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Ragamuffin Gospel Reflection Reading the Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning was a challenge; while I agreed with his thoughts and feeling the style in which it was written I found to be very cumbersome. Then this feeling of being critical of the writing made me feel guilty because the subject and the topic is so important and many individuals give the book very high reviews. I much prefer a local Springfield, Missouri author named Jennifer Rothschild; Jennifer is a nationally renowned author…

There were several important themes in Paul’s Epistles the three that are significant to my church and/ or personal life is as follows justification, grace, and faith. Justification has taken many years to totally understand for my walk with Christ. It has been really hard to grasp onto the fact that I do not have to do everything myself. All I have to do is give everything to Jesus and he will be there to help me through whatever it is that I am facing. Last year my husband was in a life…

If you would, please open your Bibles to Colossians 2. [Pray] Colossians chapter 2. We’re going to begin in verse 6. Before we start, I’m just going to warn you that there is going to be a large chunk of Scripture used here. But we be focused here in Colossians 2 almost the entire time, so it will be easy for you to follow along in your Bibles. Now, I want to give you a little background on the Colossians. I like to give historical context in my sermons because it is a tremendous help when…

There’s a lot of issues happening in Hawaii such as, Mauna Kea or the rail project on Oahu, but the homeless is much more severe and without a solution it’ll slowly cause Hawaii to crash. The islands are overpopulated, has a high economy, upset natives, beautiful lands being abused, and numerous of other issues branching off the single issue of homeless in Hawaii.…

In the frozen climate of Chicago, Richard Wright’s historical fiction novel called Native Son takes place. Bigger Thomas is a young African American man that grapples the challenge of living as a black man in America during the 1940s. Richard Wright effectively creates sympathy for Bigger by showing Biggers physical pain, along with the newspapers dehumanizing him, and by describing his family's condition. Wright uses the harsh winter climate of Chicago to inflict pain on Bigger multiple times…

Hawaii is nicknamed the “Aloha State”, because Hawaiian people are known for being welcoming and hospitable. “Aloha” means “hello” in Hawaiian. All different kinds of people travel from various parts of the country and the world to visit the Hawaiian Islands. Tourists travel here in order to enjoy the relaxing atmosphere and experience the diverse culture and beautiful nature. Hawaii is a unique state that has an enormous amount of diversity from its culture and people to its history and its…

back away from the situation or will attack the source of my fear. Multiply this fear by millions of people and society has events like lynching’s and burning of blacks, methodical starvation of the Irish or the Holocaust. Richard Wright’s novel Native Son is imperative to history and the lessons we should learn from the events of slavery and the Jim Crow laws. Unfortunately, those who need to learn from history usually are the ones who turn a blind eye and create their own detrimental events…

technology between digital natives and digital settlers. There are gray areas of that notion and many unique situations that contrast with that idea. In reality there is a difference between digital natives and settler at this time in regards to technology. A Digital Native is defined as, “They all have access to networked digital technologies. And they all have the skills to use those technologies” (Palfrey and Gasser 7). Being born after the 1980s, the digital native generation has evolved…

sister, Molly. Each individual comes with a different perspective of technology incorporated into their daily lives. Gardner, a “digital immigrant” in today’s world, has lived the majority of his life without technology compared to Molly, a “digital native”. Molly was born into a world dependent on technology such as cell phones, computers and tablets. Davis falls in the middle of Gardner and Molly as she transitioned from childhood to adolescence without the dependency of technology but…

The word voyaged that Tongans were similarly wave riders and their ruler, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, was a prestigious surfer. Everything changed when German and Scotland educators assaulted the land in 1821. They debilitated and even disallowed surfing among the Polynesians and Hawaiians. In light of this interruption, the religious routine of surfing generally vanished by the twentieth century. The surf, which breaks on the float round the river, connects with the partition of around one hundred…