Nooma
n.— «Mars Hill hosts “doubt nights” where audience members can ask the pastor about anything, and produces short films, called “Noomas,” (from the Greek word pneuma, meaning “spirit”) featuring Rob Bell, its irreverent, complicated-specs-wearing head pastor.» —“I couldn’t be more pleased” by Cathleen Falsani Chicago Sun-Times Oct. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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