{"id":1160,"date":"2009-01-23T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/01\/a-virtual-church-and-virtually-me.html"},"modified":"2009-01-23T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T18:59:00","slug":"a-virtual-church-and-virtually-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/01\/a-virtual-church-and-virtually-me.html","title":{"rendered":"A virtual church &#8212; and virtually me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SXpaGMNNK7I\/AAAAAAAAE9g\/vENPCCXRdXQ\/s1600-h\/Salamida4Kandra-175.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 175px;height: 326px\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SXpaGMNNK7I\/AAAAAAAAE9g\/vENPCCXRdXQ\/s400\/Salamida4Kandra-175.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:85%\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-weight: bold\">Illustration by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dansalamida.com\/#\">Dan Salamida<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/content\/article.cfm?article_id=11376\">Some doofus<\/a> is babbling on in <i>America<\/i> magazine this week about blogging.<\/p>\n<p>But I do think the illustration is pretty hilarious, and bears an uncanny resemblance to the author.<\/p>\n<p>Oh: and if you&#8217;re <i>really<\/i> bored, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/content\/podcast\/podcast-index.cfm\">you can even hear this guy, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration by Dan Salamida Some doofus is babbling on in America magazine this week about blogging. 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