If there’s one thing that’s been emphasized over and over in my process of learning about languages (both here at SIL and through personal experience), it’s that the words we use are very significant. Even though I haven’t taken the
Near-life experience
Last night (well, this morning) I had what some might call a near-death experience. For me, knowing that life is experienced in its fullest when our earthly existence comes to an end, I’d prefer to call my scrape with death a
Bread for abiding
I’m sorry for the long period of silence on the blog! My days the past couple of weeks have been very full of class, meeting with students, learning Arabic (if you don’t know why, feel free to ask), and doing
After a year
It’s been fun to be back on the Grand Forks campus for the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Hosted by the University of North Dakota, the almost-200-person community gathers each summer to learn, teach, and fellowship. The diverse group of faculty