{"id":2261,"date":"2011-07-21T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2011-07-21T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T12:00:19","slug":"after-a-respite-from-law-to-grace-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=2261","title":{"rendered":"After a Respite, From Law to Grace Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following my trip to Phoenix for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in June, where I\u00a0planned on live blogging, but instead\u00a0ended up spending most of the time in my hotel room sicker than I have been in a long, long time<\/a>, I thought that I would get back to blogging straight away.\u00a0 For good or for bad, that did not happen.\u00a0 In the last month, I have taken a much-needed respite from blogging, not only to regain my physical strength, but also my spiritual and emotional strength.<\/p>\n

Even after a week of\u00a0teaching 23 5th & 6th graders at the Big Apple Adventure\u00a0<\/em>Vacation Bible School last week and a trip to Albuquerque for a Baptist Convention of New Mexico Executive Board Meeting\/Vacation with my family this week, I am strangely re-energized and ready to start writing again (that after spending the whole day at Cliff’s Amusement Park<\/a><\/em> and going on a few rides that I shouldn’t have).\u00a0 Most of my blog posts have been written between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. (as this one is).\u00a0 Since my illness in Phoenix, I simply did not have the stamina to stay up and write late into the night.\u00a0 Even though I don’t consider myself old, my body just doesn’t want to bounce back like it did just a few short years ago!<\/p>\n

However, after spending summer vacation with my focus on my family and after catching up on much need rest in the evenings, it’s time to start engaging with the world of religion, politics, and culture —\u00a0both\u00a0inside and outside\u00a0the Southern Baptist Convention.\u00a0 So, From Law to Grace<\/em> will be back on Monday with a new look and a new attitude.\u00a0 Thank you to all of my readers — those who have\u00a0read from the beginning since\u00a0last July and for those who may have just discovered my blog in the last few days.\u00a0 I truly appreciate everyone who reads and comments,\u00a0especially those who may not always agree with what I write.\u00a0 May God grant each of us grace for the journey!\u00a0 God bless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following my trip to Phoenix for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in June, where I\u00a0planned on live blogging, but instead\u00a0ended up spending most of the time in my hotel room sicker than I have been in a long, long time, I thought that I would get back to blogging straight away.\u00a0 For…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[3367,134,3368,1080,3377,417,1158,868,3393,1173],"class_list":["post-2261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","tag-baptist-convention-of-new-mexico","tag-bcnm","tag-blogging","tag-cliffs-amusement-park","tag-family","tag-from-law-to-grace","tag-phoenix-sbc","tag-sbc","tag-southern-baptist-convention","tag-summer-vacation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1LP7G-At","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}