Orthodixie
Today’s letter is “B.”
Symeon Sets Sights on Seminary … Pop by, give him a shout-out!
But, please don’t BLAST him!
Barnabas Powell on “Blasting Prayers” …
As a former Pentecostal (now Orthodox) I remember services where a man would “walk the backs of the benches.” He would literally jump up on the back of the front pew and jump from pew to pew until he came to the rear pew.
We would also “rebuke the devil” in very loud voices to drive out the evil one.
One of the draws to Orthodoxy for me was becoming exhausted with the histrionics, especially since all the noise and bluster really didn’t change my life.
Blasting prayer is simply a re-worked Pentecostal exorcism.
What are BLASTING PRAYERS? Hop back up to the “blast him” link.
Bling-Bling …
Have we taken our eyes off the prize? The civil rights movement continues, but the struggle today is not so much in the streets as in the home — and with our children. If systemic racism remains a reality, there is also a far more sinister obstacle facing African American young people today: a culture steeped in bitterness and nihilism, a culture that is a virtual blueprint for failure.
Their search for identity and a sense of direction is undermined by a twisted popular culture that focuses on the “bling-bling” of fast money associated with famous basketball players, rap artists, drug dealers and the idea that women are at their best when flaunting their sexuality and …
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