{"id":118,"date":"2024-12-23T13:12:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/?p=118"},"modified":"2024-12-23T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:12:46","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/2024\/12\/23\/merry-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stevethomason.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nativity-web.jpg\" alt=\"Nativity scene. Mary and Joseph kneel by the manger with baby Jesus. the holy family is surrounded by shepherds, sheep, and various farm animals.\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Merry Christmas everyone.<\/strong> God is with us, even in the darkest times. May the reality of the Incarnation&#8211;God made flesh to dwell among us&#8211;become deeper in your life this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be reminded that our Chapel services and communal spiritual practices are experiencing a sabbath break to rest and observe the holy days this week. We will resume our practices on Saturday, January 4 with a service of spiritual refreshment in the Chapel of the Incarnation and online at 11:00am CT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be well. Rest up. God is with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas everyone. God is with us, even in the darkest times. May the reality of the Incarnation&#8211;God made flesh to dwell among us&#8211;become deeper in your life this season. Be reminded that our Chapel services and communal spiritual practices are experiencing a sabbath break to rest and observe the holy days this week. We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/deanofthechapel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}