{"id":33177,"date":"2021-12-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=33177"},"modified":"2024-11-28T11:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:02:54","slug":"a-new-way-of-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/19\/a-new-way-of-working\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Way of Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"628\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 19 of 24 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/pastors-hope-and-a-future\/\">Pastors: A Hope and a Future<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>If you are working for Jesus, doesn&#8217;t it make sense that you should work like Jesus? 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