{"id":4751,"date":"2017-05-26T08:47:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rogereolson\/?p=4751"},"modified":"2017-05-26T08:47:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T13:47:55","slug":"personal-note-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rogereolson\/2017\/05\/personal-note-interested\/","title":{"rendered":"A Personal Note for Those Who Are Interested&#8230;"},"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>Dear Blog Friends (and Others):<\/p>\n<p>There are times throughout the year when, for a period of time, my schedule changes dramatically and I am simply not able to keep up with my blog. I apologize if that causes anyone any distress or consternation.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of those times.<\/p>\n<p>But I do still usually find moments when I can glance at comments and respond. Usually, during these times, I cannot respond with as much depth or detail as I normally try to.<\/p>\n<p>During these times I try to adjust my consciousness and focus less on controversies and more on \u201cbeing in the moment\u201d with people I\u2019m with.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your understanding and please \u201cstand by\u201d for my return to the usual routine.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, please enjoy with me an old gospel song that has been much on my mind: \u201cTo be like Jesus, to be like Jesus; all I ask is to be like Him. All through life\u2019s journey, from earth to glory, all I ask is to be like Him.\u201d That is my aspiration and I hope it is or can be yours, too.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Olson<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Blog Friends (and Others): There are times throughout the year when, for a period of time, my schedule changes dramatically and I am simply not able to keep up with my blog. I apologize if that causes anyone any distress or consternation. This is one of those times. 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