{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Greater Northwest Area | News","provider_url":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news","author_name":"GNW Communications","author_url":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/author\/gnwcomm\/","title":"Truth-telling can housebreak your elephant - Greater Northwest Area | News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9oES93TUsM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/truth-telling-can-housebreak-your-elephant\/\">Truth-telling can housebreak your elephant<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/truth-telling-can-housebreak-your-elephant\/embed\/#?secret=9oES93TUsM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Truth-telling can housebreak your elephant&#8221; &#8212; Greater Northwest Area | News\" data-secret=\"9oES93TUsM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greaternw.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Elephant-in-room.jpg?fit=1500%2C844&ssl=1","thumbnail_width":1500,"thumbnail_height":844,"description":"In this week's column, Rev. Paul Graves uses an unlikely image \u2014 a housebroken elephant \u2014 to make a pointed argument about truth-telling. From Christian Nationalism to the Iran War, Graves contends that we cannot address the hard realities of our moment until we are willing to name them plainly. The elephant in the room won't clean up after itself."}