{"id":1110,"date":"2017-10-11T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2017-09-25T21:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T02:05:46","slug":"statues-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/10\/statues-of-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Statues of faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/08\/IMG_0366-e1505335678157.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1082 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/08\/IMG_0366-e1505335678157-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0366\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>One of the things I appreciate in my faith is seeing images like statues that reflect the stories and saints I admire. Sometimes they serve as reminders of those who I should get to know more.<\/p>\n<p>If you were to create a statue that reflects your faith, what would it look like?<\/p>\n<p>Would your statue be an image of a person who inspires you? Or would your statue be more abstract or contain several different items or representations?<\/p>\n<p>Share in the comments what your statue would look like. Perhaps it will give others the chance to consider their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things I appreciate in my faith is seeing images like statues that reflect the stories and saints I admire. Sometimes they serve as reminders of those who I should get to know more. If you were to create a statue that reflects your faith, what would it look like? Would your statue&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Statues of faith - Through the Lens of Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/10\/statues-of-faith.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statues of faith - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the things I appreciate in my faith is seeing images like statues that reflect the stories and saints I admire. 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