{"id":8584,"date":"2019-11-24T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T12:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=8584"},"modified":"2019-11-24T13:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T12:01:27","slug":"theme-for-november-2019-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-for-november-2019-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for November 2019: War"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .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-2027350406 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-2027350406 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-2027350406 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-2027350406.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-2027350406 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-2027350406'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='8576'><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=\"8587\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"8587\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/30\/a-peace-garden\/\"><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\/2019\/11\/greenhouse.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A Peace Garden\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"8587\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/30\/a-peace-garden\/\">A Peace Garden<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; The Lord\u2019s directions for growing a Peace Garden And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace. (James 3:18) &#8211; Sow some seeds (hardy ones like mercy and forgiveness) &#8211; Feed them with love. &#8211; Sprinkle them with truth. &#8211; Weed them every day. &#8211; Give them room to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/30\/a-peace-garden\/\">Continue reading \"A Peace Garden\"<\/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=\"8527\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"8527\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/22\/mud-mud-mud\/\"><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\/2019\/11\/baked_mud.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"mud mud mud\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"8527\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/22\/mud-mud-mud\/\">mud mud mud<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Baked mud: tiled floor in &#8220;Auditoire de Calvin&#8221;, Geneva &nbsp;(Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; Faith and Love in the First World War by Anne Richards and the Church of England\u2019s Mission Theology Advisory Group is a compilation of reflections and prayers, \u201clooking at little things which affected the lives of all who were involved [in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/22\/mud-mud-mud\/\">Continue reading \"mud mud mud\"<\/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=\"8469\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"8469\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/15\/too-beautiful-for-war\/\"><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\/2019\/11\/nuclear-weapons.png?resize=800%2C330&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" alt=\"Too beautiful for war\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"8469\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/15\/too-beautiful-for-war\/\">Too beautiful for war<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; &nbsp; Two prayers by Simon Bailey &#8211; written from a teenage perspective &#8211; expressing distress at the ongoing threat of nuclear war and violence and recognising the comfort that comes when we bring our fears to God who is &#8220;warm enough to take all  shivers away&#8221;. &nbsp; #1 They say we can destroy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/15\/too-beautiful-for-war\/\">Continue reading \"Too beautiful for war\"<\/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=\"8422\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"8422\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/05\/imagine-no-war\/\"><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\/2019\/11\/wooden_statue_charred2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"imagine \u2026 no war \u2026\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"8422\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2019\/11\/05\/imagine-no-war\/\">imagine &#8230; no war &#8230;<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">&nbsp; (Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; A prayer We dare to imagine a world &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;where hunger has no chance to show its face. 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