{"id":1149,"date":"2017-11-27T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2017-09-27T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T19:29:45","slug":"teaching-souls-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/11\/teaching-souls-sing.html","title":{"rendered":"Teaching our souls to sing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What\u00a0was the biggest blessing you experienced over the holiday? Was it simply having the opportunity to be with your loved ones? It is a blessing to find thanksgiving.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_1441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1124 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/09\/IMG_1441-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1441\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With cool temperatures and early darkening of the sky, sometimes emotions can match the darkness.<\/p>\n<p>We need to teach our souls to sing. We need to be light for each other when the sky gets dark around us.<\/p>\n<p>This week, take a moment to breathe deeply just outside your home. Embrace the extra-ordinariness that comes from being alive at this moment. Teach your soul to sing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u00a0was the biggest blessing you experienced over the holiday? Was it simply having the opportunity to be with your loved ones? 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We need to be&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-1149","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>Teaching our souls to sing - 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\/11\/teaching-souls-sing.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teaching our souls to sing - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What\u00a0was the biggest blessing you experienced over the holiday? 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