{"id":1489,"date":"2019-12-10T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2019-12-12T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T15:13:29","slug":"174-is-the-spotlight-on-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1489","title":{"rendered":"174- Is the Spotlight on Christmas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12334559\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/season15replay122_3\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s you, not the Spirit\nof Christmas that is in the spotlight thanks to the barrage of advertising\nfocused on your attention at this time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a moment to\nconsider- <em>just exactly what is the\n&#8216;Reason for this Season&#8217; of Christmas?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make it part of your\nAdvent contemplation or Nativity Fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3445.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of clippings from newspapers of ads that become the drip, drip, drip of water beating down on your head to get the perfect presents for Xmas.\" class=\"wp-image-831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3445.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3445-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Ads are the drip, drip, drip of water beating down on your head to get the perfect presents for Xmas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jesus-christ-the-reason-for-the-season.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful Christmas card in red with Christmas tree bulbs and snow.\" class=\"wp-image-1496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jesus-christ-the-reason-for-the-season.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jesus-christ-the-reason-for-the-season-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jesus-christ-the-reason-for-the-season-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jesus-christ-the-reason-for-the-season-1400x875.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jesus-christ-the-reason-for-the-season-1200x750.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Here&#8217;s to not losing sight of what the Advent Season and The Nativity Fast are all about. Keeping out focus on Christ coming to save us from ourselves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she\npassed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To listen from Installment\n93<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s you, not the Spirit of Christmas that is in the spotlight thanks to the barrage of advertising focused on your attention at this time of year. Take a moment to consider- just exactly what is the &#8216;Reason for this Season&#8217; of Christmas? Make it part of your Advent contemplation or Nativity Fast. I value &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1489\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;174- Is the Spotlight on Christmas?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}