New Horizons

Instead of using a personal experience, I want to write this chapter using a story directly from the Bible. In the sixteenth chapter of the book of Acts, we find two men imprisoned for their faith, yet praising God in the middle of the night. During their praises, the plot thickens: Acts 16:25-26 (ESV), “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison…

Finally black people were allowed in a white schools. Little Rock Nine: the first black students to enroll to a white school in 1957. Although they faced racial slurs and hate. This was the starting point of new opportunities stretching its horizon of acceptance. One senior out of Little Rock Nine became the first graduate from a white school on May 25, 1948: Ernest Green. Green became the assistant secretary of the Federal Department of Labor for President Jimmy Carter (“Integration…

Kevin Vanhoozer shares some affinity with Barth and Placher as well. His separation of theology and ethics I find most interesting because his premise, that scripture and its subsequent doctrine can best be understood as a script for dramatic performance. And yet somehow Vanhoozer separates the script and its performance, suggesting at various points throughout his book The Drama of Doctrine that both stand on their own. In Vanhoozer’s narrative approach, God the director is also the…

She went on to publish the critically acclaimed autobiography, Runaway Child, which chronicled the emotional events she experienced during her childhood. In 2003, she won the National Book Critics Circle award and the New York Times cited Runaway Child was, “a heartfelt piece that was both touching and inspirational.” After gaining much recognition for her work, Eleanor founded the “Stand Up to Abuse” campaign along with her sister, Maisie. This campaign gave a voice…

“I’m going on an adventure!!”, this is what Bilbo described himself as he was running off into a new world from the Hobbit. The same can be said about an American. Though how does one simply be an American? This question can be taken in several ways, however one easy way to describe it is by experiencing it firsthand. By going on an adventure like never before, seeing the beauty of nature as you spring down the path, making friends along the way. That is what being an American is all about.…

-11- Soul-Renewal Learning to Quiet Your Soul “Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.” Isaac of Nineveh “He restoreth my soul . . .” Psalm 23:1 (KJV) The Twenty-third Psalm is a well quoted passage of Scripture at funerals. This passage of Scripture has brought comfort to millions of grieving souls grappling with losing a loved one. I suppose there is no other passage better known nor more comforting than the Twenty-third Psalm.…

ESPN started with just two men when one, Bill Rasmussen lost his job as communications director for the New England Whalers in 1978. Bill’s dream, along with his son Scott was to change the way the news industry operated, and they did just that by creating the first 24-hour network, and the first to exclusively air sports news. The very first show to air was on September 7th, 1979, live from the ESPN studio. In 1983 they began to distribute programming internationally. After discovering that it…

AG: It’s safe to assume that everyone in this classroom has looked at some form of news at some point in your life, according to an article written by the MintPress News, 60% of information reported by Fox News in 2015 was false. 1. Aaron Blake, a writer for the Washington Post, stated that people only watch reported news that agrees with their political beliefs. 2. Meaning that the majority of news audiences are subjectively one-sided and don’t get both sides of the story, only the…

Bible, once again, God’s con-stitution is “alive” and “active;” it cuts more keenly than any two-edged sword, piercing as far as the place where life and spirit, joints and marrow, divide: It sifts the purposes and “thoughts” of the “heart.” End quote; New English Bible. In addition , in this book you will find exactly what is stated in the book of Ecclesia-stes, in the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures, chapter 12 verses 10 & 11; namely: “The Teacher, (the teacher in this case is…

Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1947, attended Columbia University during the 1960s and graduated with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in comparative literature. In the 1970s, Auster lived variously in Paris and southern France earning a meager living as a freelance reviewer and translator. . . he became known quickly as a novelist in 1985 when City of Glass—a book rejected by seventeen publishers before being accepted by Sun and Moon Press of Los Angeles— appeared to enthusiastic…