{"id":1540,"date":"2021-12-15T11:51:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redchairblogs.wpengine.com\/holymoly\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:51:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:51:53","slug":"a-winter-blessing-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/2021\/12\/15\/a-winter-blessing-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"A Winter Blessing for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This winter season, whatever you practice, celebrate, and enjoy this season, may you practice, celebrate, and enjoy it fully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you celebrate the birth of a child born centuries ago, light candles for nine days, honor ancient festivals, or celebrate one\u2019s enlightenment and awakening, may you honor your tradition and celebrate with those of other traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you light a real yule log or simply play a recording of one on Netflix (like I do), light purple and pink candles, or plug in holiday lights each evening, may you be a bearer of light in this world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you snuggle up under a blanket and drink warm tea or spiked eggnog, if you open presents early, sleep in late, nap all afternoon, go for a long run, and finally succeed at your New Year resolution, may you find the deep rest that your body and soul needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you spend hours watching <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s a Wonderful Life, Elf, Home Alone, Jingle Jangle, Muppet Christmas Carol, The Holiday, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or Tyler Perry\u2019s<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A Madea Christmas, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and debate with family which one is the best (or argue whether <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Die Hard <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is actually a Christmas movie), may you discover solace and laughter in the stories and lives of others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you actually roast chestnuts on an open fire or simply sing about it, walk in a winter wonderland or only dream about it, may your days truly be merry and bright, your nights be silent and holy, and may your heart grow three sizes today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From all of us in the Spiritual Life Center, blessings of peace, light, and love upon you and yours this winter season. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter season, whatever you practice, celebrate, and enjoy this season, may you practice, celebrate, and enjoy it fully. If you celebrate the birth of a child born centuries ago, light candles for nine days, honor ancient festivals, or celebrate &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/2021\/12\/15\/a-winter-blessing-for-you\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Winter Blessing for You<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nathan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1QIf6-oQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}