{"id":2,"date":"2016-02-05T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.new.beanscorner.org\/zion\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-10-25T22:34:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T02:34:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Blogther"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" width=\"501\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2019.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">I grew up in Maine, winters in Southern Maine and summers on the shores of Sebec Lake in Central Maine.  After attending receiving my degree from Lancaster Bible College, I wandered into Western Maine and have never found my way back out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love Maine, its land, its culture, and especially its people.  I love the small rural churches and firmly believe that the small(ish) rural church is a major key in reaching rural New England with the Good News of Jesus.  As a result, I have dedicated my life to ministering to the teens, adults, and leadership of the rural Maine church.  I have spent the last 30+ years working at Camp Berea of Maine and over 20 years at Bean&#8217;s Corner, seeking to be an encouragement to the church and her people.   I have had the privilege of teaching in numerous conferences and seminars over the years as well as Christian school chapels and college events.  I have received training in helping do church assessments and believe that coaching and assessment are vital to churches thriving in their Great Commission Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog is me thinking out loud and sharing my heart.  Most posts are first-drafts and off the top of my head.  What I lack in polish I hope is made up for in honest if simple thoughts and observation.  I don&#8217;t have all the answers, but I love asking questions and then musing.  These are my musings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you read this far, you&#8217;re a braver person than most, so thank you for reading!  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I grew up in Maine, winters in Southern Maine and summers on the shores of Sebec Lake in Central Maine. After attending receiving my degree from Lancaster Bible College, I wandered into Western Maine and have never found my way back out. I love Maine, its land, its culture, and especially its people. I love &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About the Blogther<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.beanscorner.org\/zion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}