{"id":12194,"date":"2020-12-13T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=12194"},"modified":"2021-01-27T07:53:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:53:58","slug":"unexpected-miracles-a-hanukkah-story","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/sermons\/unexpected-miracles-a-hanukkah-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Miracles: The Hanukkah Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;The story of Hanukkah is an ancient story highlighting a miracle: oil that was enough to last for one night instead lasted for eight, as a struggling people rededicated their desecrated Temple. Light was brought to dark places as the Jewish people witnessed something entirely unexpected, something holy \u2013 that steady stream of light.  This flickering flame brought to the people strength, resolve, and freedom. As we settle into a season of stillness, what unexpected miracles can we pause to notice? What acts of the divine can we each encounter?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:13185,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">The story of Hanukkah is an ancient story highlighting a miracle: oil that was enough to last for one night instead lasted for eight, as a struggling people rededicated their desecrated Temple. Light was brought to dark places as the Jewish people witnessed something entirely unexpected, something holy \u2013 that steady stream of light. This flickering flame brought to the people strength, resolve, and freedom. As we settle into a season of stillness, what unexpected miracles can we pause to notice? What acts of the divine can we each encounter?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of Hanukkah is an ancient story highlighting a miracle: oil that was enough to last for one night instead lasted for eight, as a struggling people rededicated their desecrated Temple. Light was brought to dark places as the Jewish people witnessed something entirely unexpected, something holy \u2013 that steady stream of light. This flickering flame brought to the people strength,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[44],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[70],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12194","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","hentry","ctc_sermon_series-sermons","ctc_sermon_speaker-rev-jane-smith","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12194"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12375,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12194\/revisions\/12375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=12194"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=12194"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=12194"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=12194"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=12194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}