{"id":548,"date":"2015-06-21T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=548"},"modified":"2015-06-21T08:20:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T13:20:30","slug":"minor-differences-gods-country-cowboy-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"Minor Differences: God&#8217;s Country Cowboy Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s often worth instinctively stopping when you see something that isn&#8217;t immediately parsable. We were on our way to the Rockies when we saw this sign:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_550\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-16-11.29.16-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-16-11.29.16-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Full communion with the Holy See may be subject to some delays.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-16-11.29.16-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-06-16-11.29.16-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Full communion with the Holy See may be subject to some delays.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We met the Pastor (see below video) who was very friendly and explained that it was for those who felt more at home with a more cowboy-friendly service.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_17483\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FzpS3DFI_Cw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve categorised this as a minor difference, not just because the UK doesn&#8217;t have rancher\/cowboy specific denominations, but because there are many, many more denominations\u00a0in the US than there are in the UK. And they seem more active, bold and confident. Even tiny, village-sized cities of a few hundred souls can have several similarly\u00a0named denominations of Lutheran churches to exactly express the nuanced differences in the beliefs of the inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s a picture of me with one of the horses:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_560\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screenshot-from-Minor-Differences-Gods-Country-Cowboy-Church.mp4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screenshot-from-Minor-Differences-Gods-Country-Cowboy-Church.mp4-300x169.png\" alt=\"One of God's horses\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screenshot-from-Minor-Differences-Gods-Country-Cowboy-Church.mp4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screenshot-from-Minor-Differences-Gods-Country-Cowboy-Church.mp4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screenshot-from-Minor-Differences-Gods-Country-Cowboy-Church.mp4.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s only high church if you bring a saddle.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s often worth instinctively stopping when you see something that isn&#8217;t immediately parsable. 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