{"id":66,"date":"2011-05-08T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T13:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=66"},"modified":"2011-05-08T09:32:35","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T13:32:35","slug":"happy-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/05\/happy-mothers-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mother\u2019s Day is one of our country\u2019s best holidays; my own mother was a single mother for many years. My wife also did a terrific job alone for some years until we \u201cjoined forces.\u201d She is an extraordinary mother.<\/p>\n<p>Although not related directly to the study of Bible prophecy, I would like to point out that in the feedback I get every week from readers, women are perhaps the most astute. It is a myth that Bible prophecy is the domain of older white men. My experience tells me that women of all ages have keen insights into the wonderful topic that has so much relevance for all of us today.<\/p>\n<p>To the women in particular that teach their children the Bible\u2014often alone\u2014I salute each one of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother\u2019s Day is one of our country\u2019s best holidays; my own mother was a single mother for many years. My wife also did a terrific job alone for some years until we \u201cjoined forces.\u201d She is an extraordinary mother. Although not related directly to the study of Bible prophecy, I would like to point out&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Mother&#039;s Day! - Is it the End of the World?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/05\/happy-mothers-day.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Mother&#039;s Day! - Is it the End of the World?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mother\u2019s Day is one of our country\u2019s best holidays; my own mother was a single mother for many years. 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