{"id":2054,"date":"2014-11-26T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/billykangas\/?p=2054"},"modified":"2014-11-25T14:55:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T18:55:23","slug":"chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billykangas\/2014\/11\/chicago.html","title":{"rendered":"Moments of Beauty: Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/394\/2014\/11\/Chicago.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2055\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/394\/2014\/11\/Chicago.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago\" width=\"396\" height=\"179\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cfrom the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator\u2026 <\/em><br>\n<em>for the author of beauty created them.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Wisdom 13: 3,5<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I used to live in Chicago. It\u2019s a city I love. It\u2019s one of the finest gems in the treasury of reasons why I think the Great Lakes region is the greatest place on earth. I love its food, its drinks, its people, its culture.<\/p>\n<p>I love Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Although much of the city is not pretty, I believe it\u2019s a beautiful city. the city\u2019s beauty is in it\u2019s life.\u00a0The city is always moving. The seasons are always changing. The landscape is always evolving. The city is alive.<\/p>\n<p>This is what I think is so beautiful about Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>I recently encountered this video that powerfully shows the city\u2019s life. You see the changing days, and seasons; each frame filled with evidence of the people who keep the city alive. 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