{"id":1000,"date":"2012-12-15T13:11:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T18:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2012-12-15T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T17:13:34","slug":"why-god-a-prayer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayerplainandsimple\/2012\/12\/why-god-a-prayer-2.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhy, God?\u201d A Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhy, God? The horror of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut has broken our hearts and stolen our clear thinking. Why? There are no answers to this question. At least none we can fathom? We don\u2019t know why this has happened, and you are silent to explain. Give us the grace to turn this question into another: \u2018How?\u2019 <em>How<\/em> now do we live? <em>How<\/em> do we respond in courage? <em>How<\/em> do we look to find you, listen to hear you, wait to follow in your next steps? 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