{"id":6069,"date":"2013-01-10T07:57:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T12:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2013-01-10T07:57:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T12:57:28","slug":"caesar-crosses-the-rubicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2013\/01\/caesar-crosses-the-rubicon.html","title":{"rendered":"Caesar Crosses the Rubicon"},"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\/81\/2013\/01\/caesarcrossingrubicon.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2013\/01\/caesarcrossingrubicon-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"caesarcrossingrubicon\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6070\"><\/a><br>\nSomebody has come up with a calculation that gives today as the day that Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon.<\/p>\n<p>Not a bad moment for us, you and me, to consider is there a river for us to cross, to then burn the bridges, and go forward?<\/p>\n<p>A dangerous moment?<\/p>\n<p>But worth throwing the dice?<\/p>\n<p>A moment<\/p>\n<p>trembling with possibility?<\/p>\n<p>Worth a moment\u2019s consideration, I think\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nPYuxReh7fM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somebody has come up with a calculation that gives today as the day that Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon. 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