Grandma Moses

God is teaching the Israelites a lesson through allowing them to go against his wishes and having a king of his choice. This lesson can be seen through the two kings in the books, Saul and David. These kings are very different and their lives teach a lesson about Israel’s relation with God. God knows his people are rejecting him as their ruler, therefore he decides to teach them a lesson through allowing them to have a secular king. He tells Samuel to forewarn the people about having a king…

There is no question that the ancient Israelites were easily distracted and worshiped deities other than Yahweh. However, how they got to the point of idolism and the consequences of it are a less know fact in today’s world. Also, the general understanding of the specific practices and who all was a part of this idolism in ancient Israel has become more clear with recent discoveries. Unfortunately, because this is of ancient Israel’s culture not everything is obvious and many artifacts and much…

1. The book of Deuteronomy began at the end of when Moses had passed on which has him “giving the law.” It was introduced twice in two different parts of the book. There are two major keywords – Listen and Love. In Hebrew listen means more than just listening to what you hear it also means responding. In other words, for Israel, it means responding to God’s grace and obeying the laws of the covenant. While love is the true motivation for listening and obeying the laws. Israel will not obey…

I been working at Montefiore hospital for 17 years as a head cashier/office coordinator. I was hired as a cashier, but since Montefiore acquired other facilities in the past 5 years, I got promoted to the office coordinator where one of my job descriptions is to train and help out other cashiers with different issues. My daily duties include processing payments from different departments in order for the facility to check and balance. I check to make sure that each department proves out and…

Port of Call Port of Call, the French Quarter bar and grill was established in 1963 as a steakhouse. The restaurant is located on the historic and beautiful Esplanade Avenue in the French Quarter. Port of Call started out as a small quiet neighborhood restaurant open only at night. The menu consisted of primarily steaks. The chefs would grind up the steak scraps to make the hamburgers. Due to the chefs using steak scraps hamburgers were not a regular menu item. As time went on, Port of Call has…

earth, are revealied to each individual depending on their educational and cultural expreinces. All three poems To S. M. A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works, by Phillis Wheatley, Learning to Read, by Fances Ellen Watkins Harper, and George Moses Horton, Myself, by George Horton, express education heightening the human expreince. The authors are all grateful for their abilities, and appricate their gifs, but also lament the overwhelming struggles…

James Howe's "James Goldblatt is So Not Moses" is a short story about the highly enmeshed bar mitzvah of Jeremy Goldblatt. Unlike many others, Jeremy cares more about the experience and meaning, not what other people think or the presents he will receive. Even the rabbi said Jeremy's views were different than previous pupils and that he was a sweet kid who cares about what really matters. In an effort to be inclusive, Jeremey invites Candy Andy, a homeless vagrant who is considered "crazy" by…

Abstract art took centre stage and provided novel experience for the viewer. Leading exponent of the movement was Jackson Pollock who used a stick and dripped paint onto the canvas or sometimes splattered it directly from a can to create seemingly random patterns. People found it difficult to understand his works and hence the nick name “Jack the Dripper”. His most important work remains Blue Poles (1952). Other exponents of abstract art were Lee Kransner, wife of Pollock who created Cool…

have been able to find your way to the manger by just following the east star? Have you heard the one about God’s promise to Abraham? Candy Cane: The shape of this yummy candy is like a shepherd’s staff. What Shepherds do you know in the Bible? Moses, David, and Jesus talks about God caring for us like a shepherd cares for his sheep. Gingerbread (hu)man Cookies: This cookie reminds me of how very much God wanted to be close to his children again that he became one of us-he became human in…

at a distance. He would visit at Christmas time but wanted to see more of them. Ellie-Jo’s work schedule always got in the way. He felt jealous when he learned that Heather would spend some weekends with her grandma. She lived the same distance away from Ellie-Jo as Tank did. However, grandma had a car. The government took away Tank’s driver’s license when he had the stroke. It was impossible for Ellie-Jo to take her down for a visit then drive back up to work and then back to pick her up…