Tag: Ethiopia

R is for Rainy Season

Here in Indiana and the majority of the continental United States (except maybe the southwest and southeastern corners), you can

And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, the food

A few months ago, I shared this picture. I wanted to share it again as part of this A to Z Challenge that

The floodgates opened in the 19th century. It seems like every European nation with any hope of appearing rich and

The lion – especially the Lion of Judah – is a popular national motif in Ethiopia. When Haile Selassie was

There are a few Amharic words I remember from my first visit to Ethiopia in 2009. I remember how to

When Philip the Evangelist met the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8, he was reading from the prophecy of Isaiah. The

He looked at my son, raised an eyebrow, and said, “Habesha?” Our son looked at the man, smiled, and quietly

St. George is everywhere in Ethiopia. He’s a saint. And he’s a big deal. It seems kind of odd to

I had a Bible professor in undergrad who would regularly refer to the Gospel of Luke’s portrayal of Jesus as