{"id":977,"date":"2007-09-08T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-08T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/09\/he-built-this-city-but-he-didnt-write-the-song-2.html"},"modified":"2007-09-08T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-08T08:24:00","slug":"he-built-this-city-but-he-didnt-write-the-song-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/orthodixie\/2007\/09\/he-built-this-city-but-he-didnt-write-the-song-2.html","title":{"rendered":"He Built This City, But He Didn&#8217;t Write the Song!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/399\/blogger\/_iTncioBQZNk\/RuHEeteoA0I\/AAAAAAAAAck\/_imy15LJvDk\/s400\/timetunnel.jpg\" border=\"0\"><span style=\"font-size:180%;color:#ff0000\">A<\/span> friend of mine is a priest in a special Greek Church named after Mother and Son Saints: Helen and Constantine.<\/p>\n<p>When I say this is a special Greek Church, I don\u2019t mean just a big temple, parking lot, annual festival and gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p><em>Of course they have all that \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But, I mean they\u2019ve got something really special \u2026 way down in the basement. I never would have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes \u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>Y\u2019all \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>They have a Time Machine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, an honest to goodness Time Machine that will transport you to any destination you wish. Well, almost. That is, you can go anywhere within the so-called \u201cChristian Era\u201d \u2026 <strong><em>BUT<\/em><\/strong>, your destination must be connected with a Saint.<\/p>\n<p>Being one for new adventures, I said, \u201cSure, I\u2019m game! How \u2018bout we just try the Great Emperor Constantine?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So I pulled the lever and <strong><em>WOOSH!<\/em><\/strong> I was really taken aback \u2026 being hurled through the ages at lightening speed! Head swimming, colossal noises, (well you get the picture) \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Next thing I knew I was hurled down into a ramshackle house \u2014 a bit of a hovel \u2014 and people kept calling me Bernie. (For some reason, I dunno, \u201cBernie\u201d is obviously my Time Travel Name.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Anyway \u2026<br><\/em><br>There came a loud knock at the door and I opened it to see three frazzled and haggard faces \u2013 hippie types \u2014 come rushing into my house and say:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBernie! You\u2019re not going to believe what happened!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said \u2014 \u201cWhere am I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They looked at me curiously and said, \u201cBernie, you\u2019re in Rome \u2026 it\u2019s the year 313 \u2026 and you\u2019re always babbling about that silly thing you call a Time Machine; now sit down and listen!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friends, I didn\u2019t know what else to do but to sit down. Then they related their harried tale of woe \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBernie, it was Saturday and we were worshipping in the community worship center, you know \u2014 wearin\u2019 jeans, banging tambourines, strumming our guitars and singing the ancient hymn \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said, \u201cKumbaya?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo! You know \u2026<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%\">Listen to the <strong><em>Orthodixie Podcast<\/em><\/strong> on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/audio.ancientfaith.com\/orthodixie\/constantine_pc.mp3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size:130%\">Ancient Faith Radio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:130%\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine is a priest in a special Greek Church named after Mother and Son Saints: Helen and Constantine. When I say this is a special Greek Church, I don\u2019t mean just a big temple, parking lot, annual festival and gymnasium. 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