{"id":1923,"date":"2026-01-07T16:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:02:51","slug":"living-simply-on-our-earth-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/?p=1923","title":{"rendered":"Living Simply on our Earth &#8211; January"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1923\" class=\"elementor elementor-1923\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f8d5fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f8d5fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222ca8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"222ca8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DJI_0104.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-125\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DJI_0104.jpg 500w, https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DJI_0104-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/DJI_0104-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c847ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c847ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>At the start of this new parish initiative and the start of a new year, these are the areas we suggest you might want to focus on this month.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Make Space for What Matters: <\/b>Choose one area of your life to simplify this month \u2014 it might be your wardrobe, your diary, or your home. Give away what you no longer need, and make time for prayer, family, or community instead.<\/p><p><b>Live Sustainably with Creation \u2013 Tread Gently: <\/b>Try leaving the car at home for one regular journey each week. Walk, cycle, or share a lift instead. Notice the world around you \u2014 the air, the trees, the people \u2014 and give thanks for God\u2019s creation.<\/p><p><b>Live in Solidarity with the Poor \u2013 Share and Support:<\/b> Find one way to reach out locally \u2014 donate to the food bank, share surplus garden produce, or invite a neighbour for a cup of tea.<\/p><p>If people want to share how they have tried to live out these values someone might be prepared to volunteer to collect responses which we can regularly share to provide ideas and suggestions?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Living Simply &#8211; January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1923"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1942,"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923\/revisions\/1942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minsteracresparish.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}