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Which Language Shapes How You Worship?

Posted by Joan Huyser-Honig

Picture yourself alone in your car at a tollbooth in Mackinaw City, Michigan, gazing at the structure spanning the Mackinac Straits. Why does the German language see this span as  feminine (die Brücke), Spanish describe it as masculine (el puente), and English as gender neutral (bridge)? And why might someone else in the same location–say an Australian [...]

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Your Psalms Stories – Request from David Van Biema

Posted by Nathan Bierma

We were delighted to have David Van Biema, whose religion reporting you’ve probably read in Time magazine, with us at Symposium 2010. If you attended you may have seen the below request on a flyer. Please note that as David explains, if you responded to this request at or just after Symposium, you’re asked to respond again. We’ve given David a few ideas already of people to talk to, but we want to encourage everyone reading (not just Symposium attendees) to tell him your story (or point him to someone else’s.) Thanks in advance!

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