{"id":40,"date":"2019-01-06T11:25:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/?p=40"},"modified":"2019-01-12T11:26:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T11:26:35","slug":"they-went-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2019\/01\/06\/they-went-in\/","title":{"rendered":"They went in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was simple enough.<br \/>\nIt was a &#8216;come in&#8217; kind of place:<br \/>\nHomely, warm, gently buzzing.<br \/>\nSo they went in.<br \/>\nAfter all they&#8217;d been in other places,<br \/>\nScarier, less welcoming.<br \/>\nPlaces where you got questioned<br \/>\nAbout everything:<br \/>\nWhere did you come from?<br \/>\nHow did you get here?<br \/>\nWhy have you come?<br \/>\nWhat do you want?<br \/>\nSo they went in.<br \/>\nThere was a baby<br \/>\nAnd like most babies,<br \/>\nIt was the centre of attention.<br \/>\nIt was sign, they said.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve bought gifts, they said.<br \/>\nAnd eventually,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll go back another way, they said,<br \/>\nBacking out slowly,<br \/>\nNot making a fuss.<br \/>\nLike they went in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dsc_2985146757889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dsc_2985146757889.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39 alignnone size-full\" width=\"3920\" height=\"2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dsc_2985146757889.jpg 3920w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dsc_2985146757889-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dsc_2985146757889-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dsc_2985146757889-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/dsc_2985146757889-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcoming One, may we also come in to your presence,<br \/>\nHomemaker, may we be welcoming too.<br \/>\nManger Babe, may we bring others to the light and joy of your love.<br \/>\nHelp us to remember that a welcome is not just for Epiphany,<br \/>\nAnd on the streets and beaches of this land may we be the welcomers.<\/p>\n<p>JAL 06.01.2019<br \/>\n<i>Feast of Epiphany <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was simple enough. It was a &#8216;come in&#8217; kind of place: Homely, warm, gently buzzing. So they went in. After all they&#8217;d been in other places, Scarier, less welcoming. Places where you got questioned About everything: Where did you come from? How did you get here? Why have you come? What do you want? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/2019\/01\/06\/they-went-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;They went in&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,26,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epiphany","category-journey","category-remembered-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foowr.org.uk\/notesfrombambi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}