Minister

This post will identify a set of criteria which to use to evaluate the effectiveness of a sports coach, a teacher, and a senior pastor referred to henceforth as leaders. Each of the items will be listed in order of highest priority to least. Next, the item will be justified along with how each item difference from each leader. Lastly, how each of these criteria can be measure will be looked at. This post is written from my personal perception of the job of these individuals and the roles that…

Preacher Without a Pulpit Preachers are respected figures of the religious community. I had a chance to follow Pastor William Reed for a week and got to learn more about the man that I see on Sunday mornings. It’s hard to picture the man behind the preacher, but after a few days I realized that my preacher is a man of God but more man than expected. As time went by and the questions were asked I got an incite of his life with and without a pulpit. Many times, people get it in their mind that a…

In Dorothy West’s The Wedding parents are the deciding factor. They determine the future of their half of the tree. Their ideals are instilled and then passed on from child to child. The evolution of the Coles family begins with Preacher. His life’s work is the improvement of the Coles’ brand. He becomes a preacher, influencing a white community he might not have been able to converse with otherwise. Preacher becomes aware that he cannot rise to the top in one lifetime, but rather, over many.…

BLOG POST Walking in the first day, I was very nervous but I felt very excited at the same time for my future. Me and my parents were welcomed into the James River Youth building by a crowd of sophomores that were chanting may name. I saw some familiar faces that i have met over the years and that made it all the more exciting for me. One of my best friends, Daneisha, was one of those faces and she took my picture for my student ID. This was her job because she was in the Communications…

Prime Minister vs American President The head of Government, or leader of a country, is thought to be the most powerful and influential member of a nation; yet, in a democratic nation, their power only stretches as far as their constitution and election outcomes permits. The people they choose to aid them in implementing their ideas and the congressional power their party holds, both tie in to the actual power a leader has to propose and employ their promises. When comparing two democratic…

approach to providing pastoral care and serving in Christian leadership in contemporary society. Nouwen provides a great overview of the wounds and suffering that plagues modern society, the current generation, individual people, and the Christian ministers who are called to serve those in need. (Nouwen, 3) In describing the challenges of modern society, Nouwen asserts that today’s society: views the world differently than previous generations, has a fluid set of ideologies that often change…

Prime Minster of Canada and the President of the United States Many people think that President of the United States has more power than Prime Minster of Canada. However, when we look at the constitution of both countries, we can see that Prime Minister of Canada has more power in his or her country than President of United States does. When we want to compare and differentiate the power of both Prime Minster of Canada and President of United States, we need to look at their system of…

In “The Minister Black Veil” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Mr. Hooper who is the minister of his church, wears, black veil, hiding a secret from the town people and his fiancé Elizabeth. As readers get further into the story you start to question if Mr. Hooper, and that he could possibly be hiding a secret sin. Other readers might think he simply trying to send out a message to his readers, by wearing the black veil. The reader can comprehend that the minister, from…

he First Minister (FM) in Scotland is the head of the Scottish cabinet and has responsibility for the formulation, development and presentation of Scottish government policy. These roles- and numerous additional ones- indicate that the FM does, in fact, play an important roles within the Scottish Parliament. This essays main focus will be to evaluate the FM's importance; specifically, his importance in regards to decision making within the parliament and consequently within Scotland itself. The…

When comparing “Sinner’s in the hands of an angry God” and “Minister in the black Veil.”you must analyze their themes. In Jonathan Edwards's sermon he uses metaphors and similes to put the fear of God into his congregation. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a short story to to show that nobody can escape a sin. Nathaniel uses a more effective way to get his point across to his congregation. Hawthorne’s parable is about a puritan minister (Mr. Hooper) that began to wear a black veil “Swathed about his…