{"id":302,"date":"2015-10-21T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=302"},"modified":"2015-09-17T21:30:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T02:30:01","slug":"looking-towards-the-steeple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/10\/looking-towards-the-steeple.html","title":{"rendered":"Looking towards the steeple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a rhyme I learned as a child with finger motions about &#8220;This is the church, this is the steeple&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-149 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/05\/st-johns-steeple-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"st johns steeple\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>Whenever I drive\u00a0by a church, no matter what the denomination is, I say a silent &#8220;hello&#8221; to God. It&#8217;s as if it is a sign to help remind me that I need to always keep my eyes on God and involve God in my life and heart.<\/p>\n<p>What reminds you to pray? Is it seeing a church? Is it seeing a particular park or visiting a rose garden?<\/p>\n<p>Pay attention this week to see where you find reminders of God. Maybe it&#8217;s right outside your living room window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a rhyme I learned as a child with finger motions about &#8220;This is the church, this is the steeple&#8230;&#8221; Whenever I drive\u00a0by a church, no matter what the denomination is, I say a silent &#8220;hello&#8221; to God. It&#8217;s as if it is a sign to help remind me that I need to always&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-302","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>Looking towards the steeple - 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\/2015\/10\/looking-towards-the-steeple.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking towards the steeple - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There was a rhyme I learned as a child with finger motions about &#8220;This is the church, this is the steeple&#8230;&#8221; Whenever I drive\u00a0by a church, no matter what the denomination is, I say a silent &#8220;hello&#8221; to God. 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