It was kind of weird listening to Beth Moore yell at us in the living room of a embassy member who lives two blocks from my home in Ankara.
I was a little distracted by several things.
1) the woman's furniture and apartment - I could have been in a nice apartment anywhere in America. I looked at it all quite closely because we still need furniture and I was liking everything about their apartment. Even the lamp that I'm sure she got at Target.
2) The woman's southern accent - of course we are watching Beth Moore. It must be a Texan pre-requisite.
3) Beth Moore - she uses big, pre-meditated words and jargon accessible to those in-the-know about Christian language, but somewhat exclusive to the masses. (I'm a little more sensitive to this especially seeing as I am somewhat excluded because of language everyday). The video I'm guessing is from around 1989 - and I was a little distracted by the intense bangs, thin lips, crooked smile and very shiny blue suit.
4) Preaching versus teaching - I don't want to be a preacher, nor be preached at necessarily.
5) I missed my old Bible study group - we had some beautiful relationships through it.
6) I was glad to be there.
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