{"id":1642,"date":"2010-09-12T05:13:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T12:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2010-09-11T10:15:33","modified_gmt":"2010-09-11T17:15:33","slug":"losing-sight-but-not-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/losing-sight-but-not-faith","title":{"rendered":"Losing Sight But Not Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/RyanBrink.png\" alt=\"Ryan Brink\" title=\"RyanBrink\" width=\"149\" height=\"176\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1649\" \/>When Ryan Brink, a senior at Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio, faced the prospect of losing his sight, he chose to adapt rather than quit. Ryan has retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt&#8217;s disease, two conditions that will most likely lead to blindness. 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Ryan has retinitis pigmentosa and Stargardt&#8217;s disease, two conditions that will most likely lead to blindness. But, as the following story from WTVG shows, Ryan&#8217;s faith in God &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/losing-sight-but-not-faith\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Losing Sight But Not Faith&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[8,26],"class_list":["post-1642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-inspiration","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-qu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":119,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/catholic-media-literacy-from-the-pauline-center-for-media-studies","url_meta":{"origin":1642,"position":0},"title":"Catholic Media Literacy from the Pauline Center for Media Studies","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"February 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the biggest challenges facing Catholic teachers is how to help students live their faith in a culture that is increasingly counter to gospel values. 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