{"id":4865,"date":"2008-03-10T16:27:51","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T20:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/?p=4865"},"modified":"2022-11-01T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:34:36","slug":"simply-put","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notstrictlyspiritual.com\/original-nss\/simply-put\/","title":{"rendered":"Simply put"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">Chiara and I were early picking Noah up from play practice at school today. She asked me if we could walk through the church instead of walking around the outside, so we did. In the darkened church, I knelt down next to her and asked if she knew where Jesus was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">She looked up at the crucifix over the altar, looked back at me and said, \u201cSomebody\u2019s sad.\u201d Wow. 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