{"id":53240,"date":"2023-11-01T08:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/?p=53240"},"modified":"2023-11-01T08:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T13:12:08","slug":"the-days-are-not-always-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"The Days Are Not Always The Same"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Written by<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/people\/alex-maldonado-lizardi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Alex Maldonado-Lizardi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/people\/xiomara-cintron-garcia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xiomara Cintron-Garcia<\/a> who serve with the Christian Centre for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action (Justapaz), Bogota, Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53242\" width=\"296\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.12-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.12.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Friday, August 25, from Justapaz, four of us arrived in the shade of the mango tree in front of the temple of the Iglesia Cristiana Luz de Paz in Putumayo with cardboard, markers, colored threads, and the shape of a wooden heart by pieces, disassembled. The objective for those days was to contribute to the reconciliation processes between signatories of the Peace Agreement of 2016, and victims of the Colombian armed conflict from different regions in Putumayo. Corresponding to what is stated in point 5 of the Final Agreement: &#8220;the satisfaction of the rights of the victims is the reconciliation of all Colombian citizens to walk on paths of civility and coexistence.&#8221; But, Putumayo is a department with 287,974 people recognized as victims of the armed conflict of the 9,555,446 who are grieving in the country. According to this figure, 84% of the Putumayo department has been a victim of the conflict. How does a country of so many victims reconcile with those responsible? How would we ensure that 60 victims and 6 signatories are on the path of reconciliation?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-09.24.58.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53422\" width=\"289\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-09.24.58.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-09.24.58-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-09.24.58-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The six peace signers arrived by river, on a barge as long as an ear of wheat and metals. They traveled by van and then crossed the river by boat and again by road to the church. Little by little they are reformulating everyday life. Some formed the ranks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for 13 years or more. One of them is now of old age and was part of the FARC for more than 40 years. &#8220;A lifetime in the mountains,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do they talk about reconciliation? For them, the signing and the forgiveness processes are not only humanitarian actions, but political actions. Therefore, reconciliation has methodological problems that cannot be resolved by faith alone. Because the great paradox of violence in this country has an ordering factor in the political, social, and economic life of the people. To the extent that this order is imposed by the war, the treaties, the agreements, the conventions, the rights, and have become degraded by it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.19-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53246\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.19-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.19-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.19.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The meeting was a symbolic and spiritual space of reconciliation. It had three moments to learn about people&#8217;s life stories and understand the capacity for forgiveness and reconciliation of both the signatories and the victims. With each group we wrote and carefully drew our life paths on pieces of cardboard that we later collected and silently placed on a step of the church altar. There were so many that we ended up attaching them to one of the walls. To each moment of life we shared, we assigned to it a string of color. &nbsp;Past, present, and future. They represented the territory, the land fought for, the hope in the present, and the horizon of the future like a dawn that extends the promises given while we live with the weight of things. Life is a thread that we stretch with others, but here the stories follow the same paths because violence does not distinguish or segregate the events or the pain of the victims and the perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.20-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53244\" width=\"324\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.20-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.20-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.20-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.20.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are events that occurred more than 30 years ago and there are people who have disappeared for more than 30 years. Several of the peace signatories took out notebooks and wrote down: &#8220;Given the claims of people reported missing, we want to collect the information.&#8221; They know it&#8217;s not just data. But there is too much information that they do not have. They keep the notes, they make commitments, they run their hands over their heads, they know the damage done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That same day, two representatives from among the signatories, and two from among the victims, came forward and grabbed the symbolic heart-shaped piece covered with threads. A person from the Afro community of Putumayo wore his ancestral attire while holding one of the edges of the heart: &#8220;As Afro people we can no longer bury our brothers. Violence is not only done with weapons but also when there is no forgiveness. This outfit gives a sign of forgiveness, a sign of commitment.&#8221; Shortly after, the representative of the victims&#8217; table shared: \u201cWhen we do not forgive, it is the illnesses of the soul that come forth. We cannot talk about reconciliation when there is hatred in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.17-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53243\" width=\"305\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.17-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.17-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.17.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There was a minute of silence for those who were not among us. In the background you could hear motorcycles and cell phones ringing; there were birds and whirring fans; people who breathed, sighed and cried. Then the victims gave the peace signatories buttons with a white background and a black dove in the center that meant that, during pain, peace transforms suffering. They said: &#8220;For the people who have our forgiveness and reconciliation.&#8221; Then, the peace signatories handed out succulent plants to the victims and said: &#8220;Because reconciliation processes are fragile like plants and therefore deserve our care.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the event, Father Miguel from the Catholic Church shared a few brief words to close the process. &#8220;We have to find peace in ourselves. Let these painful events not continue to be repeated. May the peace of Christ govern our lives. That as humans we can know how to put ourselves in the place of others.&#8221; It was surely the shortest homily of his life. Then we all prayed the Lord&#8217;s Prayer: &#8220;Forgive us our trespasses, just as we forgive those who trespass against us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.23-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53245\" width=\"302\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.23-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.23-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.23-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.23-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.23.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Reconciliation is not something that happens but something that is expected as a promise and we all inhabit it in its incompleteness. We live and work within the paths of that promise and weave things that way, trusting that days will not always be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Alex and Xiomara&#8217;s appointments are made possible by your gifts to Disciples Mission Fund, Our Church\u2019s Wider Mission, and your special gifts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/donation_page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Make a gift that supports the work of Alex Maldonado-Lizardi and Xiomara Cintron-Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Los D\u00edas No Siempre Iguales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El viernes, 25 de agosto, de Justapaz cuatro de nosotros llegamos a la sombra del \u00e1rbol de mango frente al templo de la *Iglesia Cristiana Luz de Paz en Putumayo con cartulinas, marcadores, hilos de colores y la forma de un coraz\u00f3n en madera por piezas, desmontado. El objetivo para esos d\u00edas era contribuir a los procesos de reconciliaci\u00f3n entre firmantes del acuerdo y v\u00edctimas del conflicto de distintas regiones en el Putumayo correspondiendo lo que dispone el punto 5 del Acuerdo Final: \u00abla satisfacci\u00f3n de los derechos de las v\u00edctimas es la reconciliaci\u00f3n de toda la ciudadan\u00eda colombiana para transitar caminos de civilidad y convivencia\u00bb. Pero, Putumayo es un departamento con 287,974 personas reconocidas como v\u00edctimas del conflicto armado de las 9,555,446 que transitan el duelo del pa\u00eds<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>. Seg\u00fan esta cifra, el 84% del departamento del Putumayo ha sido v\u00edctima del conflicto. \u00bfC\u00f3mo se reconcilia un pa\u00eds de tantas v\u00edctimas con sus responsables? \u00bfC\u00f3mo har\u00edamos nosotros para que 60 v\u00edctimas y 6 firmantes se ubicaran en caminos de reconciliaci\u00f3n?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los seis firmantes de paz llegaron por r\u00edo, sobre una barcaza larga como una espiga de trigo y metales. Viajan en camioneta y luego atraviesan el r\u00edo en barco y nuevamente en carretera hasta la iglesia. Poco a poco van reformulando la cotidianidad. Algunos conformaron las filas de las FARC por 13 a\u00f1os o m\u00e1s. Uno de ellos ya es mayor de edad y fue parte de las FARC por m\u00e1s de 40 a\u00f1os. \u00abToda una vida en el monte\u00bb, dice. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 manera hablan de reconciliaci\u00f3n? Para ellos la firma, los procesos de perd\u00f3n no solo son acciones humanitarias, sino actos pol\u00edticos. Por lo tanto, la reconciliaci\u00f3n tiene problemas metodol\u00f3gicos que no se resuelven solo a fuerza de fe. Porque la gran paradoja de la violencia en este pa\u00eds es que tiene un factor ordenador de la vida pol\u00edtica, social y econ\u00f3mica de la gente, y en la medida que ese orden se impone, se degrada la guerra, los tratados, los acuerdos, las convenciones, los derechos, y con todo esto los pueblos<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El encuentro era un espacio simb\u00f3lico y espiritual de reconciliaci\u00f3n. Cont\u00f3 con tres momentos para conocer las historias de vida de la gente y comprender la capacidad de perd\u00f3n y reconciliaci\u00f3n tanto de los firmantes como de las v\u00edctimas y con cada grupo escribimos y dibujamos con cuidado nuestros caminos de vida en pedazos de cart\u00f3n que luego fuimos recogiendo y mirando en silencio sobre un pelda\u00f1o del altar de la iglesia. Eran tantos que acabamos peg\u00e1ndolos en una de las paredes. A cada tiempo de vida que compartimos le asignamos un hilo de un color. Representaban el territorio o la tierra luchada, la esperanza en el presente y el futuro como un amanecer que extiende las promesas asignadas mientras vivimos con el peso de las cosas. La vida es un hilo que tendemos con otros, pero aqu\u00ed las historias surcan los mismos caminos porque la violencia no distingue ni segrega los eventos y el dolor de las v\u00edctimas y los victimarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hay eventos que ocurrieron hace m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os y gente desaparecida hace m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os. &nbsp;Varios de los firmantes sacaban libretas y anotaban: \u00abAnte los reclamos de personas dadas por desaparecidas, queremos recoger el dato\u00bb. Ellos saben que no son solo datos. Pero es demasiada la informaci\u00f3n con la que no cuentan. Guardan las notas, hacen compromisos, se pasan la mano por la cabeza, saben del da\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ese mismo d\u00eda dos representantes de entre los firmantes, y dos de entre las v\u00edctimas pasaron al frente y agarraron la pieza simb\u00f3lica en forma de coraz\u00f3n toda atravesada de hilos. Una persona de la comunidad afro del Putumayo llev\u00f3 puesto su atuendo ancestral mientras sosten\u00eda uno de los bordes del coraz\u00f3n: \u00abComo pueblo afro no podemos m\u00e1s sepultar a nuestros hermanos. La violencia no se hace \u00fanicamente con las armas sino cuando no hay perd\u00f3n. Este atuendo da se\u00f1al de perd\u00f3n, da se\u00f1al de compromiso\u00bb. Poco despu\u00e9s,&nbsp;la representante de la mesa de v\u00edctimas compart\u00eda: \u00abCuando no perdonamos son las enfermedades del alma las que vienen. No podemos hablar de reconciliaci\u00f3n cuando en nuestro coraz\u00f3n hay odio\u00bb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hubo un minuto de silencio por quienes no est\u00e1n entre nosotros. De fondo se escuchan las motos y celulares sonando; hay p\u00e1jaros y ventiladores que zumban; gente que respira, suspira y llora. Entonces las v\u00edctimas repartieron a los firmantes botones con un fondo blanco y una paloma negra en el centro que significaba que, en medio del dolor, la paz transforma el sufrimiento. Dec\u00edan: \u00abPara las personas que tienen nuestro perd\u00f3n y reconciliaci\u00f3n\u00bb. Luego, los firmantes repartieron plantas suculentas a las v\u00edctimas y dec\u00edan: \u00abPorque los procesos de reconciliaci\u00f3n son fr\u00e1giles como las plantas y merecen nuestro cuidado\u00bb.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al final del acto, el padre Miguel* de la iglesia cat\u00f3lica comparti\u00f3 unas palabras escuetas, para el cierre del proceso. \u00abLa paz tenemos que encontrarla en nosotros mismos. Que no se sigan repitiendo estos hechos dolorosos. Que la paz de Cristo gobierne nuestras vidas.&nbsp;Que como humanos sepamos como ponernos en el lugar de otros\u00bb. Seguramente fue la homil\u00eda m\u00e1s corta de su vida. Entonces todos rezamos el Padre Nuestro: \u00abPerdona nuestras ofensas, as\u00ed como nosotros perdonamos a quienes nos ofenden\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La reconciliaci\u00f3n no es algo que ocurre sino algo que se espera como una promesa y todos la habitamos en su incompletud. Uno vive y trabaja dentro de las rutas de esa promesa y teje las cosas as\u00ed, confiando en que los d\u00edas no siempre ser\u00e1n iguales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unidadvictimas.gov.co\/es\/reporte-de-caracterizacion\/37398\">https:\/\/www.unidadvictimas.gov.co\/es\/reporte-de-caracterizacion\/37398<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez, \u00abLa violencia\u00bb, en <em>Caminos de guerra, utop\u00edas de paz: Colombia: 1948-2020<\/em>, (Bogot\u00e1: Planeta, 2021), 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by: Alex Maldonado-Lizardi and Xiomara Cintron-Garcia who serve with the Christian Centre for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action (Justapaz), Bogota, Colombia On Friday, August 25, from Justapaz, four of us arrived in the shade of the mango tree in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20221,"featured_media":53246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"topic":[20322],"region":[20015],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Days Are Not Always The Same - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Days Are Not Always The Same - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by: Alex Maldonado-Lizardi and Xiomara Cintron-Garcia who serve with the Christian Centre for Justice, Peace and Nonviolent Action (Justapaz), Bogota, Colombia On Friday, August 25, from Justapaz, four of us arrived in the shade of the mango tree in &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-01T13:12:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-01T13:12:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Imagen-de-WhatsApp-2023-09-27-a-las-08.47.19.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/\",\"name\":\"The Days Are Not Always The Same - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-01T13:12:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-01T13:12:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fd55f1d77b4604c30516841d557532c5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/the-days-are-not-always-the-same\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Days Are Not Always The Same\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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