{"id":150,"date":"2009-11-08T10:36:26","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T15:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karencasey.wordpress.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2009-11-08T10:36:26","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T15:36:26","slug":"we-all-have-work-that-calls-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"We all have work that calls to us. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am constantly asked how I have managed to write so many books. \u00a0And my honest response is, I don&#8217;t know. \u00a0I feel called to do what I am doing. 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