{"id":4418,"date":"2012-09-06T09:56:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T09:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2012-09-06T10:02:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T10:02:52","slug":"open-book-to-god-the-father-by-katherine-mansfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/09\/open-book-to-god-the-father-by-katherine-mansfield.html","title":{"rendered":"Open Book: &#8220;To God the Father&#8221; by Katherine Mansfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/09\/18-kathman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4419\" title=\"18-kathman\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/09\/18-kathman-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Where is God in our 21st century world? Why do we call on Him? And why do we insist on making Him so small? Lori Strawn and Alice Shelton tackle these questions and more as they try to plumb the mystery of how we see God as we do. This poem is sure to challenge you and provoke thought about your relationship with The Almighty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"LISTEN NOW!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Blogtalkradio.com\/prayables\/2012\/09\/05\/open-book\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LISTEN NOW!<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/blogtalkradio_icon-e1318873780514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17 alignleft\" title=\"blogtalkradio_icon\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/blogtalkradio_icon-e1318873780514.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"120\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is God in our 21st century world? Why do we call on Him? And why do we insist on making Him so small? 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