{"id":180,"date":"2009-12-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/scienceandthesacred\/2009\/12\/hubble-advent-calendar.html"},"modified":"2014-05-19T09:15:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T13:15:44","slug":"hubble-advent-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/scienceandthesacred\/2009\/12\/hubble-advent-calendar.html","title":{"rendered":"A Stellar Advent Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"fine-tuning image.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/202\/import\/fine-tuning%20image.JPG\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" height=\"241\" width=\"569\" \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<div>Looking for a unique way to mark the days of the Advent season? The Web site Boston.com offers an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2009\/12\/hubble_space_telescope_advent_1.html\">Advent calendar<\/a> composed of images from the Hubble Telescope, both old and new. Each day, from now until the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, the calendar will offer a beautiful image from the heavens above.<\/p>\n<p>The connection between Advent and NASA images might seem odd. However, the calendar offers us a chance to marvel at the wonders of God&#8217;s works as we anticipate the coming of his Son. For as Psalm 19:1 says, &#8220;The heavens declare the glory of God.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=biologos\" class=\"addthis_button_compact\">Share<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"addthis_separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"editor-content.html?cs=utf-8\" class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"editor-content.html?cs=utf-8\" class=\"addthis_button_myspace\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"editor-content.html?cs=utf-8\" class=\"addthis_button_google\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"editor-content.html?cs=utf-8\" class=\"addthis_button_twitter\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button END --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a unique way to mark the days of the Advent season? The Web site Boston.com offers an Advent calendar composed of images from the Hubble Telescope, both old and new. 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