{"id":3039,"date":"2008-08-04T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/getting-out-of-dodge.html"},"modified":"2008-08-04T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T12:02:00","slug":"getting-out-of-dodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/08\/getting-out-of-dodge.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting out of Dodge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Dodge, that is. And if you visit his dandy blog<\/a>, you will<\/i> get a lot out of it. He’s got plenty of news, and ample spiritual food for thought. <\/p>\n

If his name seems vaguely familiar, I blogged about him<\/a> several weeks back. He’s a deacon in Salt Lake City. I’m always thrilled to find another blogging deacon — there aren’t many of us around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scott Dodge, that is. And if you visit his dandy blog, you will get a lot out of it. He’s got plenty of news, and ample spiritual food for thought. If his name seems vaguely familiar, I blogged about him several weeks back. He’s a deacon in Salt Lake City. I’m always thrilled to find…<\/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-3039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deacons","category-links-r-us"],"yoast_head":"\nGetting out of Dodge - 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\/getting-out-of-dodge.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Getting out of Dodge - The Deacon's Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scott Dodge, that is. 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