Items tagged language

• Building Community

  What does the Bible say about our responsibility to build community?

• Sock feathers

  A child's approach to language can remind us to leave our pride behind when we seek the kingdom.

• Reflecting on the incarnation

  An exploration of the interplay among language, the body and the incarnation.

• Grace in recording

  A Christian musician with a professional recording studio wrestles with tough questions as he confronts lyrics and actions in his business dealings that he doesn?t necessarily approve of.

• Under my skin

  A period of service in Haiti leaves a language arts teacher transformed.

• Redeeming our shock words

  From the vulgar to the profane--is there such a thing as redemptive use of "four-letter words?"

• Top Ten re: vegetables

  A personal history told from the field, table, freezer, mouth and memory.

• Squeezing the grape, acidic urine and the intentional fallacy

  On how vocabulary fosters a sense of community.

• Universal language

  Pedro Almodóvar returns to an enduring fascination Volver.

• Sheer pride keeps alive Frisian, a cousin to English

  A particular European heritage exemplifies the relationship between identity and language.

• A four-letter word

  Overuse of the word community beckons us to rediscover its meaning.

• Interrupting God

  Two conversions become reflected in two different lexicons and perceptions of language.

• Creation and culture

  An artist explores her journey of expression and faith.