{"id":106,"date":"2007-08-14T07:58:11","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T07:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/08\/we-interrupt-this-interruption.html"},"modified":"2007-08-14T07:58:11","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T07:58:11","slug":"we-interrupt-this-interruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/08\/we-interrupt-this-interruption.html","title":{"rendered":"We interrupt this interruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

…to congratulate Bishop Robert Baker of Charleston <\/a>on being named the new bishop of Birmingham, Alabama<\/a>.
\nBishop Baker is a old friend of Michael’s, and he baptized Michael the Toddler in a memorable ceremony<\/a> in a church in central Ohio that is probably still echoing from then 3 1\/2 year old Joseph’s energy burst that seemed to come out of nowhere, but went straight into the annals of….something.
\nBishop Baker has worked with Michael on two books – one lovely, hardbound book he wrote with Fr. Benedict Groeschel\u00a0 on Matthew 25 – When Did We See You, Lord\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(in
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\n\u00a0fact this was the book Fr. Groeschel was working on when he had his terrible accident in Orlando several years ago, which delayed its completion, but thanks to Fr. Groeschel’s strength in recovery, it did get finished. More details on that story, as well on the icons – written by the iconographer whose work we saw in the church in Conyers<\/a> – at the Amazon link.<\/a> )
\nMore recently, Bishop Baker wrote The Questioner’s Prayer <\/em><\/a>– <\/em>a very nice book of meditations based on, well…questions.
\n\u00a0I’m sure everyone in Birmingham – including EWTN – is very pleased to finally – after 2 1\/2 years – to have a new bishop!
\nMichael has more. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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