{"id":13478,"date":"2011-09-30T01:30:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T06:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=13478"},"modified":"2011-09-29T23:42:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T04:42:34","slug":"marines-attend-spiritual-fitness-prayer-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/30\/marines-attend-spiritual-fitness-prayer-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines Attend Spiritual Fitness Prayer Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Marines and Sailors at Camp Kinser, Japan, gathered for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/77725\/marines-sailors-gather-prayer-breakfast\">prayer breakfast held by the local Chaplains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The breakfast was held to encourage attendees to pause for a few moments in their day and reflect on what is important to them, improving their spiritual fitness, [Chaplain (Cmdr) Randal B. Craft] said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chief Petty Officer Beverly Harris, a religious program specialist, emphasized the inclusive nature of the breakfast as well as the universal need for spiritual <!--more-->fitness:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSpiritual fitness helps us stay connected and grounded,\u201d she said. \u201cIt helps us to reflect on the major aspects of life and to focus on the various areas that are important to our well-being. Additionally, it helps us to remember those who have sacrificed their lives for our country&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For some, spiritual fitness can be strived for by reflecting on their lives, Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFocus on the vital principles that you hold that give meaning to your life,\u201d Harris said. \u201c(Focus on) your values, beliefs, dreams, goals, achievements and your personal and professional growth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Spiritual fitness is a key component to resilience &#8212; along with the emotional, physical, social, and family spheres &#8212; that enables people to &#8216;bounce back&#8217; and press on.\u00a0 The US military recognizes it puts men and women in challenging situations, with the demands and stresses of war and combat.\u00a0 It has done an admirable job of trying to provide those men and women with the tools they need to not only survive, but thrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Marines and Sailors at Camp Kinser, Japan, gathered for a prayer breakfast held by the local Chaplains. The breakfast was held to encourage attendees to pause for a few moments in their day and reflect on what is important to them, improving their spiritual fitness, [Chaplain (Cmdr) Randal B. Craft] said. Chief Petty Officer Beverly Harris, a religious program [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2269,2267,2266,5284,149,2,36,11,2268,1267],"class_list":["post-13478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-beverly-harris","tag-breakfast","tag-camp-kinser","tag-chaplain","tag-marines","tag-military","tag-navy","tag-prayer","tag-randal-craft","tag-spiritual-fitness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}