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Steffie and I went to a live show of one of my favorite podcasts this weekend. I enjoy the podcast because it reminds me of everything I loved about growing up in the lower Appalachian region. Making a little go a long way, strong mothers and grandmothers who guide families through hard times, a reverence for the green spaces and the old stories.
The cadence of the narrator reminds me of every evangelical preacher I heard as a kid. Rising and falling like water, soft as a whisper and then crashing like thunder. It's beautiful and hypnotizing and a bit frightening all at once. They really structured the evening like a tent revival too. A little bit of story here, an anecdotal lesson for the congregation, followed by some hymnals, and then another closing story or two. Some of the music was joyous and loud, and others were poignant and heart rending.
One of the creators spent a small section of time talking about issues we are facing in our world today. I thought it was very clever that she approached it as a call and response sort of format just as I've seen in church so many times. The preacher calls out, and the congregation follows with a forceful "Amen." With each recitation the passion and conviction increase until it is a roll of thunder passing through the crowd. Instead of Amen, the audience followed each political horror and social injustice with a vicious shout of, "HEX!" The room roared their responses. I applaud her sentiment, and I completely agree that we need to fight the atrocities going on, but I did not call out a reply. The power in that room was thick and for the taking. But it was cold and red. Hexes and curses are not my path, and I don't know her well enough to trust her with my own spark of intent outside of my personal control.
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