{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"8XWKogd3xUv","title":"TEDx Macatawa 2015 Session 3f: Rev. Denise Kingdom Grier","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-3f-rev-denise-kingdom-grier/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http://www.tedxmacatawa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/denisekingdomgrier.jpg\"/></p>\n<ul>\n<li>the songs we teach our children are about falling and breaking</li>\n<li>“We need more bridges” made with stately towers and can stand strong</li>\n<li>like <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazano%E2%80%93Narrows_Bridge\">Verrazano bridge</a> and</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway\">Lake Pontchatrain Causeway</a></li>\n<li>“many struggles come into our lives but this causeway reminds us that [even in the storms] this bridge stood still and long without any damage”</li>\n<li>“<a href=\"https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=9&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0CFsQFjAI&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMackinac_Bridge&amp;ei=rO0CVcTTN5CryASB8IKQCA&amp;usg=AFQjCNF67j7YiKNy3Zxm3AA7315WXOF8gg&amp;sig2=aIXj1z6ct7KsZQ6xiCKn9A&amp;bvm=bv.88198703,d.aWw\">Mackinaw Bridge</a>” – longest suspension bridge in Western hemisphere, cover the chasm of uppers and lowers</li>\n<li>we, our children in particular, need more bridges</li>\n<li>“I can become slippery when wet. When the tears fall on my chest I can find it hard to forgive”</li>\n<li>“I am a flawed bridge, but a bridge non-the-less”</li>\n<li>“I stand strong, unmovable, I am a bridge”</li>\n<li>“I am a bridge between the upper and the lower.”</li>\n<li>“I invite you to consider with your lives how we might build a bridge…build it up with what you have”</li>\n<li>“be a bridge with me”</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"the songs we teach our children are about falling and breaking\n\n“We need more bridges” made with stately towers and can stand strong\n\nlike Verrazano bridge and\n\nLake Pontchatrain Causeway\n\n“many struggles come into our lives but this causeway reminds us that [even in the storms] this bridge stood still and long without any damage”\n\n“ Mackinaw Bridge ” – longest suspension bridge in Western hemisphere, cover the chasm of uppers and lowers\n\nwe, our children in particular, need more bridges\n\n“I can become slippery when wet. When the tears fall on my chest I can find it hard to forgive”\n\n“I am a flawed bridge, but a bridge non-the-less”\n\n“I stand strong, unmovable, I am a bridge”\n\n“I am a bridge between the upper and the lower.”\n\n“I invite you to consider with your lives how we might build a bridge…build it up with what you have”\n\n“be a bridge with me”\n\nCategories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac2015 · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2015-03-12T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:32:40.087Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"session-3f-rev-denise-kingdom-grier","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/session-3f-rev-denise-kingdom-grier/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/8XWKogd3xUv/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/8XWKogd3xUv/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/session-3f-rev-denise-kingdom-grier/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Thu Mar 12 2015","date_published_ms":1426176000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.","copyright":"©2007–2026 Stephen Braunius","itunes:type":"episodic","items_sort":"published_at","items_order":"desc"}}