{"id":640,"date":"2016-08-08T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=640"},"modified":"2016-07-25T15:42:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T20:42:06","slug":"a-study-in-contrasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/08\/a-study-in-contrasts.html","title":{"rendered":"A study in contrasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This world is full of contrasts &#8212; colors, shapes, sizes and opinions. There seem to be as many opinions as there are people. Variety is the spice of life, as they say, but it&#8217;s important to understand where those differences are healthy and where they might be harmful.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone deserves our respect. Just as there are contrasts in life, there are in faith. But if we are open to what others <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/06\/DSCN0010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-611\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/06\/DSCN0010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0010\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>are saying, and they are open to us, we can each grow a deeper faith.<\/p>\n<p>What are contrasts you find in your faith life? Do you see the contrasts in things you read? Or do you find the contrasts when talking with others even of the same faith?<\/p>\n<p>Pay attention to the contrasts in your life this week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This world is full of contrasts &#8212; colors, shapes, sizes and opinions. There seem to be as many opinions as there are people. 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Just as there&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-640","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>A study in contrasts - 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\/2016\/08\/a-study-in-contrasts.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A study in contrasts - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This world is full of contrasts &#8212; colors, shapes, sizes and opinions. 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