{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Small Town America","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica","author_name":"dhanny","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/author\/dhanny","title":"New Growth - Small Town America","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7sB7bCujDS\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2012\/06\/new-growth.html\">New Growth<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2012\/06\/new-growth.html\/embed#?secret=7sB7bCujDS\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;New Growth&#8221; &#8212; Small Town America\" data-secret=\"7sB7bCujDS\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"New growth isn&#8217;t always pretty.\u00a0 Look at this bush.\u00a0 All those fresh little leaves do not make the bush attractive.\u00a0 In fact it makes it look a little unruly.\u00a0 However, without the new growth each year, the bush would stagnate and eventually die. This can also be true in the church world.\u00a0 Sometimes when a&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/files\/2011\/08\/IMG_0268-300x273.jpg"}