{"id":11578,"date":"2009-03-04T18:50:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T18:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/mother_uses_eclectic_past_for_churchs_innovation\/"},"modified":"2009-03-04T18:50:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T18:50:24","slug":"mother_uses_eclectic_past_for_churchs_innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11578","title":{"rendered":"&#39;Mother&#39; uses eclectic past for church&#39;s innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With closed eyes, 12 men and women sat in a circle of mismatched high-backed couches and chairs, listening as the soft musical voice of Mother Julia Anne Fritts led them in meditation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now, actually breathe &#8212; something we adults often forget to do,&#8221; Fritts, the newly ordained priest at St. John&#8217;s Episcopal Church, said just loud enough over the recorded sounds of Gregorian chants.<\/p>\n<p>She pushed her long, straight, silver hair off her shoulders as she looked around the quiet circle.<\/p>\n<p>Pleased by the attendance, the church opened the Tuesday night meetings, called &#8220;Got Peace?&#8221; to people outside the parish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the midst of an economic crisis, we hope this will catch people&#8217;s attention,&#8221; said the Rev. Jim Wheeler, rector of the Main Street church.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stamfordadvocate.com\/ci_11832707\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With closed eyes, 12 men and women sat in a circle of mismatched high-backed couches and chairs, listening as the soft musical voice of Mother Julia Anne Fritts led them in meditation. &#8220;Now, actually breathe &#8212; something we adults often<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=11578\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,48,66,184,380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-parish-ministry","category-tec-parishes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}