Amazing Grace

What Would You do for a Klondike Bar Have you ever wanted something so bad that you feel as if you would almost do anything to get it? One of the things that comes to mind is the commercial for Klondike bars. Throughout the whole commercial you see someone doing something crazy like walking on a tightrope over Niagara Falls, or fighting a lion. These are crazy stunts that someone would have to be out of their mind to actually do, but in the end you see someone eating a Klondike bar with a…

aware of how great God is and how undeserving he of grace he really was. There are dozens upon dozens of theories of what this “thorn” was. They range from a physical malady to a temptation to sin. I don’t know what it was. Whatever it was is not important. What is important is that it kept Paul focused on God. Paul continues to tell us that he asked the Lord to take this “thorn” away but the Lord refused three times, telling him each time that “My grace is all you need, My power works best in…

change. In Dubois Souls of Black Folk he used sorrow songs to get his point across about issue of race. Barack Obama’s “Eulogy for the Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney” uses the song “Amazing Grace” to honor the lives of the people who died. The sorrow songs in Souls of Black Folk started of African then became African American. Grace was use as a theme at the end of Barack Obama eulogy to finish his eulogy and to name all the victims that died because of their race. These two people opinions were…

The Christian worldview can be confusing at times. Many questions are brought up about a plethora of different topics pertaining to, God, Jesus, and salvation. Most of these questions cannot be answered completely, however, using the Bible they can be answered to a certain extent. By breaking up Christianity into its bare essentials; God, humanity, Jesus, and restoration, its concept can be better understood and explained. God Everybody has their own idea about what God is like both physically…

The International Cult, a Family My story with the Model United Nations does not start with a recruiting table or event day, but instead started with the past; AnnDee Pettiford. She was the person that persuaded me to try out for the team, an audition. She warned me that I would regret life, regret my decisions, and cry countless tears over it. I brushed off her words of caution and thought to myself that I could tackle any giant that stood before me. No program, no class, and organization…

choice, instead this spiritual maturity comes with a new way of living. It’s important that I emphasize here that we don’t do anything special to be offered this gift by Chirst. It is one that is freely offered before us, what we do is see this gift fo grace, this gift that we don’t totally understand, and we accept it. Accepting to live into it. And this acceptance changes how we live. The essence of adulating is that our priorities change in life. When we adult spirituality, or mature, our…

and harder to make sharp turns, so I knew that this gate would determine the winner of the race. To avoid crashing at a gate like this, you have to always put your weight forward as it gives you control over how your skis bend and ultimately, the grace and precision of your turns despite human nature which makes you want to put your weight backwards when given speed. Seeing this, I was sure to take a mental note to avoid crashing or losing speed. Later, while…

categorized the events that happened in the story and emphasize of her behavior was that of pure curiosity and amazement of the reasons behind Gatsby’s actions. She showed her wonderment of the screen between Gatsby and Daisy when she “heard the most amazing thing” and “wouldn’t tell it” (Fitzgerald 52) to Nick knowing it would change the course of their lives forever. Daisy reflects to that of the casualness of the American woman in the 1920s in the Harlem Resistance with Gatsby and Daisy’s…

Behind the Jewelry the author tries to let the audience know how something so small and beautiful can break you. The Jewelry symbolizes how beautiful and amazing person may be from the outside but once you know the truth you realize that the person isn’t who you thought he/she was. In M. Latin cause he let the beauty of his wife fooled him. In the end so much hate he had towards it, helped him become rich…

Rob Lorenson has been a professor at Bridgewater State University since 1999. Along with being an educator he is an artist and his art piece “Bridgewater Ascending” was chosen to be displayed on campus. Before being employed at BSU, Lorenson lived in Chicago, Illinois. There he recieved a MFA degree in sculpture from Northern Illiois University and before that he recieved a BFA degree in sculpture from the University of Northern Iowa. Even before school, Lorenson knew he wanted to work with…