{"id":921,"date":"2017-05-10T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=921"},"modified":"2017-05-08T22:42:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T03:42:20","slug":"one-step-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html","title":{"rendered":"One step at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_9350-e1493639804849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-932\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/05\/IMG_9350-e1493639804849-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9350\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the best thing to do is take one step at a time. Sometimes the steps are narrow, requiring the smallest amount of effort &#8211; even baby steps. Sometimes the steps almost require a leap.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do when you&#8217;re faced with an uphill climb? Do you try to run as fast as you can or do you spend a brief moment on each step, contemplating the next move? The uphill climb can be especially frustrating if you think you&#8217;ve already reached the top and are resting comfortably for a time.<\/p>\n<p>Who are your companions on the steps? Encourage your companion to take it one step at a time if he or she is more apt to push you along a little too quickly. You can both reach the top together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the best thing to do is take one step at a time. Sometimes the steps are narrow, requiring the smallest amount of effort &#8211; even baby steps. Sometimes the steps almost require a leap. What do you do when you&#8217;re faced with an uphill climb? Do you try to run as fast as 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-921","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>One step at a time - 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\/05\/one-step-time.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One step at a time - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sometimes the best thing to do is take one step at a time. Sometimes the steps are narrow, requiring the smallest amount of effort &#8211; even baby steps. Sometimes the steps almost require a leap. What do you do when you&#8217;re faced with an uphill climb? Do you try to run as fast as you&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-10T10:00:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-09T03:42:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_9350-e1493639804849-225x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eelliott\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"One step at a time - Through the Lens of Faith","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"One step at a time - Through the Lens of Faith","og_description":"Sometimes the best thing to do is take one step at a time. Sometimes the steps are narrow, requiring the smallest amount of effort &#8211; even baby steps. Sometimes the steps almost require a leap. What do you do when you&#8217;re faced with an uphill climb? Do you try to run as fast as you&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html","og_site_name":"Through the Lens of Faith","article_published_time":"2017-05-10T10:00:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-05-09T03:42:20+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_9350-e1493639804849-225x300.jpg"}],"author":"eelliott","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html","name":"One step at a time - Through the Lens of Faith","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_9350-e1493639804849-225x300.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-10T10:00:46+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-09T03:42:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/#\/schema\/person\/3a91f7335d342e05f30c3f30934c63b2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_9350-e1493639804849-225x300.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_9350-e1493639804849-225x300.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/one-step-time.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"One step at a time"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/","name":"Through the Lens of Faith","description":"Beliefnet Voices - Elizabeth Elliott","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/#\/schema\/person\/3a91f7335d342e05f30c3f30934c63b2","name":"eelliott","description":"Elizabeth Elliott is a staff writer at the Arlington Catholic Herald and a freelance writer. She majored in music and journalism at Creighton University. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Creighton University. For over 20 years she has played flute for church-related events. She has written for America Magazine, Busted Halo and several other publications.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/author\/eelliott"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}