{"id":3796,"date":"2013-01-22T12:48:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T17:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/thoughts-from-campus-ministry-a-new-semester\/"},"modified":"2013-01-22T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T17:48:19","slug":"thoughts-from-campus-ministry-a-new-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/thoughts-from-campus-ministry-a-new-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts from Campus Ministry: A New Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A new semester begins.<\/p>\n<p>A new year of possibilities, hopes, dreams, goals and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In this new year, may we remain hope-filled despite the challenges that face us.<\/p>\n<p>And as we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., may we treat each other with dignity despite our differences: whether it be the color of our skin, our political persuasions, religious beliefs or socio-economic status. May we seek the common values that unite us rather than divide us so that goodness can shine forth in everything we do as a society.<\/p>\n<p>Inaugurations remind us of our common bonds in this great and diverse land.\u00a0Here are a few words from yesterday\u2019s presidential inauguration to remind us:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,<br \/>\npeeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces<br \/>\nof the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth<br \/>\nacross the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.<br \/>\nOne light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story<br \/>\ntold by our silent gestures moving across windows.<\/p>\n<p><em>One Today<\/em> (excerpt)<br \/>\nRichard Blanco, inaugural poet<\/p>\n<p><em>Message from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hvcc.edu\/campusministry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Campus Ministry<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:48:19 +0000 by\u00a0c.george<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A new semester begins. A new year of possibilities, hopes, dreams, goals and challenges. In this new year, may&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}