{"id":14355,"date":"2018-11-01T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/?p=14355"},"modified":"2018-11-01T17:47:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:47:31","slug":"potty-mouth-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/sole-significance\/potty-mouth-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Potty Mouth Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is there a place for using a potty-mouth in prayer? \u00a0You know, profanity, swearing. In a moment of angst, and no other word will do, is it okay for followers of Jesus to let fly with the nasty four-letter words?<\/span><\/p>\n

Never? <\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Depends on the word?<\/span><\/p>\n

As long as you conjugate them properly?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0What\u2019s your take on DeMello\u2019s short story below?<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Master held that no words were bad if they were used in an appropriate context. When he was told that one of his disciples was given to swearing, he remarked, \u201cProfanity has been known to offer spiritual relief denied to prayer.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

– Anthony DeMello, One Minute Wisdom<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d love to read your thoughts. \u00a0Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is there a place for using a potty-mouth in prayer? \u00a0You know, profanity, swearing. In a moment of angst, and no other word will do, is it okay for followers of Jesus to let fly with the nasty four-letter words? Never? Maybe? \u00a0Depends on the word? As long as you conjugate them properly? \u00a0What\u2019s your…","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,674],"tags":[58,167,172,179,229,679,425,678],"class_list":["post-14355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sole-significance","category-grief-loss","tag-authentic-living","tag-everyday-spirituality","tag-experiencing-god","tag-faith-in-real-life","tag-grief","tag-lament","tag-prayer","tag-should-christians-swear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}