{"id":13,"date":"2015-08-30T19:54:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T19:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:07:33","slug":"who-the-heck-is-writing-this","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/who-the-heck-is-writing-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Half Centurian?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-IMG_0061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-IMG_0061-751x1024.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-IMG_0061.jpg\" width=\"285\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-IMG_0061-751x1024.jpg 751w, http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-IMG_0061-220x300.jpg 220w, http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cropped-IMG_0061.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Half Centurian at 50<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeffrey Skaggs from Nome, Alaska began his singing career at the age of two. After performing for\u00a0nearly\u00a0twenty-five years, he landed the role of a lifetime as the Centurion\u00a0in &#8220;The Easter Story.&#8221; Incredible songs\u00a0like &#8220;I Choose Jesus&#8221; still resonate in the hearts and minds of those that heard him singing them live and in person.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, it&#8217;s all been downhill from there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Even in his old age Jeff is still singing, and can be seen most Sundays at Istrouma Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Singing-Centurion-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Singing-Centurion-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Singing-Centurion-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Singing-Centurion-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Singing-Centurion.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Whole Centurion at 28<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Skaggs from Nome, Alaska began his singing career at the age of two. After performing for\u00a0nearly\u00a0twenty-five years, he landed the role of a lifetime as the Centurion\u00a0in &#8220;The Easter Story.&#8221; Incredible songs\u00a0like &#8220;I Choose Jesus&#8221; still resonate in the hearts and minds of those that heard him singing them live and in person. Frankly, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/who-the-heck-is-writing-this\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who is the Half Centurian?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}