{"id":705,"date":"2006-02-11T05:45:50","date_gmt":"2006-02-11T05:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2006\/02\/lets-read-together.html"},"modified":"2006-02-11T05:45:50","modified_gmt":"2006-02-11T05:45:50","slug":"lets-read-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2006\/02\/lets-read-together.html","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Read &#8230; Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know about 1000 Christian leaders who were given free copies of Eugene Peterson&#8217;s <em>Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places<\/em>, and I&#8217;m willing to resume our previous posts about the book. We began before Christmas, and it was a bit of a flop. I misread what pastors could do during Advent, and so we had few participants. But, next Tuesday I will begin again with pp. 119-129 (on wonder). How about joining in? 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