Bible Study In Amharic |best| Review

"In the beginning was the Word," the retired teacher read aloud. "And the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

And Selam, once so eager to hide her Amharic Bible on a shelf, now kept it on her lap—open, shared, and utterly at home. bible study in amharic

Selam had come from Addis Ababa three years ago. Her English was now fluent for work at the hospital lab, but her soul still spoke Amharic. When she prayed, the words came in the ancient Ge'ez cadence of her childhood. When she dreamed, she was still walking the dusty paths of her grandmother’s village. "In the beginning was the Word," the retired

Selam continued, her voice growing stronger. "My grandmother used to say, 'God did not write his name in marble. He wrote it in a tent of skin.' In Amharic, the Word becoming flesh is not a mystery to solve. It is a neighbor to welcome. God did not send a book. He sent a body. He sefera —he pitched his tent—right here, in our mess, our loneliness, our foreignness." Her English was now fluent for work at