{"id":40,"date":"2017-01-24T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/?p=40"},"modified":"2017-01-24T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:00:21","slug":"a-hint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/a-hint\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Building on the Word<\/em><\/strong> Videos are a ministerial effort by Rev. George M. Smiga produced in service of the New Evangelization. The videos of this series are consciously created to be short, free, and relevant to the spiritual questions of modern culture. The message of faith is presented in a manner which is inviting and dialogic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Hint\u201d is the first Building On the Word Video to be produced. Like every video in this series, it addresses a spiritual question of modern culture in light of a specific biblical passage. \u201cThe Hint\u201d addresses the existence of God. Humbly admitting that no scientific proof for God is possible, it invites viewers to question whether they consider their own lives as random or gifted with a larger purpose. Connecting the genealogy of Matthew\u2019s gospel to modern images and experiences, the video attempts to reveal hints of a guiding power in our world and leads the viewer to name that power \u201cGod.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>REFLECTION QUESTIONS FOR \u201cA HINT\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) What events do I know in my own family history which have shaped my life? As I reflect on them, do they suggest that God has guided my lineage? Why?<\/p>\n<p>2) What qualities, talents, or interests in my life give me satisfaction and joy? Does it make more sense for me to consider them random characteristics or hints of God\u2019s presence? Why?<\/p>\n<p>3) In a moment of beauty or in a personal relationship have I ever experienced a graciousness which I would call spiritual? Do I consider it fitting to understand that graciousness as God\u2019s action? Why?<\/p>\n<p>4) Does it surprise me to discover that Jesus\u2019 own lineage was marked by improbability and scandal? Does this realization change my perception of Jesus? How?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do people believe in a God who guides their lives? People believe because when they examine their own experience they find indications, hints if you will, that there is a power in this world other than chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5879,"featured_media":2174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/files\/2013\/08\/hintscreen.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingontheword.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}