{"id":35857,"date":"2017-03-07T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T17:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=35857"},"modified":"2017-03-07T12:57:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T18:57:04","slug":"bid-to-block-a-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/07\/bid-to-block-a-hymn\/","title":{"rendered":"Highest Bidder Gets to Block a Hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ll say this is on the ecumenical front, given the first name of the minister. 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