{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"A Little Bit of Nothing","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/henrykarlson","author_name":"Henry Karlson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/henrykarlson\/author\/hkarlson\/","title":"The Spiritual Life","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7GOzhGrjLv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/henrykarlson\/2017\/03\/the-spiritual-life\/\">The Spiritual Life<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/henrykarlson\/2017\/03\/the-spiritual-life\/embed\/#?secret=7GOzhGrjLv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Spiritual Life&#8221; &#8212; A Little Bit of Nothing\" data-secret=\"7GOzhGrjLv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/637\/2017\/03\/All-Saints.jpg","thumbnail_width":768,"thumbnail_height":516,"description":"Christianity is meant to be more than beliefs about God and the world, but a way of life. There is more to the faith than the rote memorization of dogmatic facts combined with occasional liturgical celebrations. This is not to say it is meant to be a self-righteous moralism, where people establish particular moral codes which are used to lift themselves up while pushing anyone not like them down to the lowest rung of moral credibility. It is a way of life, a way of following the God who is love, a way of seeing everything reflected in relationships with God and others as a result of that love. The truths of the faith are important, because love is incapable of being love without a love for truth, but the truths must be understood as conventional expressions and pointers to the transcendent truth which are meant to be experienced and not just declared."}