{"id":87,"date":"2020-01-18T17:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T17:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=87"},"modified":"2020-01-18T17:37:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T17:37:56","slug":"rising-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Rising to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"font-size: 13.65px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/NYD_Hope_by_ahmed-hasan-Lvon5hPT818-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"NYD Hope by ahmed hasan Lvon5hPT818 unsplash\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/>The Revd Dr Michael Jagessar, United Reformed Church Secretary for Global and Intercultural Ministries, explores how uncertainty of the future carries hope-filled possibilities for New Year\u2019s Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In times when bad news may feature daily on our social media feeds, one can readily identify with the words sung by Joan Armatrading in the song <em>In These Times: \u201c<\/em>These are the times \u2026 you\u2019re bound to feel all sanity is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3293-rising-to-life.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Revd Dr Michael Jagessar, United Reformed Church Secretary for Global and Intercultural Ministries, explores how uncertainty of the future carries hope-filled possibilities for New Year\u2019s Day. 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