{"id":721,"date":"2009-05-03T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/shepherd-me-o-god.html"},"modified":"2009-05-03T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T16:59:00","slug":"shepherd-me-o-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/05\/shepherd-me-o-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Shepherd me, O God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And now, a little musical interlude for Good Shepherd Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p>A favorite modern hymn of Your Humble Blogger, this is sung often at funerals. 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