{"id":2251,"date":"2008-01-26T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-26T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/warning-deacon-at-work.html"},"modified":"2008-01-26T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-26T16:59:00","slug":"warning-deacon-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/01\/warning-deacon-at-work.html","title":{"rendered":"Warning: deacon at work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A parishioner sent these to me this week: snapshots of Your Humble Blogger, hard at work (or hardly working) at the sacrament of baptism earlier this month.  We had three little girls, baptized on the feast of the Epiphany.  <\/p>\n<p>As I told the families, instead of three wise men, we were welcoming three wise women.  <\/p>\n<p>Heh.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R5uthomZp2I\/AAAAAAAAB4E\/_HghpNBAgJg\/s1600-h\/Christening3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R5uthomZp2I\/AAAAAAAAB4E\/_HghpNBAgJg\/s400\/Christening3.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R5utbYmZp1I\/AAAAAAAAB38\/fEoYb8wjYoA\/s1600-h\/Christening1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R5utbYmZp1I\/AAAAAAAAB38\/fEoYb8wjYoA\/s400\/Christening1.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A parishioner sent these to me this week: snapshots of Your Humble Blogger, hard at work (or hardly working) at the sacrament of baptism earlier this month. 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