{"id":412,"date":"2019-12-22T13:03:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wordsandbottles.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/22\/missing-the-mount\/"},"modified":"2019-12-22T13:03:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T18:03:39","slug":"missing-the-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/22\/missing-the-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing The Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are missing our church body this morning. The family is on the road, on our way to enjoy both Christmas and the New Year with my parents, and one of my sibling&#8217;s families. I spent some time in Dicken&#8217;s <em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>, as my daughter took a turn driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordsandbottles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191222_1151311250432950504574483-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191222_1151311250432950504574483-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191222_1151311250432950504574483-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191222_1151311250432950504574483-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191222_1151311250432950504574483-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191222_1151311250432950504574483-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.redbeardedgeorge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191222_1151311250432950504574483-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thought I&#8217;d take a moment in the Christmas story, as I pray for safety in our travels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 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