Tag Archives: language
Reverberations of Conquest
Scrawled on a page of my Choctaw Hymn book is the Choctaw version of Matthew 7:7, “Hvsh asilhhakma, hvch ima he; hvsh hoyokmvt, hvsh ahayucha he; hvsh soko hakma, hvchin tiwa he oke.” Ask, and it will be given you; … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issue: We Are Still Here
Tagged colonization, language, Native American, resilience
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Sing a New Church!
Language used in the worship and work of the church should affirm the wholeness of God and the full personhood of every individual. So wrote Starr Luteri, in the PC(USA)s 1996 study paper Language About God. [1] When you think … Continue reading
Posted in Carousel, Current Issue, Journal
Tagged gender justice, Glory to God, hymn, language, music, Presbyterian Hymnal, scripture, Women's Rights, worship resources
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