Chaplain

The culture of an organization is made up of the values and beliefs that are shared by the members of the organization (Huber, 2010, p. 56). Values are an integral part of the culture. They are concepts or beliefs that regulate or guide behaviors or events. Core values are those values that overtake most other values in the organization’s value system. They support the organization’s mission as well as the vision. Core values guide organizational decision-making and do not change. Additionally,…

The Boxer Rebellion in the 1900s was a group of northern Chinese peasants who aimed to drive out any foreign influences from Japan and the West. They killed Christians, destroyed property, and claimed to work with magic that would protect them. They were rebelling against the upper class, by whom they felt threatened. They used natural causes, like the lack of rainfall and fierce winds, to justify their mission and expand their influences and destruction. Attracting mainly young men to join them…

Catherine the Great Catherine the Great, Yekaterina Alekseyevna in Russian, was bound to the heir to the Russian throne at the young age of 14. Sophie Friederike Auguste Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst was a German- born princess. At the beginning of her reign, she overthrew her husband Peter after he began cheating on her. Now without Peter she accomplished several things for Russia and was a principal leader of the Russian Royal Family. Being born German and ruled Russian Catherine the Great is a…

Imagine being born in the 1840s while slavery was happening around America. While we are imagining this also imagine that you are the black child born into this slavery and having to go through the beating and mistreatment while growing up. Later in life as an African American you must go through segregation, Jim crow laws, fugitive slave act, the civil war, the 14th and 15th amendment and lastly the black codes. Now no one wants to ever go through this as child or as an adult, but there was a…

Though life is often suggested to be of high complexity and fragility due to the infinite possibilities that come and go quickly, many of us fail to recognize how, sometimes, even the most common everyday conversations reveal how simplistic life may actually be. “Finals are killing me, I’m dying so hard on the inside right now.” or “I live for KPOP because like...Lee Jinki and Victoria Song are literally perfection. ” are examples of phrases that any person would use as a way of self expression.…

The military serves to protect the people of the nation away from harm and “To free the oppressed” or “De oppresso liber” as their motto goes (Brown), but does the means of inhumane treatment oppression of the soldiers and disregard for morality justify a means to an end? In Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, a story unfolds the events of a bomber captain named John Yossarian as he tries his hardest to avoid combat and an untimely death on and off the battlefield, portrayed with dark humor and…

Irish author and satirist Jonathan Swift describes the nation of Ireland in poverty. In his essay “A Modest Proposal”, Swift speaks of a nation that has plenty of rich people who could help all of the other who are severely in need yet refuse to help anyone. Maybe it's in the fear of overspending their thousands to billions of dollars.Swift reveals his opinions on the matter of poverty through “A Modest Proposal”. which was also written in his own way so he could twist his words and make England…

Pope Gregory VII Often considered one of the most influential and controversial popes of the Middle Ages, Gregory VII became pope after a long career in the papal court. Historians have claimed that the papacy of Gregory VII is so important and must be emphasized, they have coined the term “Gregorian Reform”. Gregory VII played an important role in Europe during his time, and was a major contributor both before and after his election to the reform. When discussing the biography of Pope Gregory…

tells about Jung 's life experience and his work life. This book is very well written and made Jung to look like the hero of his own story. Carl Gustav Jung was born in Kesswil Switzerland to parents Emilie Preiswerk and Paul Jung. Paul was appointed chaplain at Friedman mental hospital in 1879 after Carl was born. This book goes through Jung 's life and studies. Hayman writes about Jung’s unusual time with his patients and the experiences he had that brought Carl to his beliefs and studies. He…

Many people may not know that The Civil War was also known as, “The Boy’s War”, and there is a reason behind that name. It is said that at least 100,00, or 20%, of soldiers in the civil war were under the legal age of eighteen (PBS.org). Both the Union army and Confederate army loosely followed that rule. It seems as though the Confederate ignored this rule more than the Union. According to Confederate Cavalrymen of the Civil War, “The men ranged in age from a bottom limit of 13 and an upper…