{"id":14389,"date":"2014-12-28T00:44:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T08:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=14389"},"modified":"2014-12-28T00:44:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T08:44:39","slug":"reasons-for-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/28\/reasons-for-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons for Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">More often than not, when IU share an article involving religion, it\u2019s about Republican Supply side pseudo-Christians demonstrating through their intolerance, hatred and greed, the exact opposite of authentic faith.&#160; A friend emailed me an article citing positive examples of faith, so I\u2019m passing it on.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>It has been a difficult year around the world with wars, conflicts and disease afflicting far too many people. Religion has too often played an unhelpful or even harmful role. <\/p>\n<p>However, throughout the year there have been people of all different religions standing up for what is right, increasing understanding and peace between peoples, helping to serve humanity, and offeingr a prophetic witness for justice. <\/p>\n<p>Here are 14 religious moments during 2014 that give us inspiration and hope for 2015. <\/p>\n<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1228CLERGY\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1228CLERGY\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/1228CLERGY.jpg\" width=\"360\" align=\"left\" height=\"270\" \/>Clergy took a major stand for racial equality.<\/h6>\n<p>As soon as protests broke out in Ferguson over the shooting of Michael Brown, clergy were on their feet and in the street with messages of equality, justice and nonviolent action. Pastor Renita Lamkin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/11\/25\/clergy-ferguson-grand-jury-decision_n_6218290.html\" target=\"_blank\">took a rubber bullet<\/a> for the cause. Others sacrificed sleep and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/11\/25\/clergy-ferguson-grand-jury-decision_n_6218290.html\" target=\"_blank\">countless hours<\/a>, opening the doors of their worship houses. When protests erupted in New York for Eric Garner&#8217;s death, clergy continued working tirelessly for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/08\/clergy-die-in-eric-garner_n_6289042.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067\" target=\"_blank\">racial equality<\/a>, providing the moral backbone of a movement that will continue growing as we move into 2015\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/25\/religious-stories-2014_n_6322894.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Hat-Tip: Pat A.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">How refreshing, and I\u2019ve shared only one example.&#160; Click through for the other thirteen.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More often than not, when IU share an article involving religion, it\u2019s about Republican Supply side pseudo-Christians demonstrating through their intolerance, hatred and greed, the exact opposite of authentic faith.&#160; A friend emailed me an article citing positive examples of faith, so I\u2019m passing it on. It has been a difficult year around the world <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/28\/reasons-for-hope\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","category-5-id","category-47-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}