{"id":23344,"date":"2010-12-09T16:15:44","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T16:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/episcopal_priest_in_oregon_brings_unconventional_approach\/"},"modified":"2010-12-09T16:15:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T16:15:44","slug":"episcopal_priest_in_oregon_brings_unconventional_approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=23344","title":{"rendered":"An Episcopal Priest in Oregon brings an unconventional approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 60 years ago, a young boy from Salt Lake City moved to the mirage-inducing heat of southern Florida streets.<\/p>\n<p>He learned much from segregated fountains and two influential women in Miami, and now the Rev. Dan Lediard has arrived in Hermiston and become the priest at St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n<p>Lediard, a former insurance salesman who was ordained four years ago, said his upbringing in the Florida city \u201d\u201d especially coming from the mostly singular skin shades of Utah \u201d\u201d quickly made him notice the way people of color were treated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt didn\u2019t make any sense,\u201d\u009d Lediard said, adding that he was grateful for influences from level-headed folks in his home&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hermistonherald.com\/news\/article_6d95ff1e-0318-11e0-a78c-001cc4c03286.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 60 years ago, a young boy from Salt Lake City moved to the mirage-inducing heat of southern Florida streets. He learned much from segregated fountains and two influential women in Miami, and now the Rev. Dan Lediard has arrived<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=23344\">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":[36,48,66,435,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-parish-ministry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23344","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=23344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}