Speaking with Yellow Creek Mennonite Church’s Senior Pastor, Wes Bontreger is always a pleasure. He is consistently kind and opens his conversations with a smile and a plethora of jokes or stories that put at ease anyone in his presence. Meeting him at The Electric Brew in Goshen just over a week ago, our conversation progressed similar to its normal fashion, albeit with a slightly mor somber tone. Bontreger had just finished several days of viewing and funeral officiating, and when asked his entrance to ministry, he was forced to confront his own brush with death. At twelve he was diagnosed with terminal leukemia..…
Hyapatia Gathers School essay October 20,2015 Describe an event or experience in your life and how it will influence your academic work and goals at Colorado Christian University. An event in my life and how it will influence my academic work and goals at Colorado Christian University would be the passing of my step father and children . When I was ten years old my stepfather and my father figure to my at the time was killed. He got hit by three different cars the last lady stopped and called the police when she realized she had hit somebody. The police we're never able to find out who the other two people were or exactly what happen!…
In Richard Rodriguez’s autobiography, Hunger of Memory, his Catholic faith is spoken to have played a critical role in his development, from childhood to adulthood. This development is first shown through his experiences in transitioning from a Mexican Catholic Church, to an Irish American Catholic Church. As he continues to tell his story, he explains how his faith has served as an essential link between home, and school, affecting his private, and public life. While he grows older, and continues through his college career, changes occur to his faith, and the church, causing him to find alternative ways to express his beliefs. Although many modifications occur to his religion, his strong Catholic upbringing continues to lead Rodriguez through…
38). He leads example by inspiring many through his work as he delivers words of great depth. His willingness to be open and dedication to creating new work that became a point of inspiration and economic opportunity for many. "We all need purpose, the reason why we do what we do and how we lead. Purpose is uplifting, encouraging.…
Introduction The non-clinical cross-cultural interview for this project was completed with a grandfather of an associate. My participant was the associate’s grandfather, and her grandfather is a youthful-looking 102 years old veteran, married male, who identifies as Filipino. In addition, he has been “happily” married for 73 years. When asked how did he manage to have a healthy and happy marriage; he responded by stating, “they did not drink, smoke, and always honest.”…
Everyone has a story and almost everyone wants to leave some sort of a legacy — to be remembered for something meaningful. Our legacy is part of ourselves that, will be left in the hearts and minds of others. Some people leave a positive and inspiring legacy while some people willingly or not, leave a negative one. Nobody wants their existence to be lost to time. And just like everyone I wants to be remembered for the love and kindness I shared that has all become too scarce in today’s world.…
The renegade, or a confused man is one of the most confused text in the whole collection of stories in Camus’s Exile and the Kingdom. The narrator renegade, through his irrational tongue and confused timeline, narrates a story of his unceasing conversion of religion. The renegade is first born in a poor and violent family. As he is eager to changing his state, Catholicism provides him power and convert him. The renege goes to Tahaza, despite other’s admonishment, in a wish to subjugate the people in there and convert them.…
My grandfather studied theology for 4 years while under the mentoring of priest ,but after an incident where a pregnant 16-year-old girl came into the monasteries searching for guidance and shelter was denied by the priest who would not accept her for being pregnant out of wedlock, she would have been forced to live on the streets if my grandfather had not informed the distressed girl about Planned Parenthood … he soon after abandoned his studies of the priesthood and became my grandfather. Planned Parenthood has been providing free health services since 1916 to both men and women it's a hugely beneficial resource to youth, poor, and the public as whole and now after 100 years of service new president Trump plans on defunding it. With the…
If de Beauvoir’s ideas are taught and encouraged, I believe there are many benefits. A society in which a woman or man is left to become who they want to be, without a historical idea that they must live up to, is a much more free society than today’s society. This brings forth an interesting statistic that I came across in Susan Okin’s article, “Vulnerability by Marriage.” The statistic stated that more women than not find the domestic life as well as the chores and responsibilities associated with it to be boring (Okin 608).…
At the age 20 Mr. Hall arrived in the United States in 1968, and studied at a local vocational school in Queens to become an electrician. This gave him the ability to provide stability to his wife and children that remained in Jamaica. Mr. Hall expressed that the stress of creating a stable life in a new country and awaiting the arrival of his family was the beginning of his anxiety. Once his family arrived in the US he began to deal with his stress and anxiety internally. Consequently, the stress of his family’s arrival and his extraneous work Joseph developed high blood pressure.…
Valeria Johnson coming to me today made me realized that although we work together and have a good working relationship she was willing after our session to tell me she would work with me in this health concern. Most people for the most part do not like being told what to do and it gets worse if it is about their bodies and how they should live. What does MI look like? It involves asking questions and responding to patients' comments in a way that validates their experiences, helps them develop reasons for making health behavior changes, and acknowledges patients' control of the decision to change. So a better way to get to help her was introduced motivational interviewing (MI) and by using this method I was providing advice and feedback.…
In this essay I will be explaining the life of St Benedict, his background, culture and upbringing of him. The challenges he faced in society at the time. What St Benedict did and the impact it brought to society and the Christian Community and how they are a model for Christians living in the 21st Century. St Benedict is also known as Benedict of Nursia (Norcia) is a Christian saint, honoured by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.…
Shanice Mzavas I really enjoyed this week’s readings on conducting interviews since I was planning on interviewing a “protected class” of people for my thesis. Before I began readings, I was stuck on how to proceed with my research proposal. I knew that I wanted to study the possible interdependent relationship between childhood obesity and mental health, but I did not know how I was going to begin. Previously, I created a list of interview questions that measured depression, asked questions about self-esteem, and asked if and how children used food as a coping mechanism. What I was missing from my interview questionnaire was the purpose.…
From the grave, his history left behind encouragement for me to learn more about his field and what could have possibly led to his health issues. (Relevancy Statement)…
For my pastoral interview, I choose to interview the Senior Pastor of Huntington Central Church (Disciples of Christ) Rev. Jacque Parlato. I started the interview by asking Pastor Jacque to describe her call to ministry. More precisely I asked her to describe her calling from the time she first received it up until now. During this question Pastor Jacque began by telling me about her background and early life. She informed me that she was born and raised in Santiago California, to parents that she described as people who didn’t have everything put together.…