{"id":2494,"date":"2012-07-24T09:06:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T13:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2012-07-24T09:06:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T13:06:53","slug":"light-rises-from-batman-tragedy-as-a-miracle-birth-defect-saves-the-life-of-a-shooting-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/07\/light-rises-from-batman-tragedy-as-a-miracle-birth-defect-saves-the-life-of-a-shooting-victim.html","title":{"rendered":"Light rises from &#8220;Batman&#8221; tragedy as a &#8220;miracle&#8221; birth defect saves the life of a shooting victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Some can call it a bizarre coincidence. Believers (of which I am one) are apt to view <a href=\"http:\/\/au.news.yahoo.com\/thewest\/a\/-\/world\/14353951\/woman-sgot-saved-by-brain-defect\/\">Petra Anderson&#8217;s story<\/a> as something of a miracle.\u00a0 Call it what you will but the reality of the violent act&#8217;s aftermath persists. Here&#8217;s one way you can help.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Ready to Believe: Anderson Relief Fund\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFoB89ypaFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>More at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/protected-by-god-rare-brain-defect-leads-to-shock-recovery-for-colo-shooting-victim-who-took-a-bullet-through-her-brain\/\">The Blaze<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Some can call it a bizarre coincidence. Believers (of which I am one) are apt to view Petra Anderson&#8217;s story as something of a miracle.\u00a0 Call it what you will but the reality of the violent act&#8217;s aftermath persists. 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