{"id":50229,"date":"2015-06-10T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/rns_blessing_of_the_bikes_helps_churches_make_climate_change_a_local_issue\/"},"modified":"2015-06-10T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T17:00:40","slug":"rns_blessing_of_the_bikes_helps_churches_make_climate_change_a_local_issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50229","title":{"rendered":"(RNS) \u201d\u02dcBlessing of the bikes\u2019 helps churches make climate change a local issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In groups of eight or so, riders wheeled their bicycles down the red-carpeted center aisle of Toronto\u2019s Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s United Church.<\/p>\n<p>The white-robed officiant sprinkled holy water on about 50 riders\u2019 heads, one by one, and on their bikes\u2019 handlebars and wheels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay the road rise to meet you,\u201d\u009d she pronounced. \u201cMay the wind be ever at your back; may all your journeying be joyous; may you and your bicycle be cherished in the Spirit of Life.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2015\/06\/09\/blessing-bikes-helps-churches-make-climate-change-local-issue\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In groups of eight or so, riders wheeled their bicycles down the red-carpeted center aisle of Toronto\u2019s Trinity-St. Paul\u2019s United Church. The white-robed officiant sprinkled holy water on about 50 riders\u2019 heads, one by one, and on their bikes\u2019 handlebars<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50229\">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":[48,39,40,50,42,207,140,154,184,108,34,138,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-religion-news-commentary","category-canada","category-energy-natural-resources","category-other-churches","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture","category-theology","category-travel","category-urbancity-life-and-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50229","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=50229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}