{"id":652,"date":"2006-11-07T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2006\/11\/best-word-on-haggard.html"},"modified":"2006-11-07T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T00:01:00","slug":"best-word-on-haggard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2006\/11\/best-word-on-haggard.html","title":{"rendered":"Best Word on Haggard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes it’s election day and the Ted Haggard story<\/a> news cycle has probably (hopefully?) run its course. But after the treatment on CNN and Fox, Leno and Letterman, and just about every other news and comedy outlet, I found the most profound comments to be from Beliefnet’s Patton Dodd. Read his story<\/a> to find some true spiritual inspiration–or at least reflection–on this topic.<\/p>\n

With the bewildering crush of news, and infotainment out there, it’s nice to still find authentic and inspiring stuff standing out amid the muck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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