{"id":877,"date":"2015-06-16T23:05:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T03:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/oikonomia\/?p=877"},"modified":"2015-06-16T23:06:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T03:06:30","slug":"strength-for-today-and-bright-hope-for-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/oikonomia\/2015\/06\/strength-for-today-and-bright-hope-for-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

So, while I was out making gratuitous things (there\u2019s this new project I\u2019m working on), Dwight Gibson called. He left me a message about strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, and what that means in the presence of doubt, fear, and anxiety. Give it a listen. In the meantime, I should probably call him back.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #212121;\">Also, here\u2019s a pretty moving rendition of \u201cGreat Is Thy Faithfulness\u201d to meditate on. The song starts at 1:00.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #212121;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwWtWKx0zks\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #212121;\"><em>Originally published at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.letterstotheexiles.com\/strength-today-bright-hope-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">FLOW blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evan Koons So, while I was out making gratuitous things (there\u2019s this new project I\u2019m working on), Dwight Gibson called. 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