{"id":1153,"date":"2017-12-04T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2017-10-06T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T20:34:03","slug":"going-deeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/12\/going-deeper.html","title":{"rendered":"Going deeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I feel like we are only scratching the surface in our spiritual lives. We need to go deeper than ever.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_0192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-969 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/05\/IMG_0192-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0192\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is so important in our day and age to delve deeply. So much can be mined from our experiences in prayer that can help us develop stronger faith, especially in the time of\u00a0 challenges in our world.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps taking stock of where we have been this year will help us go deeper still.<\/p>\n<p>The year will be coming to a close in a matter of weeks. Let&#8217;s take advantage of the quiet days before the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes I feel like we are only scratching the surface in our spiritual lives. We need to go deeper than ever.\u00a0 It is so important in our day and age to delve deeply. 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