{"id":2393,"date":"2006-05-03T23:45:05","date_gmt":"2006-05-03T23:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/rod-crunchiness-and-orthodoxy.html"},"modified":"2006-05-03T23:45:05","modified_gmt":"2006-05-03T23:45:05","slug":"rod-crunchiness-and-orthodoxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/rod-crunchiness-and-orthodoxy.html","title":{"rendered":"Rod, Crunchiness and Orthodoxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WaPo did a feature on Rod Dreher and his family, and via that piece and Rod’s blog, it is revealed that the Drehers are seriously contemplating a move to Orthodoxy. <\/a>I’ve been in conversation with Rod about this myself for a long time (I mean…about his <\/em>journey), so this is not news to me, but I am glad to see Rod be so honest about what’s going on, and sharing his struggle. <\/p>\n

(I think the WaPo piece turned out well, by the way)<\/p>\n

I’m not opening comments here – there is a comments box at Rod’s blog, and I figure Rod has enough to do, keeping up with the comments there, without having to dash over here as well. Please join the conversation – Rod has links to other commentary on the piece and attendant issues, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The WaPo did a feature on Rod Dreher and his family, and via that piece and Rod’s blog, it is revealed that the Drehers are seriously contemplating a move to Orthodoxy. 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