{"id":41926,"date":"2014-01-06T02:19:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/south_carolina_lowcountry_clergy_offer_their_wishes_for_the_new_year\/"},"modified":"2014-01-06T02:19:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T02:19:34","slug":"south_carolina_lowcountry_clergy_offer_their_wishes_for_the_new_year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=41926","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Lowcountry Clergy offer their wishes for the new year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is one:<\/p>\n<p>In the Gospel, Jesus said that he came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). Perhaps it sounds trite, overused, naive or overly pious, but I want to understand more deeply what the love of God means in the gift of Jesus in 2014. This is not purely personal or devotional. Like a cup that runs over, perhaps understanding the good gift of God in Jesus will overflow in love and service of others. I will plan and pray toward that end in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. Rob Sturdy, Associate pastor, St. Andrew&#8217;s Church-Mount Pleasant<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/article\/20140104\/PC1204\/140109793\/1015\/clergy-wishes-for-the-new-year\">Read them all<\/a> from the Faith and Values section of the local paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is one: In the Gospel, Jesus said that he came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45). Perhaps it sounds trite, overused, naive or overly pious, but I<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=41926\">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":[39,54,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-south-carolina","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41926","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=41926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}