Deacon

Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God? If so, you can be saved. Salvation begins with acceptance that Jesus Christ is your lord and savior, and you are to be brought unto him threw baptism. In Langston Hughes’s short story “Salvation”, he’s relating to the pressure of salvation brought upon children rather than being saved. “I was saved but not really saved” he says. He’s a young male in his teens who’s expecting for something unbelievable to happen. Perhaps Christ revealing himself…

Letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians. The letter explained how the Thessalonians should work and behave. She then says “The word of the Lord.”; the people reply “Thanks be to God.”, and then she puts her Bible away. The last reading is done by the Deacon. The altar boy and girl stand next to him, holding the candles they carried in at the beginning of the service. He says the reading is from The Book of Luke, and it talks about the signs and struggles that will happen before Judgement Day.…

For instance the church could have used Paul’s words that speak negatively about women to argue the point of not allowing there to be female deacons, priest or pastors and on the other hand leave out the verses or words in Paul’s letters that support women as deacons/ priests or that portrays them in a good light. One could even use Paul’s words to justify a patriotic way of life, for instance, those belonging to the Victorian ages could have supported…

Nathaniel Hawthorne is a well known American novelist and short story writer. He was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts and died on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. When Hawthorne was a child, he suffered a leg injury that left him unable to move for various months. During his paralyzation, he developed a “voracious appetite for reading and set his sights on becoming a writer” (Biography.com Editors). In the years that followed, Hawthorn was able to attend and graduate from…

taught him his faith. After meeting with Goody Cloyse, Goodman Brown hears the voices of the town ministers especially Deacon Gookin. Goodman shows signs of weakness in his faith when he “caught hold of a tree, for support, being ready to sink down on the ground, faint and overburthened with the heavy sickness of his heart” (Hawthorne). He was so astounded at the fact that the Deacon of his town was in the forest to worship the devil and participate in a satanic worship. At the black…

Most of Hawthorne’s critics feel as if “Young Goodman Brown” one of his best works. In my opinion D.C. McKeithan chooses to interpret Hawthorne’s tale by using an example of a man who is saddened into distrust by the sins of the people surrounding him. He is made skeptical and untrusting of others because of his own contributes into sin. McKeithan goes around this by mainly seeing that while there are a bunch of different interpretations, past critics have failed to realize some of the most…

Saint Charles was known for his countless works with charity. One of the charity works was that he ministered to the sick during a serious outbreak of the bubonic plague. He was an innovator of religious education so he did a "Sunday school" mainly for kids. His parish constantly does a variety of work with; Emergency Financial Assistance, Food Pantry, Jail Ministry, Borromeo Legal Project, ESOL, Health Fair, Circle of Caring, Turkey Dinners (Thanksgiving), Giving Tree (Christmas). Many…

a men’s meeting, with other churches, Deacon Simms motioned my way and said, “go teach the men about leadership from the bible.” That day is forever etched in my memory. Teaching from Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Arguably explaining that as a leader, you must believe that you can accomplish any task when God is your guide. I could use my bible for references being that I was the new kid. Once completed, Deacon Simms didn’t say a word, but his…

time for women, but they still suffer from not having equal rights as men and they continue to work hard to be seen as equals. In the Church, especially women are not seen as equal. In the hierarchy which includes the pope, bishops, priests, and deacons, there are no women. Because there are no women acting in these roles, females have no say in the church. They do not get to vote on important decisions like what should be considered doctrine or who the next pope should be. The only role a…

idea how different it truly would be. When we walked into the church, it was hard not to notice the giant white candle lit in the middle of the aisle way; my family nor I had any idea as to why it was there. The priest and deacon brushed on it…