Speak with a Christian Accent

A few weeks ago, my sister sent me an audio file with someone giving a short sermon before the Lord’s Supper. After a minute or two of listening, I realized the preacher was me! I didn’t recognize my own voice. The light Southern accent, the style of delivery—both felt foreign. The recording was more than 20 years old, and yet it was me.Often, when I tell people I was born and raised in middle Tennessee, they comment on my lack of a strong Southern accent. My explanation has always been that fiv