{"id":4389,"date":"2008-02-03T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-03T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/polish_thy_neighbours_shoes_anglicans_urged\/"},"modified":"2008-02-03T05:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-03T05:19:00","slug":"polish_thy_neighbours_shoes_anglicans_urged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=4389","title":{"rendered":"Polish thy neighbour\u2019s shoes, Anglicans urged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have joined forces to tell Anglicans to get down on their knees \u201d\u201c and polish their neighbour\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Rowan Williams and Dr John Sentamu are backing a church Facebook group urging members to find time in their busy lives to complete 50 actions over the seven weeks of Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday next week. The aim is \u201cto help you become a better neighbour and transform your world for the better\u201d\u009d. Actions include polishing someone\u2019s shoes on Maundy Thursday, a reference to Jesus\u2019s washing of the feet of His Disciples; making someone laugh; and leaving a thank-you note for the postman.<\/p>\n<p>Most are deemed \u201cappropriate for those of all faiths or none\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/faith\/article3292034.ece\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have joined forces to tell Anglicans to get down on their knees \u201d\u201c and polish their neighbour\u2019s shoes. Dr Rowan Williams and Dr John Sentamu are backing a church Facebook group urging members to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=4389\">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":[36,39,50,74,67,389,199,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-anglican-provinces","category-archbishop-of-canterbury","category-church-of-england-coe","category-england-uk","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389","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=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}