{"id":2967,"date":"2008-08-22T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/this-is-the-kingdom.html"},"modified":"2008-08-22T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T09:06:00","slug":"this-is-the-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/this-is-the-kingdom.html","title":{"rendered":"This is the kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>If you have a moment, wander over to The Deacon’s Studio<\/a> and have a look-see. Brooklyn deacon and artist Bernard Deschler (a.k.a. “Boinie”) periodically posts his art (including some sly cartoons) that offer a different slant on the church, faith, holy days and life in general. The work above appeared under a posting headlined: “This Is The Kingdom.” Looks like summer to me. Anyone for the beach?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you have a moment, wander over to The Deacon’s Studio and have a look-see. Brooklyn deacon and artist Bernard Deschler (a.k.a. “Boinie”) periodically posts his art (including some sly cartoons) that offer a different slant on the church, faith, holy days and life in general. The work above appeared under a posting headlined: “This…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deacons","category-links-r-us"],"yoast_head":"\nThis is the kingdom - The Deacon's Bench<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/this-is-the-kingdom.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This is the kingdom - The Deacon's Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you have a moment, wander over to The Deacon’s Studio and have a look-see. 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