shame, fantasies of what might have been)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nor what belongs to the future:&nbsp;&nbsp;(Fear, Anxiety)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the pressure we feel to control what cannot be controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spiritual time we learn at church is just<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Just this hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Breathing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pausing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And although that is always good spiritual advice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It can sometimes be hard to remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But now, it\u2019s as though the whole world is telling us to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pause<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Live in this moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Love what\u2019s right in front of you (not across town)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Love what\u2019s right now (not what we had a month ago and had to give up)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(not what might be a month from more, and we cannot know)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To &#8220;claim awareness and gratitude&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So church spiritual time is a precious gift of healing for our frantic lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cto resist the headlong tumble into the next moment\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;And church institutional time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church exists through long expanses of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s another way for us to connect to \u201cthe something larger than ourselves\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Which is the basis of all spirituality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s another way for us to expand our community<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the vertical, rather than horizontal dimension<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel connected to the great men and women of our past<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Channing, Emerson, Parker, Margaret Fuller, Clara Barton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harvest the Power:&nbsp;&nbsp;Francis David, Giorgio Biandrata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longer ago:&nbsp;&nbsp;Arius and Origen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christian roots \u2013 Jewish Roots connecting us to past centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of that is ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are connected to a vast movement of people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each asking the same questions we ask,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWho are We?&nbsp;&nbsp;What should we do?&nbsp;&nbsp;And Why Does it Matter?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And asking those questions and finding new answers through an incredible variety of circumstances.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some very difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And always learning and passing on what they learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board meeting last week we asked<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Who should be a UU Saint?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Waitstill Sharp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unitarian Service Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1939 \u2013 Checkoslovakia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eventually Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kathleen McTigue, currently working with the UUSC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;And in our own closer in but still long history of UUCLB<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We\u2019ve been through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;World War I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The influenza epidemic of 1918<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Depression<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Long Beach Earthquake of 1933<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;World War II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Civil Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And Vietnam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The AIDS Crisis of the 80s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;September 11, 2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And at every challenge we learned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And sometimes we had to change how we did church<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And we got through it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here we are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every generation at church is responsible for taking the hand off from the previous generation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nurturing and growing the church for the time we are the active members<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And then handing off the church to those who come after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now is our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is our challenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel up to the challenge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have faith in our church today to adapt as we need to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To learn what we need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To get us through this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And not only to get each of us as individuals, through this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But to get the church as an institution through this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a house of memory and hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hallowed by our presence together<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CLOSING WORDS, #693 V. Emil Gudmundson<br>And now, may we have faith in life to do wise planting that the generations to come may reap even more abundantly than we.\u00a0\u00a0May we be bold in bringing to fruition the golden dreams of human kinship and justice.\u00a0\u00a0This we ask:\u00a0\u00a0that the fields of promise become fields of reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churches measure time differently:\u00a0\u00a0not in years, or fads, or decades, or generations.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019re here for the long haul, longer even than&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/?p=338\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Church Time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons","category-writing"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhmcd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}