Agape

Throughout time, families have experienced several different transformations in family roles, relationships, and communication style. Families can be challenged with a drastic shift in members and relationships. For example, many families have faced one or maybe multiple divorces and a remarriages, stepparents and/or siblings, members who have been ostracized or cut off, and overall tension between members of the family. I am fortunate enough to say that I have not experienced any of these…

The cash flow statement is comprised of three main areas; operating activities, investing activities and financial activities. Cash flow from operating activities includes Net Income, Depreciation, Extraordinary gains/losses/write-offs, Accounts Payable, Inventory, and Accounts Receivable. The sum of losses or profits in each of these sections will total the net cash from operations. The analysis will cover three years’ worth of data outlining high, lows, and/or trends. The comparison of our…

She wore a distant, star-struck expression. Her eyes were glazed and mouth slightly agape. She looked like a groupie staring up from the front row at some boy band rock concert. Tabitha wore high heels, a scandalously short, black skirt, and a white blouse. The top two buttons of the blouse were unbuttoned. A black choke collar necklace…

With age come many challenges, especially for refugees. Combined with the pressure to assimilate to a new culture, the trials of old age put the mental health of refugees at serious risk. At time when more than 59 million people are displaced worldwideㅡthe highest on record according to UN reportsㅡless than half of those individuals have received refugee status. Based on data from the United Nations refugee agency, around 3 percent of the refugees coming to the U.S. are 60 years old or older.…

Haile Gerima, born in Gondar, Ethiopia in 1946, is a professor at Howard University, a historically black college in Washington, D.C. The fourth of ten children, he moved to the United States in 1967. His father was a writer and his mother a teacher. He performed in his father’s theater troupe, “which presented original and often historical drama, always submerged in the genuine culture of Ethiopia.” Is genuine synonymous with authentic? Unlike authenticity, genuineness rests outside of…

It is a cold and blissful night in the sad civilization of Salem, Massachusetts with the sound of young girls giggling in the distance as they dance and sing with joy. ‘Round and ‘Round a campfire they roam as they tribute those who have died in the past, trying to bring them back to life. The fog is rising to bring a new day full of accusations, death, and revenge. In the Crucible, Arthur Miller tells the tale of those who are too fearful to speak out against the lies that are being told by…

I discovered most people asking the question of Judas’ afterlife struggle with lives as lived by loved ones or with their own undesirable challenges. How are you to respond to persons concerned with the aftermath of living? We are going to die just as sure as we live. Do we just live, so as to eat and drink and be merry… shouting: “To hell with the rest of the world, I am going to have it my way, baby!” Some have attempted to answer the question based on logic. Others answer the heaven or hell…

Chapter 3: Searching for the Ideal Match for Empaths An empath is a people pleaser, natural nurturer, friend, counselor, and healer. He/she is soft spoken, gentle, and caring. Moreover, an empath can give unselfishly, even if he/she suffers from it. If you are an empath, you are hypersensitive and observant to the desires, needs, and wants of other people. You try to use mediation to avoid conflict. Yet, aside from these behaviors, empaths also have low self-esteem. Thus, they are prone to…

Dimitri slowly opened his eyes gazing upon the large glass window straight ahead. The sunset was on fire and appeared as it had been dyed red. He left the bed sheets messily crinkled as if there an elephant stampede occurred. Dimitri was highly anticipating his upcoming law interview the following week. After all he had to survive in a filthy, claustrophobic, musty smelling, two and a half star hotel called Oakley Inn, which was near the outskirts of the City. He quickly splashes water on his…

Since the beginning of human life as we know it, there has been religion, or a faith, or "a greater being/energy" that humans have worshipped, revered, or believed in. It can be seen from as early as the Stone Age to modern day. However, there have always been two sides to religion: the presence of it and the absence of it. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi once said, "Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is…