{"id":2066,"date":"2015-12-14T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2015-12-14T08:15:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T14:15:43","slug":"lwf-christmas-message-2015-from-bishop-younan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/lwf-christmas-message-2015-from-bishop-younan\/","title":{"rendered":"LWF Christmas Message 2015 from Bishop Younan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranworld.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/news_item\/public\/xmas-2015-iraq.jpg?itok=kphvx6-1\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message of Christmas challenges us to seek justice, to bring hope to the hopeless,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranworld.org\/news\/lwf-christmas-message-2015\">Read here\u00a0<\/a>the\u00a0Lutheran World Federation Christmas 2015 message from Bishop Younan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, President of the Lutheran World Federation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo caption<\/em>: This Christmas, LWF President Bishop Younan draws attention to the plight of millions of refugees across the world, who like baby Amera and her mother in northern Iraq, are seeking refuge from persecution. 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