holy headaches: from babel to pentecost

By Rev. Kathryn Ray
Adapted from a sermon of the same title (June 18, 2017- Audio)

The Pain of Language Learning - The Curse of Babel

So many people say that learning a second language is an amazing thing to do. They say it broadens your horizons, improves your brain functioning, allows you to connect with new people and cultures, and improves your employability.   But when articles, studies, and people on Facebook extol the virtues of multilingualism, learning a second language is almost never what they’re talking about.  They mean to say it is great to have learned a second language.  Learning a new language is hard, often embarrassing, and frequently painful. 

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