{"id":10608,"date":"2020-12-26T18:50:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T17:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=10608"},"modified":"2020-12-26T19:49:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T18:49:17","slug":"theme-for-november-2020-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-november-2020-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for November 2020: Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .rt-holder .rt-woo-info .price{color:#0367bf;}body .rt-tpg-container .rt-tpg-isotope-buttons .selected,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1288798250 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1288798250 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-1288798250.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1288798250 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-1288798250'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='10603'><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader   layout1 tpg-even '><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10460\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10460\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/30\/to-dance-with-god\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/praise_the_lord_for_he_is_altogether_good_psalm135.jpg?resize=444%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"444\" height=\"600\" alt=\"To dance with God\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10460\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/30\/to-dance-with-god\/\">To dance with God<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; For this fourth and final post on the theme of DANCE I&#8217;ve found a story that overlaps with my chosen theme for December: CHILD. The story is taken from the opening chapter of Gertrud Mueller Nelson&#8216;s book, To Dance with God (1986). Some years ago, I spent an afternoon caught up in a piece &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/30\/to-dance-with-god\/\">Continue reading \"To dance with God\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10447\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10447\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/21\/with-you-i-can-leap\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/leap.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"With you I can leap\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10447\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/21\/with-you-i-can-leap\/\">With you I can leap<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&#8216;Tree art&#8217;, Rotterdam &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; A prayer I cannot dance, O Lord, unless you lead me. If it is your will, I can leap for joy. But you must show me how to dance and sing by dancing and singing yourself! With you I can leap towards love, and from love I will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/21\/with-you-i-can-leap\/\">Continue reading \"With you I can leap\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10389\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10389\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/13\/first-steps\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/first_steps.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"First steps\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10389\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/13\/first-steps\/\">First steps<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Poster for a Corona-proof cultural route through the heart of Rotterdam &nbsp; &#8220;Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron\u2019s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing.&#8221; (Exodus 15:20) britannica.com describes dance as the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/13\/first-steps\/\">Continue reading \"First steps\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"10378\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"10378\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/04\/lord-of-the-dance\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/tree_with_dancing_arms.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Lord of the dance\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"10378\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2020\/11\/04\/lord-of-the-dance\/\">Lord of the dance<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&#8230; and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. &nbsp;(Isaiah 55:12) A litany In the beginning &#8230;&#8230; The dance began to swirl and ponder. 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