{"id":16169,"date":"2025-03-10T20:50:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=16169"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:50:30","slug":"theme-for-november-2024-taste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-november-2024-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for November 2024: Taste"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .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-1498799757 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1498799757 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-1498799757 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-1498799757.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-1498799757 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-1498799757'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='16159'><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=\"15759\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15759\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/04\/a-taste-for-beauty\/\"><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\/2024\/11\/communion_natural_light.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A taste for beauty\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15759\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/04\/a-taste-for-beauty\/\">A taste for beauty<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Powerpoint and natural light &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) Prayer of Thanksgiving O God, We thank you for this earth, our home; for the wide sky and the blessed sun, for the ocean and streams, for the towering hills and the whispering wind, for the trees and green grass. We thank you for our senses by which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/04\/a-taste-for-beauty\/\">Continue reading \"A taste for beauty\"<\/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=\"15768\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15768\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/11\/taste-the-goodness\/\"><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\/2024\/11\/watermelons.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Taste the goodness\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15768\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/11\/taste-the-goodness\/\">Taste the goodness<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; Litany based on Psalm 34:1-10 Living Rock of Abundant Life, the poor cried out; you heard, and saved them from all their troubles. To those who have nothing, your promise is this: whatever is needed will be given. Your eyes are on those who do justice, and your ears are open to their voice. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/11\/taste-the-goodness\/\">Continue reading \"Taste the goodness\"<\/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=\"15790\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15790\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/18\/thank-you-for-taste-buds\/\"><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\/2024\/11\/joyful_apple.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Thank you. For taste buds\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15790\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/18\/thank-you-for-taste-buds\/\">Thank you. For taste buds<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; In Hidden Art, Edith Schaeffer writes, &#8220;God could have created all food as a bland mixture of proper nutrients: something like wheat-germ, yoghurt and honey in a cake form, or some sort of fruit that would have contained everything necessary to good health. However pleasant the mild flavour might be, we cannot imagine eating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/18\/thank-you-for-taste-buds\/\">Continue reading \"Thank you. For taste buds\"<\/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=\"15802\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"15802\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/25\/a-taste-of-autumn\/\"><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\/2024\/11\/autumn_mushrooms_log.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A taste of autumn\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"15802\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2024\/11\/25\/a-taste-of-autumn\/\">A taste of autumn<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; A generous harvest inspired by 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 God, source of all life, the northern autumn is all around us now, beautiful in scarlet and gold. 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