{"id":825,"date":"2018-12-11T07:40:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T11:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2018-12-11T09:12:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T13:12:26","slug":"122-part-3-take-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"122- Part 3; Take a Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7865582\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/ExtendingXmaspt3\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time to \u201ctake 5\u201d this day and take a break from the\npressures advertisers impose + as you drive round, take a closer look at nativity\nscenes because they remind us of what real gift giving is all about. PART 3<\/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<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1cb196ad8ac94f78bd3e57af2f54bf9f.jpg\" alt=\"Photo from a Nativity scene in front of a house\" class=\"wp-image-833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1cb196ad8ac94f78bd3e57af2f54bf9f.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1cb196ad8ac94f78bd3e57af2f54bf9f-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1cb196ad8ac94f78bd3e57af2f54bf9f-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1cb196ad8ac94f78bd3e57af2f54bf9f-1120x1400.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1cb196ad8ac94f78bd3e57af2f54bf9f-1200x1500.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Nativity scene in front of house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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_3446.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Xmas Ads, but How about &quot;taking 5&quot; from all this and offer a quick prayer to remember the great gift coming into the world?\" class=\"wp-image-830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3446.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3446-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>How about &#8220;taking 5&#8221; from all this and offer a quick prayer to remember the great gift coming into the world?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\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\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/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 time to \u201ctake 5\u201d this day and take a break from the pressures advertisers impose + as you drive round, take a closer look at nativity scenes because they remind us of what real gift giving is all about. PART 3 I value feedback through the comments section here OR- Better via email at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;122- Part 3; Take a Moment&#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-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","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=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}