{"id":8300,"date":"2016-01-09T17:31:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=8300"},"modified":"2016-01-09T17:31:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T17:31:21","slug":"light-in-the-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=8300","title":{"rendered":"Light In The  Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For Christians, \u2018The Epiphany\u2019 is synonymous with light. The light of that star guided the wise foreigners in their search for Jesus Christ. In a sky full of stars they could evidently identify that star with accuracy. In those times people travelled in the relative cool of pre-dawn and early evening when the sun\u2019s heat was less fierce. In our northern hemisphere, dawn and dusk arrive relatively slowly. The interval periods between day and night are called \u2018pre-dawn\u2019 and \u2018twilight\u2019. Nearer the equator those interval periods are brief.<\/p>\n<p>The world changed with the discovery of electricity and artificial light. This light was clearly inferior to natural light. Back then, shop customers purchasing coloured material often asked to see the item outside the shop \u2018in natural light\u2019 aware that artificial light caused distortion. Today, we have LED lamps emitting light that can appear indistinguishable from natural light. Light-Emitting Diode bulbs are popular for use domestically and commercially having a lifespan and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electrical_efficiency\">electrical efficiency<\/a> several times better than <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Incandescent_light_bulb\">incandescent lamps<\/a>. The customer\u2019s journey to the shop door to check an item\u2019s colour, prior to purchase, is no longer necessary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS For Christians, \u2018The Epiphany\u2019 is synonymous with light. The light of that star guided the wise foreigners in their search for Jesus Christ. In a sky full of stars they could evidently identify that star with &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/?p=8300\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feast-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8301,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8300\/revisions\/8301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stbedesclaytongreen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}