{"id":4606,"date":"2013-11-19T11:24:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T11:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=4606"},"modified":"2013-11-19T11:35:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T11:35:36","slug":"holy-space-7-at-the-site-of-your-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2013\/11\/holy-space-7-at-the-site-of-your-birth.html","title":{"rendered":"Holy Space 7: At the Site of Your Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4613\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/308\/2013\/11\/yourbirth.jpg2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4613 \" alt=\"yourbirth.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/308\/2013\/11\/yourbirth.jpg2.png\" width=\"578\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Katie Archibald-Woodward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I can&#8217;t connect here. The &#8220;site&#8221; of your birth is just a shrine to me. It&#8217;s hard for me to come and give thanks to you here. I find I just come to consume, to get my picture and go. It makes me feel terrible. For more reflection,<a href=\"http:\/\/formaedivinae.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/24\/at-the-place-of-your-birth\/\"> see Katie&#8217;s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t connect here. The &#8220;site&#8221; of your birth is just a shrine to me. It&#8217;s hard for me to come and give thanks to you here. I find I just come to consume, to get my picture and go. It makes me feel terrible. 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