Christianese: the contained terms and jargon used within many of the branches and denominations of Christianity as a functional system of religious terminology. It is characterized by the use in everyday conversation of certain words, theological terms, and catchphrases, in ways that may be only comprehensible within the context of Christian belief.
I should have known better. I speak Christianese pretty fluently, so I should have anticipated this.
Yesterday, I told someone at church "my sister went home Friday". Oops. You should have seen the look on this persons' face. My bad. I should have said, "On Friday, my sister was released from the hospital to continue her recovery at home". Instead, they thought she died and "went home" to Heaven.
So, for any that only looked at the title of my last post but didn't read the whole thing, Andrea is not dead. I had dinner with her last night, in fact. She is continuing her recovery at home and can still use people praying for her.
I'll try to be more careful in the future. Who knew being a polyglot could be so much trouble!
Thanks for praying and continuing to do so.
-Jim
Monday, March 31, 2008
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3 comments:
VERY glad to hear that she's not dead!! She's in my prayers..I keep reading your last couple of posts over and over- God is just so awesome!!
I was one of those whose heart skipped a beat as I read your blog!! I was going to email you and chastise you for the way you wrote it!! VERY glad to hear she is on the road to recovery!
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