{"id":728,"date":"2014-11-05T15:47:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/the-surface-of-thingsis-everything-really-illusionmight-i-pass-through-this\/"},"modified":"2014-11-05T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:47:20","slug":"the-surface-of-thingsis-everything-really-illusionmight-i-pass-through-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/the-surface-of-thingsis-everything-really-illusionmight-i-pass-through-this\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surface of Things:\nIs everything really illusion?\nMight I pass through this&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Surface of Things:<br \/> Is everything really illusion?<br \/> Might I pass through this heavy oak door<br \/> without opening it?<\/p>\n<p> I lean gently to and feel it yield to weight<br \/> swaying in agreement\u2014<br \/> my respect for it##039;s solidity,<br \/> to my passage it yields a breath of concession.<\/p>\n<p> Jesus had such exquisite care<br \/> not to disturb the surface of water<br \/> that he could walk on it.<br \/> \u2014 A Poem by Paul Quenon, author of Unquiet Vigil<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paracletepress\/photos\/a.10150684800182328.407590.141915492327\/10152855673147328\/?type=1#amp;relevant_count=1\" title=\"\" target=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xpa1\/v\/t1.0-9\/s130x130\/10734114_10152855673147328_5030977940013516958_n.jpg?oh=89f6889c3cbe0caa51c11f00df8f4103#amp;oe=54D9052C#amp;__gda__=1423269331_6027b5c90a840493b7d0449a6b000015\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/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>The Surface of Things: Is everything really illusion? Might I pass through this heavy oak door without opening it? I lean gently to and feel it yield to weight swaying in agreement\u2014 my respect for it##039;s solidity, to my passage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/the-surface-of-thingsis-everything-really-illusionmight-i-pass-through-this\/\">Continue reading <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":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paraclete-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}