{"id":2865,"date":"2018-01-15T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/bge\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2018-01-16T23:31:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T23:31:31","slug":"silence-breakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/bge\/2018\/01\/15\/silence-breakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Silence Breakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An important movement of the previous twelve months has been the #metoo campaign. As overwhelming as the stories have been to hear told, there is something very important about the flood of truth telling that has emerged from so many voices. Here is an article posted this month on Missio Alliance&#8217;s website entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missioalliance.org\/silence-breakers-kairos-moment-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Silence Breakers: A Kairos Moment for the Church&#8221; by Carolyn Custis James<\/a>. I find the words of the article incomplete but I do think the author&#8217;s point is true. I wonder what invitation the Spirit of God is inviting us as those who serve as pastors and ministers in the church? What might be do or say in response? What do you think?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/bge?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=2865&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important movement of the previous twelve months has been the #metoo campaign. As overwhelming as the stories have been to hear told, there is something very important about the flood of truth telling that has emerged from so many voices. 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