‘Let us pray” often opens funerals and weddings, but budget meetings? When you work at a Catholic college, you come to expect getting blessed without sneezing and praying before committee meetings.Read More
In bold letters, I write the word nakhes on the board. “How’s it pronounced again?” asks one of the five male students in the class.
I say the word again, emphasizing the guttural sound in the middle of it. “Now you try it.”Read More
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