Intersection

My journey of discernment has been a ten year long journey. As a child, I always found myself questing faith and the traditions of Lutheranism as a way to dive deeper into understanding the Bible and Lutheranism. As I have matured, I have continued to discern my call through my various experiences that have been fostered by the Lutheran Church. All of these experiences have helped to foster inside of myself the call to serve the ELCA. Through these past ten years, I have felt we as a church need…

The City of New York has been described as both crushing and hopeful, the gauntlet through which some of America’s greatest players have passed. From Alexander Hamilton to the man who revived his fame, Lin-Manuel Miranda, this city has extracted the raw talent of it citizens much in the way of a French press makes coffee, with boiling heat and then indomitable pressure. The city does not waste. It does not waste time, or resources, or space; like concentrated solution it seemingly pulls awe…

Loper In the year of 2016 my family and I were moving and our black lab Loper had to stay with my grandma and grandpa when we were showing our house. While Loper was at my grandparents house he had a couple of adventures. Also Loper has separation anxiety from my dad. This is the story of my dog Loper. While we were showing our house in Frederick our dog Loper couldn’t stay in our house so my grandparents said that they could watch loper for us. Our house was showing Loper had to stay at…

In what is to follow, this reaction paper will deconstruct and discuss the reading Feminist Framework Plus: Knitting Feminist Theories of Rape Etiology Into a Comprehensive Model, written by Beverly A. McPhail (2015). The foremost intention of McPhail’s work was to present a holistic feminist centered framework, which she believed would more accurately capture the reality and experience of rape. In doing so, the proposed framework would provide further insights for survivors, researchers,…

should also be noted that while there, the protestors were attacked by state-sanctioned military in an attempt to build a pipeline financed through a private company. “Separately identifying and addressing the intersection of sets of social relations” through analyzing similar project intersections becomes a method of re-creating identity away from the nation-state framework and imperialist context (Walby). Intersectional activism in BLMs is also apparent in the support for anti-capitalistic…

I have given much thought to my journey and exposure to preaching. I have to admit that most of the preaching exposure I had growing up is quite different from my current theological and personal understanding of what preaching is or ought to be, if it is going to be effective. Growing up in a legalistic environment, most of the preaching I heard depicted God as some type of warden ready to punish people at the first sign of misbehavior. Most of the preaching revolved around the do’s and…

It is not directly connected to our sexuality and there are multiple intersections with other identities. There is gender identity, which is how we perceive or think about our own gender and it may not match what our gender is when we are born. Gender expression is how we perform what is felt inside and express it to the world. As said before, there are different intersections that go into this, “Gender as a process involves multiple patterns of interaction created and…

way, or the most enjoyable, even though I’ve traveled every possible route via Google maps. I decide to stay on this street for now, as a long detour would worry my friend. We continue forward. The night is warm and inviting. As we approach an intersection, I note the large, pillared building to my right. It is a Catholic Church, Paroisse Saint-Pierre du Gros Caillou. The parish stands in obstinate objection to the infringement of luxury stores taking over the street. The sidewalk alternates…

One in three children aged 2 to 15 years old are classed as overweight or obese (The Lancet, 2016). These shocking levels led the UK government to introduce a soft drink levy, with supporters including Jamie Oliver. Being a demerit good, the harm sugar does tends to be ignored (Schroyen, 2005), which has led to over indulgence, particularly in the form of sugary drinks as they are not thought of as on par with chocolate or cake. The problem is that sugar is a good which maximizes utility in the…

On Friday, April 27, 2018, at 2228 hours I was dispatched to a vehicle accident involving a possible DUI at 51st Ave S and S 296th St. Enroute, Dispatch advised the suspect vehicle was traveling eastbound on S296th St. The suspect vehicle had been involved in a hit and run. The Reporting Party and victims to the hit and run, Anthony Sibaja, was following the suspect vehicle, which was driving very slowly. The vehicle is a blue Chevrolet truck, WA/C95251D. Dispatch advised the suspect…