{"id":2988,"date":"2008-08-16T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/where-were-you-20-years-ago.html"},"modified":"2008-08-16T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T11:18:00","slug":"where-were-you-20-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/where-were-you-20-years-ago.html","title":{"rendered":"Where were you 20 years ago?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watching this again, it almost looks like ancient history.  Were we ever that carefree?  <\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s a nice summer spritzer that actually echoes a familiar theme of the gospels: &#8220;Be not afraid.&#8221;  (I&#8217;m not sure this is quite what Pope John Paul had in mind when he made that theme so central to his papacy&#8230;)  <\/p>\n<p>It also features one of my favorite clowns: Bill Irwin, in top hat and tails. <\/p>\n<p>Happy Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yjnvSQuv-H4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yjnvSQuv-H4&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching this again, it almost looks like ancient history. Were we ever that carefree? 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