{"id":1190,"date":"2018-01-03T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2017-12-20T13:23:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:23:59","slug":"dont-fence-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/01\/dont-fence-us.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t fence us in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_0100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-871 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/02\/IMG_0100-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0100\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>At the start of this new year, along with new year&#8217;s resolutions, consider one about fences. We all put up walls in our lives, intentional or otherwise. A fence like the one pictured, provides a good boundary but doesn&#8217;t close us off completely.<\/p>\n<p>Where in your spiritual life are you fenced in?<\/p>\n<p>Do you need to let your guard down a little? Perhaps this could be the year to mend fences with loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of this new year, along with new year&#8217;s resolutions, consider one about fences. We all put up walls in our lives, intentional or otherwise. A fence like the one pictured, provides a good boundary but doesn&#8217;t close us off completely. Where in your spiritual life are you fenced in? Do you need&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-1190","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>Don&#039;t fence us in - 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\/2018\/01\/dont-fence-us.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don&#039;t fence us in - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the start of this new year, along with new year&#8217;s resolutions, consider one about fences. 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