{"id":1028,"date":"2020-04-14T18:05:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2020-04-14T18:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:10:44","slug":"how-how-do-i-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"How? How Do I Thrive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>My buddy and I have this ritual. <\/strong>I often ask him if he&#8217;d like to go for coffee. He always replies, &#8220;I don&#8217;t drink coffee.&#8221; Then I always say, &#8220;It&#8217;s not about the coffee!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we go for coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the problems of being #SafeAtHome is the disconnectedness we feel. It&#8217;s hard not to be together with friends, eating pizza, fishing, exercising, shopping&#8230;. We&#8217;ve probably all become aware that it isn&#8217;t the pizza or the fishing or the working out or the shopping that was important. It was the friendship. It was being together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not about the coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The challenge we all face these days is knowing HOW to connect. <\/strong>How can we do that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s what <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AKBoFlQP840\">this video<\/a> addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKBoFlQP840?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can you think of ways <\/strong>to get together with your brothers and sisters in Christ and &#8220;spur them on&#8221; while remaiing #SafeAtHome?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sure you can! So get to it!!! \ud83d\ude42 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My buddy and I have this ritual. I often ask him if he&#8217;d like to go for coffee. He always replies, &#8220;I don&#8217;t drink coffee.&#8221; Then I always say, &#8220;It&#8217;s not about the coffee!&#8221; Then we go for coffee. 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