{"id":49,"date":"2009-02-25T12:20:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T12:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/02\/flirting-with-faith-is-hitting-the-road.html"},"modified":"2009-02-25T12:20:21","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T12:20:21","slug":"flirting-with-faith-is-hitting-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/02\/flirting-with-faith-is-hitting-the-road.html","title":{"rendered":"Flirting with Faith is Hitting the Road&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-199\" src=\"https:\/\/joanball.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/flirting_w_faith2.jpg\" alt=\"flirting_w_faith2\" width=\"510\" height=\"120\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s official. My humble little blog has captured the attention of the kind folks at Beliefnet.com and they&#8217;ve asked if I would like to join their team of daily bloggers. So, beginning Sunday, March 1, <a title=\"fvf\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/03\/who-do-i-think-i-am.html\" target=\"_self\">Flirting with Faith will be living at Beliefnet<\/a> under this snazzy new banner (thank you Bnet designers &#8211; it is lovely.)<br \/>\nThose of you who know me and are familiar with <a title=\"about\" href=\"http:\/\/flirtingwithfaith.com\/about\/\">my journey<\/a> know that the only thing more unbelievable than my becoming a Christian is my becoming a Christian writer. And yet, with a book coming out next spring and this blog moving to Beliefnet, I guess I have to pinch myself and accept that this is really happening.<br \/>\nThe Beliefnet blog will be an extension of what I&#8217;ve been doing here, plus the insights of some guest bloggers (maybe you?) who are trying to make sense of God, faith, religion and spirituality \u00a0&#8211; wherever they fall on their journey. \u00a0More info (i.e. links, guidelines for guest bloggers, etc) will be posted on the new site.\u00a0<br \/>\nHope to see you (and by you I mean believers of all faiths, Christians of all flavors, de-converts, atheists, seekers, skeptics and \u00a0others) over there&#8230;<br \/>\nJoan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official. My humble little blog has captured the attention of the kind folks at Beliefnet.com and they&#8217;ve asked if I would like to join their team of daily bloggers. 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