{"id":3784,"date":"2026-04-23T18:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2026-04-23T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:28:32","slug":"blog-april-23rd-modern-day-good-samaritans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=3784","title":{"rendered":"Blog April 23rd Modern Day Good Samaritans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boston Marathon runners help another runner who collapsed finish the race\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25T4VNftlfs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This story is also covered on the BBC News website, to see that, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/videos\/cj0v65l4y9yo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3784-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-Lean-On-Me-5.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-Lean-On-Me-5.m4a\">https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-Lean-On-Me-5.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Lean on Me ( Withers) featuring the Mustard Seed Soul Band from the album Heart and Soul recorded and produced by Ross Gill<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have taken a rest this week from featuring Mustard Seed Songs\u2019 videos as I just had to share this video. You have probably seen it in the news and maybe, like me, it made you think of a modern day Good Samaritan story.<\/p>\n<p>I ran a marathon (many moons ago) and know how important it is to try and run your fastest time.\u00a0 So to forget that in order to stop and help a fellow runner was very special.\u00a0 One thing that is disturbing, however is seeing so many other competitors run straight by the stricken man ( Ajay) Did they not see him?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway well done and Aaron and Robson\u00a0 \u2013 what you did was indeed \u201ca personal best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quote of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3787\" src=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1402\" height=\"1122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke10.png 1402w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke10-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke10-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke10-624x499.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1402px) 100vw, 1402px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story is also covered on the BBC News website, to see that, click here Lean on Me ( Withers) featuring the Mustard Seed Soul Band from the album Heart and Soul recorded and produced by Ross Gill &nbsp; I have taken a rest this week from featuring Mustard Seed Songs\u2019 videos as I just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3788,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions\/3788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}