{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgods-word-for-today.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fadvent-2-friday-26YPw3jJ","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Advent 2: Friday","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5924b7a7-53d7-48ee-abea-cff360c3d39a/85e91897-9201-4635-89d5-fac26e1523ed/gods-word-for-today.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/9a598a6a-ea14-498d-ab47-355f9fecadef\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Advent 2: Friday\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"We’re looking forward to the Second Sunday in Advent. This week is about peace, and I have a question for you: why do we greet with God’s peace? As good Lutherans, we might ask, “What does this mean?” The late pastor Orval Wirkkala wrote an article titled “God’s Peace” that addresses this question. His writing was published in the July 2019 edition of the Christian Monthly."}