{"id":10792,"date":"2012-03-18T07:04:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T11:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2012-03-18T07:04:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-18T11:04:31","slug":"seek-the-ever-receding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/03\/seek-the-ever-receding\/","title":{"rendered":"seek the ever receding"},"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\/328\/2012\/03\/seek-and-find.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10793\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/03\/seek-and-find.jpg\" alt=\"prayer from the cell about seeking god\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first time I realized this basic dynamic was traumatic. 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