{"id":725,"date":"2008-07-05T08:39:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-05T12:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geneveith.com\/the-vocation-of-vacation\/_725\/"},"modified":"2008-07-05T08:39:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-05T12:39:42","slug":"the-vocation-of-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2008\/07\/the-vocation-of-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"The vocation of vacation"},"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>Friends, we\u2019re en route to Oklahoma, where much of the time we will be at beautiful Lake Tenkiller, far away from the internet and probably even cell phone coverage.  So I\u2019ll be taking a break from blogging, though I\u2019ll be back a week from Monday.  We\u2019ve had a big jump in readership, with the \u201cvocation of the movie critic\u201d bringing us lots of new readers.  For you, don\u2019t lose your new habit of checking in with this blog.  Explore the archives, which store many fine discussions that you will still enjoy.  I\u2019ve left you a few topics to keep you busy.  Do monitor the \u201cTestimony of an Atheist\u201d post, which is featuring some deep, honest, and insightful discussions.  I will really be incommunicado out at the lake, so if anything happens in the world that I should know about, tell me about it in a comment here.  God\u2019s blessings until we meet again!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends, we\u2019re en route to Oklahoma, where much of the time we will be at beautiful Lake Tenkiller, far away from the internet and probably even cell phone coverage. 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