{"id":6673,"date":"2006-07-28T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T13:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/07\/prayers-for-john-miesel.html"},"modified":"2006-07-28T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T13:04:16","slug":"prayers-for-john-miesel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/07\/prayers-for-john-miesel.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for John Miesel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You all know Sandra Miesel, medievalist <em>extraordinaire<\/em> who co-authored the Ignatius Press DVC book with Carl Olsen, <em>The Da Vinci Hoax, <\/em>and is regular and learned commentor on many blogs<em>. <\/em>Sandra let us a know a couple of months ago about her husband&#8217;s illness, and now writes, asking for our prayers:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Sandra Miesel&#8217;s husband John is in his last days of life, suffering from a cancerous brain tumor. He&#8217;s at peace (and) not in pain. Your prayers for him and our family would be much appreciated at this difficult time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You all know Sandra Miesel, medievalist extraordinaire who co-authored the Ignatius Press DVC book with Carl Olsen, The Da Vinci Hoax, and is regular and learned commentor on many blogs. 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