Lazarus

Mon mai longe liues wene, Ac ofte him lieth the wrench. Feir weder turneth ofte into reine And wunderliche hit maketh his blench. Tharuore mon, thu the bi-thench, Al schal falewi thi grene, Weilawei, nis king ne quene, That ne schal drinche of deathes drench. Mon, er thu falle of thi bench, Thine sunne thu aquench. (Lisle, “The Three Living and The Three Dead”) Having revised the concept of childhood from the Antique period up to the later Middle Ages, with special attention paid to the…

Venice was a diverse metropolis for its day and age full of powerful families and merchants desperately searching to make their mark. The social hierarchy, education systems, and charitable institutions were grounded in the humanism of the renaissance. While Venice was a political example for the rest of Italy in democratic style, nobility who clung to their aristocratic roots, created a diverse and integrated community, who clung to their religious morals in dealings with their community. The…

Harrison Ford: The Star System In Hollywood The Star System in Hollywood is what powers the rise of unknowns into household names and Hollywood fame. The Star, the actor and even the real person all play a role in the success and failure of an actor or actress, personas which in combination will be able to make or break a film before it is even released. Harrison Ford manages this expertly, a rough yet heroic star, a quick witted and dead pan actor, and the actual person hidden away from the…

1. Garments and Wineskins a. Luke 5:36-38 b. In this short parable, Jesus expresses that the message of God is a new insight that requires a fresh interpretation and way of thinking. 2. The Speck and the Plank a. Luke 6:39-42 b. Jesus warns His followers of being ignorant to their own doings when they criticize others who do the same thing(s) as the hypocrites. 3. A Tree Known by its Fruit a. Luke 6:43-45 b. In this powerful parable, Jesus explains that a person’s outside reflects what is on the…

The key problems that Ms. Jones may be facing in her new role as CEO of King Memorial Hospital are financial challenges which consist of government funding cuts, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, bad debt, decreasing inpatient volume, increasing costs for staff and supplies, and competition from other providers; health reform implementations consist of reducing operating costs, aligning provider and payer incentives, shifting to value-based purchasing, working with physicians more…

The responsibility of the female poet is two pronged: to “give name to the nameless” and “answer the received cultural imagination of the subject with something utterly different.” Sylvia Plath and Gwendolyn Brooks do it exceptionally well. Their poetry tackles subject matter vital to the task of complicating cultural imagined archetypes for women. Almost immediately, first line Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “The Mother” fulfills its responsibility of meeting culturally imagined standards with…

In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus is portrayed as the teacher. To Matthew Jesus is a teacher who is far greater than Moses or anyone ever was. Matthews Gospel was written and intended for the audience of other Jewish people since he was a Jew himself. This could be the main point that differentiates Mathew from the other Gospels because his audience was so heavily Jewish based. This Gospel is the beginning of the New Testament that sets up the other gospels that will follow even though much of…

The Gospel of John is one of the important synoptic books that has series of events that later culminate with the Raising of Lazarus. After that, there came the death and resurrection of Jesus. Having a wider description of the working of Jesus, forms the significant part of the Gospel hence, the need to understand more about its contents. There are different dates related to the gospel of John citing various arguments and pieces of evidence that individuals stand for while discussing the time…

Salahuddin Al-Ayubi - warlords who admired. Salahuddin al-Ayubi was born in 532 AH 1138 AD in Tarkit that part of the West Bank of the River Tigris, located between Mosul and Baghdad. His father, a governor named Najm bin Shadhin is the nephew of Sultan Nurudin Zenggi, Kurdistan descent who came from Azerbaijan. Aside from being a warlord, he was also a preacher and leader of the non-Muslim leaders of the Arab nation. During his lifetime, he was in a tent more war than live in the palace with…

“Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Or are we a nation that gives them a chance to make amends, take responsibility, and give their kids a better future.” (Navarrette, 3) This quote as in November 2014, Obama opens doors to the immigrants by giving them a chance to live the American life. Also back in 2008, President George W. Bush signed a Law called William Wilberforce…