Church Fathers

from my immediate family, teachers, and extended family to push myself to become who I am today. My parents both had businesses of their own; my father owning a trucking business and my mother having a dance studio. They both worked long hours everyday to be able to provide for our family. My parents have always been people to teach by example. My father would never just let me watch when he was teaching me how to perform something. He has always made me do it myself so…

is all for him. He always motivated me in many ways. The day I found out he had cancer my heart sunk. He was everything to me, and it is like I took right after him. I have his personality, kindness, goofiness, and everything else all in one. My father was one of those men who really did not like going to see a doctor. Some nights he would lay down and when he did he would have this strange dry cough. My mother would get on to him about getting to a doctor, but he was hard headed pretty much.…

to the Lord forever, or walk away for good. That day, I was an angry, broken, frightened eleven year old child. All I wanted was my daddy, and for the first time in my life he wasn’t there. My aunt thought it would be a great idea to take me to church on that Tuesday afternoon. Aunt Mary signed Jessica, my older sister, and I up for religious education classes. “This will be a good way to take your mind of things, mija [meaning daughter/friend/child with an expression of love tied in], she…

My identity has been shaped by my mother’s and sisters’ example in living the gospel. My mother’s knowledge of the scriptures and application of them into her life developed the basis of my identity. My eldest sister’s involvement in uplifting church music helped me to develop such wonder musical talents. My second eldest sisters faith and testimony of Jesus Christ was an essential development of my identity, making me who I am today. My mother was such a wonderful example in the way that she…

and not trust anyone but the Greasers. He also felt very insecure because his parents never cared about him and made him think he was not useful. Also, johnny was very risky though, because he ran into the church they were staying at to hide from the police after he killed Bob. Later the church was on fire and Johnny saved some kids that were in the fire and he also died because of that risk he took. Johnny was a fearful, insecure, risk taker because of the way he was treated by other people…

presents Martin Luther as the voice of the religious reform movement against the abuses of the Church of Rome. Martin Luther's revolt against the church was an attempt to put an end to “the misery and wretchedness of Christendom” (Friero, Pg. 475). Hence he insisted that the way to find peace with God was through having heartful faith in God. Thus this idea contradicted some of the corrupt behaviors that the church was practicing such as indulgences. Consequently, Martin Luther’s attempt to…

In her book Longing for Daddy: Healing from the Pain of an Absent or Emotionally Distant Father, Monique Robinson, pastor of women’s discipleship and a pastoral counselor at Faithful Central Bible Church, explains that daughters long for something they cannot articulate— the need for a father, for his love “defines [her] femininity, shapes her character, affirms her identity, and validates her womanhood” (Robinson 120). A father’s paternal obligation is to nurture and care for his daughter’s…

I was four years old my parents divorced. My sister (who was two years old) and I were far too young to really understand what was going on. Starting whenever my mother moved out, my sister and I were constantly switching homes between mother and father. I was equally close with both of my parents and I had a great relationship with them both. Although I had a great relationship with my mother, she had poor judgment when it came to boyfriends. With that being said, I spent most of my childhood…

abusive-alcoholic-father. She knew she wasn't like her seven other sisters, afraid, or willing. She wasn't going to be like them. She was…

hard work at 12 years old. Shaw’s father left most of his family alone in Michigan. She stepped in to preserve her land when her older brother got sick. In her young adulthood she attended high school while living with her sister in Big Rapids, Michigan. She was insistent on going to college. She started to preach at this time too, her family disapproved. She did it anyway,…