{"id":1955,"date":"2025-12-17T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:43:35","slug":"glimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/?p=1955","title":{"rendered":"Glimmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Kay Augustine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">According to Luke,<br>when an angel of the Lord appeared to<br>shepherds abiding in their fields, and<br>the glory of the Lord shone \u2018round about them,<br>they were terrified.<br><br>But the angel said to them,<br>\u201cBe not afraid; for behold, I bring you<br>good news of a great joy<br>which will come to<br>all the people.\u201d<br><br>Now<br>we abide in our fields<br>our little towns,<br>our cities, and<br><br>Darkness threatens us;<br>the news is not good, and<br>we are sometimes<br>terrified; still<br><br>We remember<br>how silently, how<br>silently the wondrous gift<br>is giv\u2019n\u2026 No ear may<br>hear its coming, but\u2026<br><br>Angels<br>from the realms of glory<br>wing their flight o\u2019er<br>all the earth\u2026 and<br><br>Faith, hope, and<br>love<br>remain our in-<br>spiration.<br><br>Breathe.<br>Breathe in.<br>Remember joy!<br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breathe. \/ Breathe in. \/ Remember joy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dec-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1957,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions\/1957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareletter.milwaukeequakers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}