{"id":662,"date":"2017-01-05T00:39:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T07:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2017-01-05T00:39:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T07:39:40","slug":"prayer-before-town-hall-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Prayer before Town Hall Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11caucus.480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-702\" src=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11caucus.480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11caucus.480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11caucus.480-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nLet me not disparage my opponents<br \/>\nFor their position deserves the same respect as mine.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nLet me listen to all, those with praise or condemnation<br \/>\nFor all voices must be heard.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nLet me present my position with justice in my heart<br \/>\nAnd goodwill to all, so we can all feel a part of this<br \/>\nMore perfect Union.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nLet me not fear anger or criticism<br \/>\nBut instead know peace as the attack comes<br \/>\nAnd the voters will decide.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nLet me be the vessel of the people- all the people<br \/>\nFor thy will be done, not mine, not the few,<br \/>\nBut the many.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nLet me know that the power of representation comes not<br \/>\nFrom the ability to demonstrate, but the willingness to accept.<\/p>\n<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nGive me the strength and joy to share this great burden<br \/>\nWith all those who give it to me to bear.<\/p>\n<p>19 March 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear God, Let me not disparage my opponents For their position deserves the same respect as mine. Dear God, Let me listen to all, those with praise or condemnation For all voices must be heard. Dear God, Let me present &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/?p=662\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danschmidtforsenate.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}