{"id":3264,"date":"2022-01-20T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2022-01-20T11:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T11:20:00","slug":"the-moon-and-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2022\/01\/20\/the-moon-and-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"The  moon and Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_1196.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_1196.jpg 944w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_1196-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_1196-768x417.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The moon and Manchester, both lit by the sun. Actually, the moon in bigger than Manchester. (phone pic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu\/texts.php?id=109\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday&#8217;s lectionary<\/a> includes a passage from Nehemiah. The law of Moses is  being read to the people &#8211; it is a kind of return to their roots. I wonder what our roots are. What are the things that give us identity? &#8230; &#8220;That is who I am &#8211; that is where I come from&#8221;? The people needed to be able to hear with understanding (v2). Mere slogans won&#8217;t do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday&#8217;s lectionary includes a passage from Nehemiah. The law of Moses is being read to the people &#8211; it is a kind of return to their roots. I wonder what our roots are. What are the things that give us identity? &#8230; &#8220;That is who I am &#8211; that is where I come from&#8221;? The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2022\/01\/20\/the-moon-and-manchester\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The  moon and Manchester&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3266,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3264\/revisions\/3266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}