struck in the battle of nine-eleven. When George was younger his sister had died of leukemia. Considering George is a faithful man, He is raised an Episcopalian. From the dinner time table preaching about his devout father and because of the Episcopal parish life of his family. George W. Bush had to overcome one hardship in his life and use his faiths and beliefs to succeed in his presidency. As a child George W. Bush had many hardships. George lost his sister to a battle with advanced…
really fit in with everyone. Once I got to know and go to events with my friends after school, I felt more open to them, and it was easier to talk to them. Then, I wanted to feel more close to my friends, so I talked to my parents about joining the parish. My family became the first family to go…
In today’s world, there are many controversial issues in our country addressing somewhat recent events. One of the very key issues included in this plethora of hot topics includes the censorship of modern monuments and public displays of art works. Overall, evidence shows that it is in America’s best interest to not remove, but instead change its view on censorship. Recent occurrences have led to government officials questioning on what they should propose in order to appeal to more citizens on…
On page 63, Vladek and the other workers line up on a road. The Germans marched them to the main courtyard and made them form lines by name. Vladek's dream of Parish Trauma come true. After, Vladek got on a train, thinking that he was going to Sosnowiec. It turns out, the Germans were going to kill each and every one of them. Nazis thought that Jews, and other ethnicities, were not worthy. Because of this, they…
Augustine still hurt, and shook up, about what she had just heard, continued to run as fast as she could outside across the fields. She knew exactly the direction she was going, there was a special place were she would always go to think, clear her mind, and just relax. It was about a quarter of a mile east of the planation, under a huge oak tree that stood in the middle of a wide open clearing. Augustine, would immediately spot the tree, run to it and as she hug it, she slid down to the tree…
I moved from Burger High School out of my comfort zone to Independence Girls’ High School. The Tangipahoa Parish School Board though it was best to separate the black and white boys from the girls. My first of school reminded me of a scene I watched in a movie. The white parents threw objects at the buses and the police had to escort us to our classroom. Several…
A couple of days ago I was in my parish and I was asked about the Church’s position regarding the Middle East conflict and the persecutions to the Christians in Syria. Later that week, another person asked me about the ObamaCare law. And this past Sunday, a student from the religious education program told me that he doesn’t believe that God exist, because there is a lot of evil in the world. It is not easy to understand where God is when we see a lot of injustices, crimes, and evil in the…
Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel, North and South, sets the values of Southern England against those of the North in order to examine the principles of Victorian life through its public and private spheres. Gaskell’s characters inhabit a world that is complicated by social change, and through Margaret Hale, the novel’s protagonist, Gaskell is able to compare these spheres and consider the ways in which they become connected. In her article, “The Female Visitor and the Marriage of Classes in Gaskell’s…
So God created man in his image, in the divine image he created them; male and female he created them . . . On the sixth day, the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, so man became a living being . . . Then the LORD God said: “It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him” . . . So the LORD God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with…
Who am I, simply looking on the surface; how do others see me? I have been told, that I am intimidating with all of my tattoos, that I must be mean and like conflict. I have also been told that I resemble a pot smoking hippy; for me this is untrue, I am a mother of four amazing, delightful, and beautiful (predisposition mother) children that I adore dearly; ages going from eight-teen years old to twenty months old… Before college started, this is what solely defined me as my “SELF” or what I…