{"id":355,"date":"2008-09-05T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/09\/jesus-is-my-friend.html"},"modified":"2008-09-05T06:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T06:54:00","slug":"jesus-is-my-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/09\/jesus-is-my-friend.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Is My Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes there are videos that require long introductions telling you why it&#8217;s important that you watch. But sometimes there are videos that are perfectly self-justifying, and need no introduction or qualification due to their inherent awesomeness. 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