{"id":189,"date":"2015-12-23T17:01:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/?p=189"},"modified":"2015-12-23T17:10:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T17:10:51","slug":"christmas-eve-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve (Revisited)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/candlelit_xmas_eve_2013_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-198\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/candlelit_xmas_eve_2013_small.jpg\" alt=\"candlelit_xmas_eve_2013_small\" width=\"450\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/candlelit_xmas_eve_2013_small.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/candlelit_xmas_eve_2013_small-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Spirit of Christmas, Spirit of Peace, Spirit of Hope, we gather in the depths of darkness to bear witness to the everlasting light; assembling at the turn of the year to recall that which stands beyond time and change. Into this sacred time we now enter to listen, to dream, and to be transformed. May our thoughts be filled with gratitude and love.\u2019 \u2013 Gary Kowalski<\/p>\n<p>A recording of a service of readings and carols I put together for Christmas Eve 2013 at Essex Church.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-189-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk\/pod2011\/KU_jane.blackall_sermon_24.12.13.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk\/pod2011\/KU_jane.blackall_sermon_24.12.13.mp3\">http:\/\/www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk\/pod2011\/KU_jane.blackall_sermon_24.12.13.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Spirit of Christmas, Spirit of Peace, Spirit of Hope, we gather in the depths of darkness to bear witness to the everlasting light; assembling at the turn of the year to recall that which stands beyond time and change. Into<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebelrebel.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}