{"id":2302,"date":"2008-11-29T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/11\/for-the-beginning-of-advent\/"},"modified":"2008-11-29T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29T10:10:00","slug":"for-the-beginning-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/11\/for-the-beginning-of-advent.html","title":{"rendered":"For the Beginning of Advent"},"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><div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/STFbyM6YokI\/AAAAAAAACBU\/j2UI_UcwPh0\/s1600-h\/augustine.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 241px;height: 320px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_5BV_YADVD7o\/STFbyM6YokI\/AAAAAAAACBU\/j2UI_UcwPh0\/s320\/augustine.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>So now, my brothers, let us sing, not to enjoy a lifetime of leisure, but to ease our toil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br><\/span>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>In the way that travellers are in the habit of singing, sing, but continue your journey. What does it mean, \u201ccontinue your journey\u201d?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Fare forward always \u2013 but fare forward in goodness, for there are, according to the Apostle, some people who go ever onward from bad to worse.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>If you fare forward, you are making progress, but always go forward in goodness, forward in the right faith, forward in good habits and behavior.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\"> <\/span>Sing, and fare forward. \u2014 St Augustine<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u201cFare forward voyagers\u201d \u2014 T.S.Eliot<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u201cFurther up and further in!\u201d \u2014 C.S.Lewis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So now, my brothers, let us sing, not to enjoy a lifetime of leisure, but to ease our toil.\u00a0 In the way that travellers are in the habit of singing, sing, but continue your journey. 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