{"id":2450,"date":"2016-05-06T13:29:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T20:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2016-05-06T13:29:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T20:29:14","slug":"apr-17-2016-the-importance-of-imperfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/2016\/05\/06\/apr-17-2016-the-importance-of-imperfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Apr-17-2016: The Importance of Imperfection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2388\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sermon-icon-apr3.jpg\" alt=\"sermon-icon-apr3\" width=\"184\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sermon-icon-apr3.jpg 184w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sermon-icon-apr3-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sermon-icon-apr3-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sermon-icon-apr3-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sermon-icon-apr3-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2450-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/04.17.16-Wong.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/04.17.16-Wong.mp3\">https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/04.17.16-Wong.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><em>Lam Wong<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Realistically, we always begin with imperfection. From ourselves to the world, from art to philosophy. Everything begins with the essential recognition, and acceptance of imperfection. Lam Wong, Buddhist, Eastern scholar, and artist will engage us with The Importance of Imperfection. Upstairs, after the service, you are invited to participate in a tea ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lam Wong Realistically, we always begin with imperfection. From ourselves to the world, from art to philosophy. Everything begins with the essential recognition, and acceptance of imperfection. Lam Wong, Buddhist, Eastern scholar, and artist will engage us with The Importance of Imperfection. Upstairs, after the service, you are invited to participate in a tea ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions\/2451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.beaconunitarian.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}