{"id":1190,"date":"2010-03-02T15:05:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2010\/03\/dancing-or-drinking-through-li.html"},"modified":"2010-03-02T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:05:22","slug":"dancing-or-drinking-through-li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2010\/03\/dancing-or-drinking-through-li.html","title":{"rendered":"Dancing… or drinking through life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am not even sure that I know how to do a link anymore. I’m giving it a shot though so, three readers, please forgive me if I mess this up.
\nSo Rod Dreher’s sister is battling cancer. It is nasty. Their faith is extraordinary. Here’s his latest post (I think<\/a>)
\nThere are 8 comments on it.
\nAs I scrolled down on his blog I noticed he had another post about buying wine in Pennsylvania. I don’t think he enjoys it. <\/a>
\nThere are 85 comments on it.
\n85-8.
\nThat’s a stomping.
\nDoes it mean anything? Maybe not. Rod’s been documenting his sister’s battle with cancer for a couple weeks now. The response has been beautiful.
\nBut still…. 85-8?
\nIt is kind of akin to rearranging the chairs on the Titanic isn’t it? Facing mortality should be a required course for us all… life is better if we live with the reality of our own deaths at the front of our mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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