{"id":50881,"date":"2015-07-19T02:08:54","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T02:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bng_john_chandler-uncluttering_making_our_lives_and_our_churches_simpler\/"},"modified":"2015-07-19T02:08:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T02:08:54","slug":"bng_john_chandler-uncluttering_making_our_lives_and_our_churches_simpler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50881","title":{"rendered":"(BNG) John Chandler&#8211;Uncluttering  Making our lives, and our churches, simpler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 25 years ago, a wise and slightly-bored retiree friend told me that he was about to start a new business venture: self-storage units. He had done extensive research on American habits and thought he was onto a trend. Turned out he was oh-so-right, and has made a tidy profit by getting in on the front edge of what has become an established industry.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are entering the age where even our storage units are full, and a new trend (and business opportunity) awaits. Peter Walsh is a \u201cprofessional organizer,\u201d\u009d who, for a fee will help you \u201ctame the clutter\u201d\u009d and \u201chave a vision for your home or office.\u201d\u009d As a bonus, he often claims that those who do \u201coften slim down themselves, too.\u201d\u009d His book, Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight, has a simple premise: \u201cPeople getting on top of the clutter in their homes get on top of other issues in their lives as well.\u201d\u009d Walsh\u2019s six-week plan consists of a decluttering plan, an exercise routine, a nutrition regimen and a mindfulness component.<br \/>\n&#8211; See more at: https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/opinion\/columns\/item\/30286-uncluttering#sthash.PjQuomIw.dpuf<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/opinion\/columns\/item\/30286-uncluttering\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 25 years ago, a wise and slightly-bored retiree friend told me that he was about to start a new business venture: self-storage units. He had done extensive research on American habits and thought he was onto a trend. Turned<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50881\">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":[175,168,177,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-pastoral-theology","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50881","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=50881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}