{"id":3396,"date":"2007-11-02T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/im-full-of-fudge-and-chutzpah.html"},"modified":"2007-11-02T20:23:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T20:23:00","slug":"im-full-of-fudge-and-chutzpah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/11\/im-full-of-fudge-and-chutzpah.html","title":{"rendered":"I’m full of fudge — and chutzpah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lo and behold, I return from a four-day retreat with Trappist monks<\/a> — four days spent blissfully chanting the psalms at four in the morning, conversing with geese, napping at mid-day, and devouring brandy-laced fudge at dinner — when what do I find in my e-mailbox but a cheerful note from my favorite blogger in a wimple<\/a>, alerting me to the news below: I’m a finalist! <\/p>\n

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I’m sure you all have better things to do, but if your weekend is quiet and you feel compelled to vote for me…well, okay. Go ahead. I won’t stop you. Just click on the logo above (or on the right in my sidebar column) and go to Best Religious Blog<\/b> and vote. <\/p>\n

I don’t want to sway your decision, of course, but there may be brandy fudge in this for you if you vote the right way…<\/p>\n

Meantime, I’ll be blogging more about my visit to Conyers in the days ahead. It was a much-needed tonic. (And not just because of the brandy…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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