{"id":33185,"date":"2021-12-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=33185"},"modified":"2024-11-27T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T19:11:22","slug":"fall-in-love-all-over-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/20\/fall-in-love-all-over-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall In Love All over Again!"},"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 20 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>This series has called you back to your pastoral call and your mission, and now I want to call you back to the very core of your ministry and the reason why you are a pastor in the first place: Jesus. 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