{"id":142,"date":"2010-01-06T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/01\/updates.html"},"modified":"2010-01-06T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T15:05:00","slug":"updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/01\/updates.html","title":{"rendered":"Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who live in the tri-state area, I wanted to let you know I will be preaching at 8:00 and 10:00 am this Sunday at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standrewschurch.org\/episcopal-church-calendar.htm#0110\">St. Andrew&#8217;s Episcopal Church<\/a> in New Providence, NJ. I will also be speaking and reading from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Penelope-Ayers-Amy-Julia-Becker\/dp\/143636311X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1226356562&amp;sr=8-1\">Penelope Ayers<\/a><\/i> at the Adult Forum at 11:15 that same morning. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In other news, I&#8217;ve got a new post at The Park Forum: <a href=\"http:\/\/theparkforum.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/05\/843-acres-homosexuality-and-the-love-command\/\">Homosexuality and the Love Command<\/a>. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who live in the tri-state area, I wanted to let you know I will be preaching at 8:00 and 10:00 am this Sunday at St. Andrew&#8217;s Episcopal Church in New Providence, NJ. 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