{"id":1236,"date":"2006-12-05T07:50:56","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T18:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/archives\/1236"},"modified":"2006-12-05T23:49:04","modified_gmt":"2006-12-05T10:49:04","slug":"you-aint-ugly-you-can-kiss-me-if-you-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/archives\/1236","title":{"rendered":"You ain&#8217;t ugly, you can kiss me if you like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James K Baxter&#8217;s &#8216;Song to the Holy Spirit&#8217;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLord, Holy Spirit<br \/>\nYou blow like the wind in a thousand paddocks<br \/>\nInside and outside the fences<br \/>\nYou blow where you wish to blow<\/p>\n<p>Lord, Holy Spirit<br \/>\nYou are the sun who shines on the little plant<br \/>\nYou warm him gently, you give him life<br \/>\nYou raise him up to become a tree with many leaves<\/p>\n<p>Lord, Holy Spirit<br \/>\nYou are the mother eagle with her young<br \/>\nHolding them in peace under your feathers<br \/>\nOn the highest mountain you have built your nest<br \/>\nAbove the valley, above the storms of the world<br \/>\nWhere no hunter ever comes<\/p>\n<p>Lord, Holy Spirit<br \/>\nYou are the bright cloud in whom we hide<br \/>\nIn whom we know already that the battle has been won<br \/>\nYou bring us to our Brother Jesus<br \/>\nTo rest our heads upon his shoulder<\/p>\n<p>Lord, Holy Spirit<br \/>\nYou are the kind fire who does not cease to burn<br \/>\nConsuming us with flames of love and peace<br \/>\nDriving us out like sparks to set the world on fire<\/p>\n<p>Lord, Holy Spirit<br \/>\nIn the love of friends you are building a new house,<br \/>\nHeaven is with us when you are with us<br \/>\nYou are singing your song in the hearts of the poor<br \/>\nGuide us, wound us, heal us. Bring us to the Father\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- image from http:\/\/posters.nce.buttobi.net\/big\/1233cdet1.jpg --><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 222px; text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #666;margin-bottom:5px;\">\n<div style=\"float:right; margin-left: -45px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/photos\/commie-workers.gif\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today is International Volunteer Day. If it&#8217;s good enough for Che Guevera, it&#8217;s good enough for you. If you&#8217;re around here, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteerwellington.org.nz\/jobsearch.htm\">Volunteer Wellington&#8217;s search page<\/a> is a good place to start.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James K Baxter&#8217;s &#8216;Song to the Holy Spirit&#8217;: Lord, Holy Spirit You blow like the wind in a thousand paddocks Inside and outside the fences You blow where you wish to blow Lord, Holy Spirit You are the sun who shines on the little plant You warm him gently, you give him life You raise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mhjb.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}