{"id":5162,"date":"2014-12-22T22:20:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T02:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2015-12-12T18:23:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T22:23:34","slug":"stuck-in-the-middle-of-a-noisy-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=5162","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in the Middle of a Noisy Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t wait for Christmas to come and get over with?\u00a0 Does it feel like you&#8217;re in the middle of a hectic rush of shopping, phony parties and crazy drivers?\u00a0 When January comes will you look back and be thankful for\u00a0Christmas, or will you simply return to your normal routine and feel glad that you survived it?<\/p>\n<p>The true Christmas touches us when we can honestly celebrate Christ (that&#8217;s what Christ Mas literally means, afterall). Christ touches us in the quiet moments.\u00a0 In moments of reflection, not in those crazy and frantic shopping trips.\u00a0 Christ can be seen in our hearts; not in the malls.<\/p>\n<p>So take a moment and slow down.\u00a0 Christ comes to us at the beginnings; when we turn to Him in quiet and honest reflection.\u00a0 We&#8217;re likely to miss Him when we&#8217;re caught up in the middle of those frantic moments.<\/p>\n<p>The following &#8220;Chuck Knows Church&#8221; video was released today (12\/22\/14); check it out, and look for Christ in the quiet beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Merry Christmas from Chuck Knows Church\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d--fZSwOiU4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t wait for Christmas to come and get over with?\u00a0 Does it feel like you&#8217;re in the middle of a hectic rush of shopping, phony parties and crazy drivers?\u00a0 When January comes will you look back and be thankful for\u00a0Christmas, or will you simply return to your normal routine and feel glad that you survived [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,8],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-5162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-god-moments","category-godprints","tag-christmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5162"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5168,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162\/revisions\/5168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}