I've decided to pursue a Ph. D. sometime in the next couple of years, so I'm auditing a couple of language classes. I'm trying to do a little leveling in German, and exploring a probable field of study in classical Syriac. (German is grunt-work, Syriac is groovy, both are guttural.) The following words were exchanged this morning while we took turns translating sentences from our Syriac primer:
Hesitant student: "I know what I want it to say..."
Dr. Childers: "I've met people in churches like you."
(I giggled and scribbled it in the margins of my notebook.)
an offering for spiritual friendship
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- Kelli
- Anamchara is a Gaelic word for ‘soulfriend.’ Wandering Irish monks would form lifelong friendships, overcoming barriers of distance and time to be spiritual confidants and guides for one another. I intend this blog to be an invitation to such friendship transcending time and space. I may not have very much to offer – some of my reflections are mundane, silly, and incomplete – but what I do have, I give freely in the name of Jesus Christ.
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3 comments:
Classic Childers wit. Boy do I miss that. I miss being the butt of his jokes and already laughing out loud before realizing he was making fun of me. Classic I say. Classic. Miss ya Kelli.
I agree with kasey--that is classic and it makes me miss you and Abilene. Where are you thinking of applying (or have you gotten that far)? We need to chat.
LOVE it!
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