Apostles' Creed

A person loses twenty dollars on the street, and another person picks it up for them. This may be seen as a simple act of kindness, but that twenty dollars could have been all the money that person had. In a way, the person who found the money is a hero for the person who lost the money, so their kind act becomes a heroic one. That person's kindness could be thought of as compassion because the sympathy they felt for the person who lost that dollar allowed them to pick up that dollar and return…

Local Fire Departments Will Take to the Diamond to Support Charity Pi Sigma Epsilon is hosting a softball tournament for fire departments to support the Iowa Burn Association. Cedar Falls, IA: At this time, Pi Sigma Epsilon, a local student marketing and sales organization at the University of Northern Iowa, is proud to announce that its members will be hosting a softball tournament to support charity on October 21st. The event, Blaze of Glory, will feature an all-afternoon softball tournament…

1. The first type of involuntary action Aristotle describes is those done under compulsion, where the individual is not in control of what is happening. In other words, external cause is the only factor that contributed to one’s actions. The latter type is involuntary actions done through ignorance. This is dependent on the degree of one’s ignorance; ignorance that isn’t one’s fault is considered excusable, and it does not include willful ignorance, ignorance of the law, and recklessness or…

This blogs discusses the journey of a Lebanese immigrant who helped found St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Danny Thomas was born on January 6, 1912 in Michigan, USA. His parents were immigrants from Lebanon. Danny’s dream was to become a famous actor in the entertainment business. (St.Jude Children's Research Hospital, 2010) Danny was a charitable and religious man. At one time during prayer, he donated his last 7 $ for charity. However, Danny had bills to pay but no money, so he…

The acceptance of evil or theodicy within our modern world, has become questioned more and more as we as citizens of the world and children of God are constantly exposed to the terrors of religious fanatic’s, murderers, and tribes of kidnappers around the globe. The phrase, if God is all powerful, all knowing, and all good, how can that same God allow evil to exist and for bad things to happen to good people? Some authors have even attempted to answer this question directly, there is at…

What the early Christians made of the resurrection can be gathered from the letters of Paul, the Gospels, and the Acts of Apostles. It is quite a complex picture; did they believe that Jesus had undergone a spiritual or physical resurrection? The earliest sources that I could find about this is from the letters of Paul. His belief in the resurrection of Jesus is based on a vision…

Kate is the maiden daughter of Baptista Minola. She is widely believed to be a “shrew” by many. A “shrew” is a label given to hot-tempered, aggressive women. Shrews tend to have quite the tongue. Early on in this play, the audience witnesses constant insults directed towards the male characters around her. She also performs physical acts of anger against the men who provoke her. Kate does not act like a shrew because that is who she is; she acts like one because she is unhappy and desperate. Her…

POWER STRUGGLE IN LORD OF THE FLIES Power is believed to be the only thing stronger than fear. When Lord of the Flies was published in 1954 the novel is considered to be about humans that are inherently evil and when given power, how they choose to use it. Golding demonstrates this through the use of characterization examining Jack and Ralph as individual characters; symbolism is used to illustrate the power in the novel; and lastly, the conflict/dialogue between Ralph, Jack and its effects on…

Women and Prostitution Right or Wrong Introduction In the articles “ Prostitution Demeans Women and Prostitution Can Benefit Women,” prostitution became the subject of great controversy. One side argues that prostitution is a choice and provides them with money, independence, dignity, and freedom. On the other side of the argument it, states that, prostitution promotes the demeaning of women and the way that women are seen as sex symbols and sexual gratifications. Prostitution has…

The Abundance of Service If there was ever one thing to make someone happy, unconditionally happy, it would be service. While not drinking alcohol, smoking, or doing drugs are very important, service is something that does not just help oneself but also another person. It’s like a double whammy! Large acts of service can sounds hectic, overly ambitious, even scary, but those scary things are not the only possible size of service. ur Lord and Savior, Christ the Redeemer, used active love to help…