tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869955963817371865.post364314425952764322..comments2019-03-25T02:54:22.840-07:00Comments on Sara I Writes: Mama Christ and God the Fathersirwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00628622865343906953noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869955963817371865.post-6312094236756192472015-05-30T12:36:39.991-07:002015-05-30T12:36:39.991-07:00Dear Sara:
Having worked at a dictionary company ...Dear Sara:<br /><br />Having worked at a dictionary company and having attended Christian Science Sunday School for nearly 20 years (far more often than my dad's Anglican church) I am pleased to comment on your piece. First, my mom's faith (and her mother's before her) was founded by a radical American woman in the mid-19th century, and is still headquartered at the "Mother Church" in Boston. (Mary Baker Eddy might have skipped the Trinity, but whatever, she used the gender-neutral term "Divine Spirit" among several other synonyms for God.) Also, you might enjoy this video from Merriam-Webster on the "Awkward Case of His or Her" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7k-20y5WKU. Reading your piece in context of these two items, I'd like to say that hearing the words "Amma, Abba God" would sound very familiar to me in church. Or simply "Amma, Abba!"<br /><br />Peace,<br />Annafrenninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10824389029804639898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869955963817371865.post-9624462134966486792015-03-02T05:58:41.410-08:002015-03-02T05:58:41.410-08:00Joseph: Yes. A parishioner who studies Biblical la...Joseph: Yes. A parishioner who studies Biblical languages whom I talked to in advance told me that "Eema" or "Ayma" was more accurate. Since reference "Ammas and Abbas" (as in early desert monasticism) has become common practice, though I just went with it. sirwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00628622865343906953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869955963817371865.post-65389000896910043622015-02-28T09:55:24.281-08:002015-02-28T09:55:24.281-08:00Since my Israeli friend doesn't seem to be abl...Since my Israeli friend doesn't seem to be able to post a comment, I thought I would share her insight: "I'm 99% certain that 'mother' in Aramaic is pronounced 'eema,' not 'amma.' Amma (written עמא) means nation; Eema (written אמא) means mother."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502556160733626736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869955963817371865.post-36131207824031220302015-02-27T16:35:50.000-08:002015-02-27T16:35:50.000-08:00Perhaps, you should get I to do a history of the c...Perhaps, you should get I to do a history of the color pink. He would realize that pink historically was used for boys not so long ago. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10494336413354536873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1869955963817371865.post-91810295949330885292015-02-26T20:57:42.731-08:002015-02-26T20:57:42.731-08:00I can make 2 comments, hope they help.
1st, when y...I can make 2 comments, hope they help.<br />1st, when you announced the change a few weeks ago I didn't notice it was Amma instead of Abba. (I think I mentioned that at the Peace Sunday. <br />Now that I know what you're saying (in other words, that I'm listening to you rather than running in my habitrail like a logicker)I can describe it as being like new leather shoes.<br />It fits but it feels stiff. the sole doesn't flex yet. So lets walk a mile, sweat a bit, and see if there's an opinion then.<br />2nd - Christine tells a storey of when she went to Catholic school (real Big "C" too!), and they were going to an amusement park trip. She asked the nun "Since we're going on rides can we wear shorts instead of skirts?"<br />The nun told her (and Christine always makes this pompous matronly authoritarian voice when she tells it)<br />"You'll wear a Skirt as GOD Intended!"<br />I think those days are over, may they rest in peace.Ken Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884385363779584575noreply@blogger.com