{"id":1596,"date":"2022-02-13T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foresidechurch.org\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2022-02-14T17:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:03:18","slug":"being-church-wonder-at-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foresidechurch.org\/index.php\/2022\/02\/13\/being-church-wonder-at-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Church: Wonder at Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_36476\"  width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"  data-origwidth=\"1200\" data-origheight=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3hzlT090t-I?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Scripture:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?passage=Job+38:1-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Job 38:1-18<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is our right relationship to the creation around us? 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