Ben Dixon — editor-in-chief of the American Bureau of the Union of Orthodox Journalists, and former operations manager and current board member of the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship — delivered a riveting presentaton at Conference 2.0. As one YouTube commenter rightly explained, “This is one of the most significant talks on Orthodoxy that I have heard in quite some time, primarily because [Ben] highlights the centrality of agape love to the life in Christ and His Church, that being the Lord’s two-fold commandment, to love God and neighbor as self, and how that has played out in the lives of Saints of old and recent times, even in the context of ‘church hurt.'”
Last year’s two-day Texas conference largely focused on the rich heritage of Southern and Orthodox art and music, and the continuity between the two traditions. The conversations surrounded Southern and Orthodox culture, worldview, and values, and the interplay between them; the importance of service in Southern parishes and missions; and the struggles of evangelism and how to navigate these obstacles as they arise both in our parishes, in Dixie’s Land, and in society as whole.
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