{"id":753,"date":"2016-11-16T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=753"},"modified":"2016-11-03T17:14:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T22:14:55","slug":"seasons-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/11\/seasons-of-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Seasons of faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a child my favorite season was autumn. There&#8217;s nothing I love more than seeing the trees change <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/11\/IMG_6313-e1478210582713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-744 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/11\/IMG_6313-e1478210582713-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6313\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>colors. I love the vibrant reds, yellows and different shades of green that accompany the season.<\/p>\n<p>I hesitate, each year, to admit and recognize that those leaves signal another change &#8211; the change to a colder, darker season. It&#8217;s hard to picture the trees that have had such beautiful colors for other seasons be bare.<\/p>\n<p>In my faith life I struggle when things are not going as well as I expected. I want my faith life to be spring and summer! But I think we need to realize that we find different things we need from the other seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a child my favorite season was autumn. There&#8217;s nothing I love more than seeing the trees change colors. I love the vibrant reds, yellows and different shades of green that accompany the season. 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