{"id":9490,"date":"2021-06-30T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T20:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2021-06-30T16:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T20:22:32","slug":"back-to-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490","title":{"rendered":"Back to Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Back to Practice\" class=\"wp-image-9491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-19x24.jpg 19w, https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@pete_nuij?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Pete Nuij<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/black-bear?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The old wisdom was that we cannot control our feelings \u2013 we can only control our response to our feelings. We can\u2019t control whether we become angry, scared, sad or happy \u2013 but we can control how we respond to those emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the old wisdom. Recent research suggests that we may have been wrong.<a href=\"#_edn1\">[i]<\/a> It turns out that we may have more control over our emotions than previously thought. It has to do with how our brains recognize physical changes in our bodies and associations with past experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, say we\u2019re hiking in the woods and we see a black bear in the distance. Our heart rate may increase, our palms might start to sweat, we may start to breathe more quickly. Physical changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If our experience with black bears comes from watching Season 1 of <em>Alone<\/em> on Netflix \u00a0(a favorite reality series of mine in which people are left out in the Arctic to survive on their own) when Wayne gets charged by a black bear, our brains will register these physical changes as fear \u2013 and lots of it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, if our experience with black bears comes from times in which we went hunting with loved ones and the experience of successfully tracking a black bear was a joyous one, our brains might register the sight of a black bear as excitement rather than fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NPR reported on the implications of this research this week.<a href=\"#_edn2\">[ii]<\/a> In the report, psychologist Belinda Campos suggests that one way out of the blahs is to practice positive emotions \u2013 take part in activities that lead to feelings of gratitude, wonder, contentment, and awe. The more practice we have with the positive emotions, the more likely future events in our lives will bring us back to these emotions. She talks about intentionally cultivating such experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was struck by the fact that faith communities are usually places which support and nurture these positive experiences of gratitude, wonder, contentment, and awe. One reason the pandemic has been emotionally difficult, is that many of us haven\u2019t been able to do the very things which bring us joy and lead to resilience. We\u2019ve missed the \u201cpractice\u201d time to nurture the positive emotions we need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we look ahead to gathering together again more fully, I think I\u2019m most looking forward to the opportunities to serve together, to laugh together, to be grateful together, to be astonished by the grace of God\u2026together. I\u2019m looking forward to getting back to practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For you, O\u00a0Lord, have made me glad by your\u00a0work;<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0at\u00a0the works of your hands I sing for joy.<\/em>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Psalm 92:4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Jen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5785564\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a> https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2021\/06\/29\/1010319240\/stuck-in-a-rut-sometimes-joy-takes-a-little-practice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old wisdom was that we cannot control our feelings \u2013 we can only control our response to our feelings. We can\u2019t control whether we become angry, scared, sad or happy \u2013 but we can control how we respond to those emotions. That was the old wisdom. Recent research suggests that we may have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pastors-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Back to Practice - Faith Lutheran Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Back to Practice - Faith Lutheran Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The old wisdom was that we cannot control our feelings \u2013 we can only control our response to our feelings. We can\u2019t control whether we become angry, scared, sad or happy \u2013 but we can control how we respond to those emotions. That was the old wisdom. Recent research suggests that we may have been [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faith Lutheran Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-30T20:22:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-30T20:22:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeanette Leisk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeanette Leisk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeanette Leisk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/person\/163a742305f2c7864f4fce3d730aa6a3\"},\"headline\":\"Back to Practice\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-30T20:22:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-30T20:22:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490\"},\"wordCount\":476,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"From My Perspective\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490\",\"name\":\"Back to Practice - Faith Lutheran Church\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-30T20:22:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-30T20:22:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Back to Practice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/\",\"name\":\"Faith Lutheran Church\",\"description\":\"Loving God, Serving Others\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Faith Lutheran Church\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cropped-logo-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cropped-logo-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Faith Lutheran Church\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/person\/163a742305f2c7864f4fce3d730aa6a3\",\"name\":\"Jeanette Leisk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?author=7\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Back to Practice - Faith Lutheran Church","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Back to Practice - Faith Lutheran Church","og_description":"The old wisdom was that we cannot control our feelings \u2013 we can only control our response to our feelings. We can\u2019t control whether we become angry, scared, sad or happy \u2013 but we can control how we respond to those emotions. That was the old wisdom. Recent research suggests that we may have been [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490","og_site_name":"Faith Lutheran Church","article_published_time":"2021-06-30T20:22:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-30T20:22:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeanette Leisk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeanette Leisk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490"},"author":{"name":"Jeanette Leisk","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/person\/163a742305f2c7864f4fce3d730aa6a3"},"headline":"Back to Practice","datePublished":"2021-06-30T20:22:28+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-30T20:22:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490"},"wordCount":476,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["From My Perspective"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490","url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490","name":"Back to Practice - Faith Lutheran Church","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-30T20:22:28+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-30T20:22:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg","width":2048,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?p=9490#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Back to Practice"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/","name":"Faith Lutheran Church","description":"Loving God, Serving Others","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#organization","name":"Faith Lutheran Church","url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cropped-logo-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/cropped-logo-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Faith Lutheran Church"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/#\/schema\/person\/163a742305f2c7864f4fce3d730aa6a3","name":"Jeanette Leisk","url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?author=7"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-scaled.jpg",2048,2560,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-240x300.jpg",240,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-768x960.jpg",768,960,true],"large":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-819x1024.jpg",819,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-1229x1536.jpg",1229,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pete-nuij-Nl1xSowK5x4-unsplash-1638x2048.jpg",1638,2048,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jeanette Leisk","author_link":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/?author=7"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The old wisdom was that we cannot control our feelings \u2013 we can only control our response to our feelings. We can\u2019t control whether we become angry, scared, sad or happy \u2013 but we can control how we respond to those emotions. That was the old wisdom. Recent research suggests that we may have been&hellip;","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9492,"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions\/9492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faith-andover.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}