{"id":64,"date":"2012-01-19T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/19\/visit-to-elca-church-wide-in-chicago-il\/"},"modified":"2012-01-19T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T16:22:00","slug":"visit-to-elca-church-wide-in-chicago-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/19\/visit-to-elca-church-wide-in-chicago-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to ELCA Church Wide in Chicago IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">I invite you to check out a couple of pictures and video from my visit to ELCA Church Wide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=1816162060055\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=1816162060055<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash4\/402087_332370916786393_118086764881477_1046053_467527637_n.jpg\">http:\/\/a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash4\/402087_332370916786393_118086764881477_1046053_467527637_n.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash4\/398034_331364250220393_118086764881477_1043928_586592274_n.jpg\">http:\/\/a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash4\/398034_331364250220393_118086764881477_1043928_586592274_n.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I invite you to check out a couple of pictures and video from my visit to ELCA Church Wide. http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?v=1816162060055 http:\/\/a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash4\/402087_332370916786393_118086764881477_1046053_467527637_n.jpg http:\/\/a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ak-ash4\/398034_331364250220393_118086764881477_1043928_586592274_n.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-64","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2m6h5-12","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":612,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/02\/stewardship-seminary-campus-ministry\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":0},"title":"Stewardship &#8211; Seminary &#038; Campus Ministry","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"November 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Luke 19:1-11 I thought it might be helpful to have some background on me, to help you understand the perspectives I bring to the text today. I grew up un-churched.\u00a0 In fact I would say I was an atheist.\u00a0 I would get infuriated when I would see or hear things\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Campus Ministry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Campus Ministry","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/category\/campus-ministry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3344,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/09\/ca-wild-fires-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":1},"title":"CA Wild Fires 2025","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"January 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Please watch this message and see how you can help support our fellow brothers and sisters in California.\u00a0 Follow the link below to donate today to the ELCA disaster relief fund. https:\/\/www.elca.org\/our-work\/relief-and-development\/lutheran-disaster-response\/our-impact\/us-wildfires","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fire&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fire","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/category\/fire\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1676,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/23\/traditions\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":2},"title":"Traditions","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"December 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a post about traditions. \u00a0This post is on the website of the Church I serve at, First Lutheran Church, South Sioux City Nebraska. \u00a0http:\/\/www.flcssc.org \u00a0 This time of the year can be steeped in traditions. \u00a0Sometimes we don\u2019t even recall when or why a tradition was started. \u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christ","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/category\/christ\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":616,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/15\/what-about-christ-in-christmas-anyway\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":3},"title":"What about Christ in Christmas Anyway?","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"November 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We are now headed into Advent, waiting the anticipated arrival of a Savior for all of humanity. \u00a0Sure, we have a bigger picture than the kings who sought out the baby Jesus and of the shepherds who received the good news from the angels.\u00a0 We can still experience this excitement\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Community","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/category\/community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":360,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/06\/the-spirit-is-moving\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":4},"title":"The Spirit is moving","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"January 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Our group had attended a wake for an elderly Lakota woman. I have to tell you, to have twenty non Indians (Us) just show up at the wake, seemed very strange. I was uneasy about \"barging\" in on a grieving communities' wake. Sure enough, when we got there, I know\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian Love&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian Love","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/category\/christian-love\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_7488.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_7488.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_7488.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_7488.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_7488.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/MG_7488.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":606,"url":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/31\/truth-leads-to-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":64,"position":5},"title":"Truth Leads to Life","author":"Douglas Dill","date":"October 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Reformation Sunday Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 46:1-11 Romans 3:19-28 John 8:31-36 Audio Version Video Version Last week pastor spoke about wrestling with faith.\u00a0 We heard the story of Jacob being renamed after wrestling all night with a man who in the end gives another name to Jacob, which is Israel.\u00a0 As\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Grace&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Grace","link":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/category\/grace\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.messy-spirituality.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}