{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jesus Creed","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed","author_name":"Scot McKnight","author_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/author\/scotmcknight\/","title":"\"But she's your family\"","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OxJGQyOXUc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/10\/02\/but-shes-your-family\/\">&#8220;But she&#8217;s your family&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2010\/10\/02\/but-shes-your-family\/embed\/#?secret=OxJGQyOXUc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;But she&#8217;s your family&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Jesus Creed\" data-secret=\"OxJGQyOXUc\" 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","description":"I don't know Chuck DeGroat, but I think I like him. Here's what he calls his \"rant against change.\"  Call me a hypocrite. I\u2019m about to rant against the new. People who know me and have read what I\u2019ve written, even recently, will laugh at my hypocrisy. They know my adoration for the iPad and the iPhone 4, and my belief that technology (from the Roman roads, to the printing press, to Twitter) is the way God gets his message out. I\u2019m also convinced that God was so excited about the newness of the world he created that he had to sit down for a day and take it all in. And God clearly doesn\u2019t have a problem (re)newing all sorts of things, because the \u201cNew\u201d Testament is chock-full of new things \u2013 new creation, new law, a new \u2018Moses\u2019, a new song, a new heart, and\u2026not least\u2026a New Exodus.  That said, I\u2019ve got to rant against the tragic American penchant for the new, particularly is it relates tocommitments. Let me give you an example. When a child is baptized, the people stand to recite a portion of the liturgy expressing something sacred and deeply meaningful:","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/files\/2010\/09\/IMG_1142-300x225.jpg"}