{"id":915,"date":"2017-04-19T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=915"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T18:10:49","slug":"whats-spiritual-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/04\/whats-spiritual-toolbox.html","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in your spiritual toolbox?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/02\/IMG_8319-e1488995443452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-897\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/02\/IMG_8319-e1488995443452-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8319\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>What is in your spiritual toolbox?<\/p>\n<p>Do you have it filled with spiritual books? Or a favorite copy of the Bible? Or copies of prayers that bring you comfort?<\/p>\n<p>Where do you keep your toolbox? Is it in your room? Or by a favorite chair?<\/p>\n<p>It may be in your heart. We each need to keep tools by our side to help us through the changes we face. Having the tools nearby can help on a day when you aren&#8217;t feeling particularly inspired.<\/p>\n<p>Share in the comments what you keep in your toolbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is in your spiritual toolbox? Do you have it filled with spiritual books? Or a favorite copy of the Bible? Or copies of prayers that bring you comfort? Where do you keep your toolbox? Is it in your room? Or by a favorite chair? It may be in your heart. We each need to&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-915","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>What&#039;s in your spiritual toolbox? - 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\/2017\/04\/whats-spiritual-toolbox.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What&#039;s in your spiritual toolbox? - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is in your spiritual toolbox? 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