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Rome was a city in ancient Greece that provided a great level of religious freedom. In the early days of Christianity many churches were in houses, many people were unaware that these places were Christian gathering spots. Although Christianity began as a secret, they were able to grow. In the first 300 years of its existence Christianity had many accomplishments; there was a sense of community surrounding Christianity. A strong bond was formed between the clergy and the rank and file. The…

with a referee, I asked if she had played water polo in her high school years and how it has changed in comparison to today’s game. “They are still out there working as a team and out there having fun, that is how it was for me.” (Jen). In the interview, her most stressed point was that the teams know they are a team and treat each other like they would family. That is exactly what the team I am apart of focuses on most and is why I am able to connect so well to the game and team I…

Halloween night when I was a younger girl I was told “The Night of the Cemetery.” My dads dad, so my grandpa, told me about it. He was Hughes in the story. He told me it was true and it wasn’t just some scary fake Halloween story told around bonfires to spook you before you go to bed that night, it was really true. One night my son asked me to tell him a spooky story to get him ready for Halloween night, I decided he was old enough to hear the story my grandpa told me around his age. So I sat…

The Move I have moved six times in the course of my seventeen years of living. Moving is fun getting to discover new places and meeting new people, but moving can also be very difficult having to leave close friends that you have grown very close to over the years. The toughest move yet has been from Nashville Tennessee to Birmingham Alabama. I had lived in Nashville for eight years and had started to think that we were never going to move again until the summer of my seventh grade year when my…

Over the Summer, I stayed with my best friend in Missouri. We had an exciting time on their boat. I learned how to play skip-bo, which can be very competitive. It was the first time I’d been so far from home without my parents. Spending time on the boat, playing cards and getting over my malady, in the hot Missouri sun, was one of the best times of my life. We went on the boat whenever it didn’t rain. One day, we decided to go tubing. Overall, it was great until the inner tube exploded, and…

On October 27, 312, Constantine prepared for battle against Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber River into Rome. According to tradition, Constantine looked up into the sky to see a blazing cross of light with an inscription that read, “in hoc signo vinces” (in this sign you shall conquer). Although Constantine was not a Christian, the sign of the cross—a prominent Christian symbol—led him to believe this to be a sign from the Christian god, and he ordered his…

I knew immediately that I wanted to give up social media for three days from the moment I read the details of the assignment. It was an easy choice for me because, it is something that I engage in every day. I am on my apps and my cell phone constantly. Perhaps even more than the average person should be. Checking my cell phone as I awake is a part of my morning ritual, and it happens subconsciously. I wake up in the morning and grab my phone to check Instagram and Facebook like it is the…

It was a normal Saturday afternoon, I was playing in the sandbox with my brother, Tommy. We had a dull crimson shovel, which was rusty from all the countless days it has been left outside. The sand was damp, from the storm the previous night. We took several breaks, as we wanted to dig the deepest hole that we could. Several feet down, we noticed a luminous glare. We thought we found treasure and we ran to get a camera. We finally dug out a deep enough enough the pull out the amulet. The…

My purpose of my research paper is to show how the rise of christianity played a role in the fall of Rome. When christianity first arose the government leaders and emperor thought of it as a threat. They believed that believing in one god (Jesus) and not the emperor would result in disloyalty to the emperor. And because of this threat of christianity the government would punish the people who believed in it. By execution or other harsh punishments. The government made all christians convert back…

Ben Bosma’s reputation as a renaissance man is substantiated by a simple Google search of his name. While this doesn’t necessarily surprise me in the least, what does surprise me is the number of achievements that Ben has been able to amass throughout his life that was revealed by the search. It was determined that Ben had an illustrious career as a United States Air Force pilot. He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1975 with degrees in aeronautical, astronomical, and mechanical…