{"id":4053,"date":"2008-08-08T00:20:04","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T00:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/the-olympics.html"},"modified":"2008-08-08T00:20:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T00:20:04","slug":"the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2008\/08\/the-olympics.html","title":{"rendered":"The Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been to one Olympics. The last night of Track and Field in Atlanta. We are a sports family and we have always watched the Olympics, especially Track and Field, gymnastics and swimming in the summer Olympics. (I will admit I did some of the track events when I was younger. My father was a high school Track and Field coach.) The Olympics is one event where we willingly drop political differences and play games with one another. (Don&#8217;t ask me what I think of the protesting.) We won&#8217;t be going to China, that&#8217;s for sure, but I&#8217;m wondering what your plans are? Will you be watching? And did you see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/08\/07\/flag.bearer\/index.html\">this<\/a> article?<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/olympic-stadium.jpg\" title=\"olympic-stadium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscreed.org\/2008\/08\/olympic-stadium.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"olympic-stadium.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/08\/07\/flag.bearer\/index.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been to one Olympics. The last night of Track and Field in Atlanta. We are a sports family and we have always watched the Olympics, especially Track and Field, gymnastics and swimming in the summer Olympics. (I will admit I did some of the track events when I was younger. 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