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Sean of the South

Bible Belt

Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

Personal Journals, S-town, Music, Alabama, Garrison Keillor, Storytelling, Story, Garden And Gun, Southern Living, Serial, Southern Culture, S Town, Old Radio, Lake Wobegon, Stories, Prairie Home Companion, Arts, Society & Culture, Live From Here, Story Podcast

5.0546 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Sean describes living in the Bible Belt. To subscribe to Sean's daily blog, https://seandietrich.com/subscribe/ For information on events or other Sean of the South news, visit https://seandietrich.com/ To sponsor an episode, email LauraBeth@SeanDietrich.com Sean Dietrich is a columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, Garden and Gun, and h...

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0:33.2

Bible Belt.

0:35.6

I believe in God.

0:37.9

I'm sorry if that doesn't settle well with you,

0:39.9

but he and I get along pretty good.

0:42.8

In fact, except for the lottery misunderstanding a few weeks ago,

0:46.5

I've never had a problem with him.

0:48.8

In Sunday school, my teacher used to say God was invisible,

0:52.1

which was then followed by speculative questions from

0:54.8

nine-year-old philosophers with crippling sugar addictions.

0:58.9

If God's invisible, asked nine-year-old me, why don't people bump into him sometimes?

1:05.3

Because, sweetie, he lives in the sky. Okay, so do birds fly into him? He lives in outer space. Well, how about rockets?

1:14.4

God avoids rockets. Do astronauts know God? No, well, well, maybe. Do you think my daddy will

1:22.2

ever buy me a pony? Sunday school teachers are equipped to deal with such ethereal-minded questions as part of the rigorous training they undergo before earning their B.5 hairdos.

1:33.2

But I'm preaching to the choir. If you grew up in the Bible Belt, you already know God isn't what some folks think he is.

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