{"id":16878,"date":"2023-03-22T07:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/?page_id=16878"},"modified":"2024-05-14T22:18:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T02:18:56","slug":"speaker-dr-andrew-swafford","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/speaker-dr-andrew-swafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: Dr. Andrew Swafford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Swafford-headshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"382\" src=\"http:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Swafford-headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Swafford-headshot.png 310w, https:\/\/praymoreretreat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Dr.-Swafford-headshot-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"about-dr-edward-sri\">About Dr. Andrew Swafford<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Andrew Swafford<\/strong>\u00a0is professor of theology at Benedictine College. 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