{"id":97,"date":"2009-12-08T21:24:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T04:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upstreamteens.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/08\/discussion-distraction\/"},"modified":"2009-12-08T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T04:24:03","slug":"discussion-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/upstreamteens.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/discussion-distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion: Distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is distraction? <\/p>\n<p>What is your distraction?<\/p>\n<p>What is wrong with being distracted?<\/p>\n<p>(NIV) Luke 10:40<br \/>\nBut Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, &#8220;Lord, don&#8217;t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? 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