{"id":19888,"date":"2019-03-16T20:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T20:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19888"},"modified":"2019-03-16T20:09:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T20:09:14","slug":"from-cocaine-and-hiv-to-rape-and-abuse-former-homosexuals-share-radical-encounters-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/16\/from-cocaine-and-hiv-to-rape-and-abuse-former-homosexuals-share-radical-encounters-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"From Cocaine and HIV to Rape and Abuse, Former Homosexuals Share Radical Encounters With God"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"articleHeaderWrap\">\n<aside class=\"article-info\"><span style=\"display:inline !important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#50575d;cursor:text;font-family:'Noto Serif', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19.2px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0;\">Edward Byrd, front left, and Joshua Buchanan, front right, lead worship. (<\/span><span class=\"figCaptionSource\">edwardbyrdmusic\/Instagram<\/span><span style=\"display:inline !important;float:none;background-color:transparent;color:#50575d;cursor:text;font-family:'Noto Serif', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19.2px;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0;\">)<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"unveil-loaded\" title=\"Edward Byrd, front left, and Joshua Buchanan, front right, lead worship.\" src=\"https:\/\/charismanews-secure-charismamedia.netdna-ssl.com\/images\/stories\/2019\/03\/Edward-byrd-joshua-buchanan.JPG\" alt=\"Edward Byrd, front left, and Joshua Buchanan, front right, lead worship.\" width=\"618\" height=\"340\" \/>Edward Byrd, front left, and Joshua Buchanan, front right, lead worship. (<span class=\"figCaptionSource\">edwardbyrdmusic\/Instagram<\/span>)<\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"article-info\">Edward Byrd and Joshua Buchanan emanate light and joy. They laugh easily, encourage freely and share what God has done for them without hesitation.<\/aside>\n<aside><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"article-info\">They&#8217;re friends now, bonded over how Christ set them free from homosexuality. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charismamag.com\/life\/culture\/40734-from-cocaine-and-hiv-to-rape-and-abuse-former-homosexuals-share-radical-encounters-with-god\">Read More <\/a><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<article class=\"mainContent\">\n<figure class=\"leadFigure \"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Edward Byrd, front left, and Joshua Buchanan, front right, lead worship. (edwardbyrdmusic\/Instagram)Edward Byrd, front left, and Joshua Buchanan, front right, lead worship&#8230;.<\/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":{"0":"post-19888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}