{"id":1370,"date":"2019-12-13T19:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T00:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2019-12-13T19:38:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T00:38:15","slug":"where-is-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/where-is-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191209094345-nativity-refugee-display-large-169.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1371\" src=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191209094345-nativity-refugee-display-large-169-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191209094345-nativity-refugee-display-large-169-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/191209094345-nativity-refugee-display-large-169.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My halls are not decked.<br \/>\nNo tree.<br \/>\nNo wreath.<br \/>\nA few colorful cookies baked.<br \/>\nTheir scent long dispersed.<\/p>\n<p>My heart is heavy with grief<br \/>\nover children in cages.<br \/>\nthe destruction of democracy<br \/>\nthe rise of white nationalism<br \/>\nknowing that we are not reaching toward<br \/>\npoints of connection<br \/>\nbut\u00a0nurturing<br \/>\nchasms of departure.<\/p>\n<p>Families flounder<br \/>\nbeneath the burden of gifts<br \/>\nand Amazon sells sneakers<br \/>\nto the haunting tune of Ave Maria.<br \/>\nAnd I am lost.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe in the asking is the answer.<br \/>\nI will find Christ in a cage<br \/>\non the streets<br \/>\nin the one who despises<br \/>\nmy race or gender<br \/>\nor age or sexuality.<br \/>\nAnd if I am very fortunate<br \/>\nor very faithful<br \/>\nor both<br \/>\nI will find Christ in those I despise<br \/>\nbecause this year I cannot find Christmas<br \/>\nin the shops<br \/>\nor the sweets<br \/>\nor the carols<br \/>\nor a rosy faced baby.<\/p>\n<p>So please, Godde, let me find Christ<br \/>\nsomewhere with in me<br \/>\nLet me find Christ<br \/>\nsomewhere in every person\u00a0I encounter.<br \/>\nLet me look for Christ in unexpected places<br \/>\neven in my unadorned home<br \/>\nand in the dark corners of my hopelessness<br \/>\nand in the promise I cannot grasp.<\/p>\n<p>Let me find Christ<br \/>\nso that I might rest a moment from my despair<br \/>\nand live into the hope<br \/>\nI am so desperately seeking.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My halls are not decked. No tree. No wreath. A few colorful cookies baked. Their scent long dispersed. My heart is heavy with grief over children in cages. the destruction of democracy the rise of white nationalism knowing that we are not reaching toward points of connection but\u00a0nurturing chasms of departure. Families flounder beneath the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/where-is-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Where is Christmas?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,29,21,25,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}