{"id":16028,"date":"2013-10-02T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=16028"},"modified":"2013-10-02T12:08:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T19:08:30","slug":"fed-or-entertained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/02\/fed-or-entertained\/","title":{"rendered":"Wise Words on Wednesday: Fed or entertained?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16029\" alt=\"Are you not entertained\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Are-you-not-entertained.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-size: 18px\"><em>Many say that they weren&#8217;t being fed. In all honesty, however, many of them would have to admit they weren&#8217;t being entertained, or made to feel special, or welcomed warmly enough after Mass. They grumble and they complain. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-size: 18px\"><em>I know what I&#8217;m talking about. I know the pressure of having to bring in a better singing group next month than the one that visited last month. I know what would happen if my preaching ever weakened or if my smile wasn&#8217;t natural enough: People would leave and go find a better preacher, a more exciting worship experience, more comfortable pews, or more programs for the kids. I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">know<\/span> this for a fact.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jeff Cavins, \u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m not being fed!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many say that they weren&#8217;t being fed. In all honesty, however, many of them would have to admit they weren&#8217;t being entertained, or made to feel special, or welcomed warmly enough after Mass. They grumble and they complain. I know what I&#8217;m talking about. I know the pressure of having to bring in a better singing group next month than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[676,638,1087,223],"class_list":["post-16028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quote","tag-church","tag-entertainment","tag-jeff-cavins","tag-mass"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16028"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19011,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16028\/revisions\/19011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}