{"id":4740,"date":"2026-10-11T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:39:09","slug":"sunday-verses-rescue-squad-10-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Rescue Squad&#8217; (10\/11\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By RAHN ADAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have been lost \/ for too long now, \/ ever since we stumbled down \/ from the mountaintop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4745\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/burkerescue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4745\" src=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/burkerescue-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/burkerescue-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/burkerescue-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/burkerescue-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/burkerescue-1168x1536.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/burkerescue.jpg 1557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;RESCUE SQUAD&#8217; (1986), watercolor, by T. G. Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gorge is deep; \/ its river is wild, \/ with crashing falls and the stony roar \/ of whitewater.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot cross, \/ not without help, \/ though the other side is closer now \/ than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers come, \/ their hands extended, \/ so that if we slip, \/ they are in position to catch us.<\/p>\n<p>But are we strong \/ enough to look and leap \/ now that we know \/ just how lost we have been?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RAHN ADAMS We have been lost \/ for too long now, \/ ever since we stumbled down \/ from the mountaintop. The gorge is deep; \/ its river is wild, \/ with crashing falls and the stony roar \/ of whitewater. We cannot cross, \/ not without help, \/ though the other side is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4740\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Rescue Squad&#8217; (10\/11\/2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4740"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4740\/revisions\/4753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}