{"id":1151,"date":"2017-11-29T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2017-09-27T14:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T19:41:06","slug":"simple-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/11\/simple-acts.html","title":{"rendered":"Simple acts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite songs starts, &#8220;Tis the gift to be simple&#8230;&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_1091-e1506540705749.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1122 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/09\/IMG_1091-e1506540705749-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1091\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is an idea that I appreciate, but also wonder if I can ever achieve it.<\/p>\n<p>Can we be simple in our spiritual lives? I think it is what we are called to do. We need to simplify our lives from stresses.<\/p>\n<p>Freeing ourselves from the extra stresses can help us give more time to simple acts of charity.<\/p>\n<p>Simple acts can bring us closer to the gift we are called to be for each other.<\/p>\n<p>What is something you can do this week that will bring joy to someone in your life? Make a list and keep it on hand for the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite songs starts, &#8220;Tis the gift to be simple&#8230;&#8221; It is an idea that I appreciate, but also wonder if I can ever achieve it. Can we be simple in our spiritual lives? I think it is what we are called to do. We need to simplify our lives from stresses. Freeing&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-1151","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>Simple acts - 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\/simple-acts.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simple acts - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of my favorite songs starts, &#8220;Tis the gift to be simple&#8230;&#8221; It is an idea that I appreciate, but also wonder if I can ever achieve it. 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