{"id":1399,"date":"2006-08-01T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/08\/bracha-for-bloggers-a-ramble.html"},"modified":"2006-08-01T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T07:50:00","slug":"bracha-for-bloggers-a-ramble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2006\/08\/bracha-for-bloggers-a-ramble.html","title":{"rendered":"Bracha for Bloggers? (A Ramble)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>T<\/span>he thing about being a Southern native, especially with a web site and email addy using the word Dixie<\/strong><\/em>, is: Some folks make assumptions about you \u2014 a sort of profiling, if you will.<\/p>\n

Not all folks think this way. These days, lots of folks think being Southern is cool.<\/p>\n

To paraphrase Barbara Mandrell: \u201cI was Dixie \u2026 When Dixie wasn\u2019t cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having recently returned to Houston from my home state of North Carolina, I\u2019m still amazed at how overgrown with vegetation the Ol\u2019 North State is. Compared to Houston, even the more \u201curban\u201d areas of NC look way too green. (That\u2019s a good thing.)<\/p>\n

And nuthin\u2019 could be finer than the accents in Carolina. Just plain cool! Like others with a spare twang, I can polish mine up and sound like the rest when surrounded by the best. (Okay, so I couldn\u2019t hide mine if I tried \u2026 but, you know what I mean.)<\/p>\n

Two weeks in North Carolina coincided with two weeks of occasional television. I thank God that this opportunity is rare. Then, scanning the radio dial while traveling, I had the misfortune to hear a new country song by Hank Williams Jr., That\u2019s How We Do It in Dixie!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Still another misfortune befell me when I saw a piece of the song\u2019s video on the tellie.<\/p>\n

Y\u2019all, that ain\u2019t how decent folks do it in Dixie. (I\u2019ll bet ol\u2019 Hank don\u2019t even do it that way!)<\/p>\n

But, as you all know, there\u2019s many facets to one\u2019s culture. And in the Kingdom, there\u2019s room for all<\/strong><\/em> \u2014 Democrats, Rednecks, Roman Catholics, even Yankees! (Okay, how \u2019bout three out of four?) <\/p>\n

The way I read the Scriptures and understand the teaching of the Church is that God\u2019s \u201cprofiling\u201d is concerned more with what we DO<\/em><\/strong> out of love than where we\u2019re born, who we voted for, or whether we believe in States Rights or the Western Rite.<\/p>\n

We can argue about those \u2014 and a host of other \u2014 topics. But, given that we all seek a common Kingdom, we all have the same King. And He plainly states that we are to pray for our enemies, do good to those that hate us, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc.<\/p>\n

In these times of war and chaos it\u2019s nice to be reminded that God is with us \u2014 no matter our culture!<\/p>\n

Concerning a little ol\u2019 church in Appalachia, this from Symeon \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

At the beginning of the service we stood and sang the old hymns from well-worn hymnals. We sang attentively, with feeling. I don\u2019t know exactly how to explain the way Appalachian people sing in their churches. Try to image a room full of men and women with thick Appalachian accents singing \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d unhurriedly, deliberately, almost mournfully, with a sense of reverence, remembrance, and hopeful yearning. The rich harmonies underlie the moving melodies. They skillfully bend the notes with their mountain dialect. Perhaps this is the Scotch-Irish version of the blues. As they sing, the words sometimes make grown men cry. A lot of our culture\u2019s music is about going to heaven. Appalachian people embrace the reality of suffering and death, but also look forward with hope to a time when there\u2019s no more of pain and sorrow.<\/p>\n

What would happen if Grapevine Chapel became an Orthodox Christian temple?<\/p>\n

Read it all <\/em><\/span>H E R E<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Then, all the way up in New York City, the beauty of it all dawns \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cExcuse me, I need to say a brucha<\/em>,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a man approaching who is an unusual shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

His eyes flashed toward my right and I looked to see the shortest grown man I\u2019ve ever seen, a fellow in his 20s or 30s who was about three feet tall \u2026<\/p>\n

H E R E<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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