Tag: German

  • Thou shalt not mow you lawn on Sundays

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    For last Sunday’s sermon I included a topic that I also submitted with You know you’re German when:

  • You know you’re German when

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    You know you’re German when is a pretty fun and educational tumblr that showcases German curiosities. Today a submission of mine got published:

  • Dr. Seuss and Assimilation

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    A few weeks after I came from Germany to Utah colleagues in ministry at one of our monthly meetings kept referring to “The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss” and I had no clue what they were talking about. I was even too embarrassed to ask. Asaad al-Saleh is an Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative…

  • Education Costs

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    A friend shared the following video on facebook: Oh, those crazy assumptions that education is free in Germany! IT IS NOT! The system works slightly differently: Americans take on debt to pay their individual tuition back. In Germany all taxpayers are your lender and you will pay them back through extremely high taxes: Let’s do…

  • Dinner For One

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    Enjoy this gem of British humor which has become a New Year’s Eve tradition for Germans to ring in the new year: