{"id":688,"date":"2015-02-01T11:19:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T20:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=688"},"modified":"2015-02-01T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T20:21:38","slug":"feb-1-super-bowl-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 1 &#8211; Super Bowl Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Feb. 1 &#8211; Super Bowl Sunday\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=688\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/football.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-689\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/football.jpg\" alt=\"football\" width=\"291\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today is Super Bowl Sunday.\u00a0 In worship settings around the USA living life on a daily basis has been compared to the rules of engagement that are expected in the playing of a football game.\u00a0 This is a good way to compare how we act to what we believe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If we say we believe in love yet practice hate, how sincere is our belief?<\/li>\n<li>If we say we believe in respect yet degrade others, how sincere is our belief?<\/li>\n<li>If we say we believe in serving others yet refuse to help when the opportunity arises, how sincere is our belief?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hope today can be a call to help us examine our actions and our principles and see if we can have them in alignment.\u00a0 The good news is that if they are not in alignment we can make changes so that alignment can exist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Today is Super Bowl Sunday.\u00a0 In worship settings around the USA living life on a daily basis has been compared to the rules of engagement that are expected in the playing of a football game.\u00a0 This is a good way to compare how we act to what we believe. &nbsp; If we say we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=688\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feb. 1 &#8211; Super Bowl Sunday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}