{"id":202,"date":"2025-11-08T18:56:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:44:19","slug":"traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/starry-night-1024x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/starry-night-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/starry-night-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/starry-night-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/starry-night.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silent Night.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Traditions-1.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have a favorite Christmas tradition? &nbsp;Maybe driving to see lights or gathering with friends to bake or wrap gifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many, it\u2019s the music that leads us into the heart of the season. And near the top of the list is \u201cStille Nacht\u201d (<strong>STEE-luh nahkt<\/strong>) &#8211; \u201cSilent Night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legend has it that an Austrian pastor wrote the song on a cold night, walking home under the stars. At its first performance a few months later, the organ broke down, so a musician grabbed a guitar, stood up, and sang a simplified version \u2013 the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More on the topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some amazing elements of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/home.snu.edu\/~hculbert\/silent.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cSilent Night\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;story!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The significance of candles at Christmas stems from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jtsa.edu\/torah\/why-jews-light-candles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Judaism\u2019s love of candles<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Did you know psychologists have found that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9881124\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">singing with others at Christmas<\/a>&nbsp;improves your mental health?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn a sleepless night into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/proverbs31.org\/read\/devotions\/full-post\/2018\/12\/21\/how-to-find-hope-on-a-long-silent-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a silent night of prayer and worship<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Night. Do you have a favorite Christmas tradition? &nbsp;Maybe driving to see lights or gathering with friends to bake or wrap gifts. For many, it\u2019s the music that leads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflection","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}