{"id":1222,"date":"2018-02-19T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2018-02-03T12:33:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T18:33:37","slug":"faith-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/02\/faith-patterns.html","title":{"rendered":"Faith patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you find patterns to be calming? Do they offer you a sense of control?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_3418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1178 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/12\/IMG_3418-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3418\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are patterns in your spiritual life? To me, spiritual patterns can be helpful to understand, especially during the times they seem too wild to comprehend.<\/p>\n<p>Life has a way of getting in the way. Patterns can help bring you back.<\/p>\n<p>Patterns can bring us a sense of all that has been and all that may be.<\/p>\n<p>Share examples of your patterns of faith in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you find patterns to be calming? Do they offer you a sense of control?\u00a0 What are patterns in your spiritual life? To me, spiritual patterns can be helpful to understand, especially during the times they seem too wild to comprehend. Life has a way of getting in the way. Patterns can help bring you&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-1222","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>Faith patterns - 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\/02\/faith-patterns.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faith patterns - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you find patterns to be calming? 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