{"id":2311,"date":"2012-03-15T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2012-03-15T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T17:09:24","slug":"storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/storms\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"drop\">Yesterday, a gust of wind in downtown Seattle snapped my umbrella right in two. At this moment, I can hear the rain beating against my office windows with amazing force. Mostly here in Pugetopolis, we have drizzly, misty sort of rain.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">N<\/span>ot this week.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with the spiritual storms buffeting me of late, it&#8217;s making for a stormy Lent.<\/p>\n<p>In such times, I&#8217;m always reminded of this song, one of my favourites. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MPjDMZiuhbQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, a gust of wind in downtown Seattle snapped my umbrella right in two. At this moment, I can hear the rain beating against my office windows with amazing force. Mostly here in Pugetopolis, we have drizzly, misty sort of rain. Not this week. Combined with the spiritual storms buffeting me of late, it&#8217;s making for a stormy Lent. In [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moments-in-time","category-seasons"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1aGBK-storms","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86220,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/ambrose-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":2311,"position":0},"title":"Ambrose","author":"Thom","date":"07 December 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the feast of the great Doctor of the Church, Saint Ambrose of Milan (340-397). 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