{"id":19786,"date":"2013-12-12T07:25:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T12:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=19786"},"modified":"2013-12-12T07:25:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T12:25:23","slug":"joseph-who-understood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/12\/joseph-who-understood.html","title":{"rendered":"Joseph, Who Understood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p>This is a rather distinctive Christmas song by the band The New Pornographers (HT <a href=\"http:\/\/historicaljesusresearch.blogspot.com\/2013\/12\/an-advent-song.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Anthony LeDonne<\/a>). Here are the lyrics:<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>Joseph, Who Understood<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nRumors are flying<\/p>\nAll over Galilee these days<\/p>\nAnd Mary, I\u2019m trying<\/p>\nTo be cool<\/p>\nWhen my friends walk by them<\/p>\nThey cannot look at me<\/p>\nIn the eye<\/p>\nBaby, I\u2019m trying<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in too many things<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in too many things<\/p>\nI know this child<\/p>\nWas sent here to heal our broken time<\/p>\nAnd some things are bigger<\/p>\nThan we know<\/p>\nWhen somehow you find out<\/p>\nThat you lost a father<\/p>\nTo a god<\/p>\nWell, Mary, that\u2019s life<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in so many things<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in so many things<\/p>\nOh Mary, is he mine?<\/p>\nMary, is he mine?<\/p>\nMary, is he mine?<\/p>\nMary, is he mine?<\/p>\nOh Mary, is he mine?<\/p>\nMary, is he mine?<\/p>\nTell me, is he?<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in too many things<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in too many things<\/p>\nNow, Mary, he is mine<\/p>\nMary, he is mine<\/p>\nMary, is he mine?<\/p>\nNow, Mary, he is mine<\/p>\nMary, he is mine<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in so many things<\/p>\nYou\u2019re asking me to believe in so many things<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is a rather distinctive Christmas song by the band The New Pornographers (HT Anthony LeDonne). 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