Pentecost

In America, talk of language is common and often tense. Opinions about who should speak what language when are everywhere from social media to the confines of my own family. The loudest voice seems to be the one that yells, “If you live in American you should speak American”. Our current political atmosphere is stoking that attitude because the strong opinion of current leading presidential candidates aligns with that sentiment. I feel there is a need to have an official language to maintain…

An extremely rare occurrence is on my calendar for this week. I get to have lunch with my dear friend, Lindsay. Our friendship extends over a decade, but due to the hustle and bustle of life, we have not connected in a while. I want to make the most of our time together, because I know this moment will be gone before I know it. As ridiculous as it may appear, I am deeply considering making conversation cards to assure our conversation if filled with as much intention as possible. As an…

As pointed, both the contemporary teachers of the Law and Jesus were very strict about adhering to the Mosaic laws, and neither of them would tolerate disobeying, bending, or misinterpreting them. However, Jesus was more about the real purpose of the Law, which as demonstrated in his sermons throughout the Gospels, was more about becoming intimate with God and being generous and compassionate to people around oneself. In fact, Jesus condemns some of the Pharisees as being brood of vipers, in…

the reverend gained an ability for him to sermonize with “sympathies so intimate” that the community connected with his sermons to a level that they were unable to with the other clergymen (134). He was said to have the “tongue of flame” from the Pentecost and was able to understand the community so well…

Motivation Traditional theories of personality are structural accounts of behavior and behaviorists look at past and present behaviors and do not refer to internal structures to account for behavior (Phelps, 2015). Strategies, plans, goals, values, and other constructs, are considered characteristic adaptations that are mainly associated with motivational aspects (McAdams & Olson, 2010). According to many personality psychologists, people are self-regulating and organize their lives around…

Mennonites first arrived in Canada in 1776. They had originated from German speaking countries making the German language on of their defining traits during that time. A census done in 2001 stated that 191,000 Mennonites live in Canada, and as of 2010 the largest concentrations of which lived in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Kitchener-Waterloo area. Over half of the Mennonite populations live in cities, mainly Winnipeg (Millette, 2015). Much is not commonly known about the Mennonite culture to those…

Pneumatology: For the kids: Lesson: There are three persons of God; God the Father, God the Son, and the third is who we will be talking about today. This is God the Holy Spirit! Do you ever feel like God is telling you something? Something like “You should invite your friend to church this week.” Or “You should go talk to that kid over there, they are having a hard day and need a friend.” When you hear or feel that, that is the Holy Spirit guiding you. God has a plan for us, but we don 't…

Baptism # 1 Today we want to take a look at the origins of what is refereed to as the Anabaptist. To do this we need to take a look at the background of Baptism (by water) in the early church and the Roman Catholic Church. http://andnowyouknowmore.blogspot.com It might be well that we take a little time about the subject of baptism. There are differing theology about this subject. For an Evangelical, baptism by immersion is a public sign that one has accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and…

the nave is the domes and pendentives that are full of art. There is a total of five domes, with the tallest of those being 329 feet tall. Inside these domes are the following mosaics: Knights of Columbus Incarnation, Redemption, Trinity (main), Pentecost, and another unnamed one. Past the nave is the transept. It is 240 feet across. On the roof of the west transept is a mosaic of Jesus, Mary, and the saints. And on the roof of the east transept is a mosaic of Creation, with God’s outstretched…

Feudalism was the embodiment of laws and customs that ruled economic, political, and cultural order of Europe after the reign of Charlemagne when a multitude of invasions by foreign powers all over Europe caused people to be willing to give up their rights and freedom for a measure of safety and security. Castles were made to protect the population, and the knights were the men who defended it. These knights would fight with their own horses at their own expense and in exchange for protection,…