{"id":4639,"date":"2013-11-26T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2013-11-26T14:59:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:59:03","slug":"holy-space-8-crossing-the-threshold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2013\/11\/holy-space-8-crossing-the-threshold.html","title":{"rendered":"Holy Space 8: Crossing the Threshold"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While in the West Bank I had the incredible opportunity to meet up with one of my dear friends who I made while studying at The Ecumenical Institute for the World Council of Churches at Bossey in Switzerland. Ashraf Tannous is now a Lutheran pastor and headmaster of sorts at the Evangelical Lutheran Church and School established in 1901 in Beit Sahor (“Shepherd’s Fields”). For more reflections, see Katie’s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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