{"id":4576,"date":"2026-02-09T18:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/?page_id=4576"},"modified":"2026-02-14T11:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:01:49","slug":"tree-of-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/mmac-paintings\/tree-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The tree looks blighted and malformed<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">but its roots delve deep into the earth&#8217;s<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">foundations; sap rises full of life and<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">promise, branches reach up to embrace<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the sky and leaves give food and shelter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is not dead, but as with crucifixion<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">followed by the hope of resurrection,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">only if we are prepared to encounter<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">the depths and degradation, will we<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">recognise the miracle of life restored.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Segoe UI;\">\u00a9<\/span> Alwyn Marriage 2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tree looks blighted and malformed but its roots delve deep into the earth&#8217;s foundations; sap rises full of life and promise, branches reach up to embrace the sky and leaves give food and shelter. It is not dead, but as with crucifixion followed by the hope of resurrection, only&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/mmac-paintings\/tree-of-life\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tree of life<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4538,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4674,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4576\/revisions\/4674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}