{"id":13036,"date":"2020-08-05T11:43:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=13036"},"modified":"2020-08-05T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:44:00","slug":"derek-elkins-this-island-purpose-for-08052020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=13036","title":{"rendered":"Derek Elkins &#8220;This Island Purpose&#8221; for 08052020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mr. Elkins brings us a story of hope today. I really enjoy his writing, and I know you will love this story as well. Head over to his blog and read <a href=\"https:\/\/derekelkinswrites.wordpress.com\/2020\/08\/04\/this-island-purpose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Island Purpose.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derekelkinswrites.wordpress.com\/2020\/08\/04\/this-island-purpose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13093\" src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/island-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ll visit the other authors who comprise this collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/afallofsparrows.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Bennett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondthesteelwall.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Cely<\/a>,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/derekelkinswrites.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Elkins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jamiegreening.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie D. 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