{"id":2167,"date":"2007-03-07T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/03\/speak-with-conviction.html"},"modified":"2007-03-07T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-07T17:41:00","slug":"speak-with-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/03\/speak-with-conviction.html","title":{"rendered":"Speak with Conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Found this over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/commons\/persona.html?newspaperUserId=tchristian&#038;plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&amp;plckUserId=tchristian\">Thinking Christian&#8217;s<\/a> newish blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundwords.chrisacampbell.com\/?p=9\">Sound Words<\/a>.  It&#8217;s a comedian (or poet) who is joking about his generations lack of ability to speak with conviction.  He advocates they do so.  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