{"id":10814,"date":"2012-03-20T06:26:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T10:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10814"},"modified":"2012-03-20T06:26:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T10:26:17","slug":"firing-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/03\/firing-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"firing squad"},"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\/firing-squad.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10815\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/03\/firing-squad.jpg\" alt=\"Questions are courageous.\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had this picture of a question mark standing before a firing squad. That was my first thought\u2026 the simple persecution of questions by the brutal regime of exclamations.<\/p>\n<p>But then, just like a movie, I saw the question refusing to be blindfolded. Perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Because that\u2019s how questions can be: courageous, brave, daring, risk-taking, facing the facts or the bitter truth.<\/p>\n<p>Exclamations, assertions, declarations, often can\u2019t handle the question. They put them down.<\/p>\n<p>A wise person once told me to learn the art of the question. It has been a fascinating course. 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