{"id":206,"date":"2015-09-15T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/?p=206"},"modified":"2015-09-15T20:03:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T20:03:47","slug":"preacher-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cjhoskins\/2015\/09\/15\/preacher-man\/","title":{"rendered":"preacher man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our amazing little church here in Chicago follows the liturgical church calendar and lectionary and I love it. \u00a0It is one of those things that I didn&#8217;t know I was missing from my life until it became a regular part of my life. \u00a0It is almost like\u00a0when I discovered dark chocolate sea-salted caramels. \u00a0Now that I have had the experience, there is no going back.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, however, we took a break from the lectionary and ventured into the land of the sermon series. \u00a0This land is known very well in many Evangelical circles, but one we rarely venture 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