Proverb

Introduction Have you heard of the old African proverb “the old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth” (Akan, Ghana)? Solidarity, unity, inter-communities, and family relationships among West Africans have been known for thousands of years. Family and community play an important role in traditional West African culture. The traditional value of family and community breeds the harmonic communal culture. West…

CURRENT STATUS: Rosa Lee’s typical daily activities include waking up, although wanting to stay in bed, she can’t. Rosa Lee describes having stomach pains that awaken her early every morning, as they do many heroin addicts. The cramps begin at 6:30am and linger until she can get to the city drug-treatment clinic for her fifty-five milligram dose of methadone. She describes not having an issue with waking up early because she enjoys utilizing the extra time to make herself look nice. Due to Rosa…

For words have power, as proverbs points out: “The tongue hath the power over life and death” (New King James Version Prov. 18:21). This is signifying the importance of what you say even to the point where you can change a life by your words. The truth of this verse was demonstrated…

We have all heard the saying “never give up,” whether it is from a book, from a teacher, from a coach, or from parents; one could say it is cliché. This saying is quite simple, but it is an entirely different challenge when it comes to carrying it out. While facing what seems like insurmountable odds, we cannot help but just break down. In Tony Dungy’s memoir Quiet Strength, Dungy takes the reader through his life as a devout Christian from being a complete failure to become the first…

make sure they have their eyes set on the correct one. This topic of setting your eyes on the Lord rather than the possessions of the earth comes up multiple times, especially in Proverbs 17:24, which reads, “The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.” (ESV Proverbs 17:24). The overall theme would be those who choose to…

The Igbo and Yoruba cultures strongly relate to each other because they are the two most popular tribes in Nigeria. They are the two most known ethnic groups other than Hausa and Fulani cultures. The Igbo and Yoruba cultures are closely related and will make one culturally aware of Nigeria’s way of life through their background, history, music, religious beliefs, political structures, and traditional marriage. The Igbo and Yoruba are two of the most diverse cultures in Nigeria. The evolution…

Coaching Missionaries & National Pastors By D. J. Mingo Regularly, people describe me as a missionary counselor. To be sure, we offer biblical counselling to our missionaries and their national pastors. When preferring the term “coaching” a disconnect often follows. Professional Christian Leadership Coaching is a wonderful tool helping our missionaries discover their Kingdom Potential for their lives and ministries. In Matthew 6:33, Jesus commanded us, “Seek first his Kingdom of God, and…

Edward Said once wrote “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift between a human being and a native place, between the self and it’s true home: its essential sadness cannot be surmounted,” however Said also stated exile can be “a potent, even enriching” experience. The Poisonwood Bible, a novel written by author, Barbara Kingsolver, features a young girl, Leah Price, who experiences exile in both of these manners and is completely changed…

My business which would be called the FF Facial Defense. This company would be designing a better SCBA, Self Containing Breathing Apparatus, face mask and would be located in the state of Pennsylvania As a firefighter I have seen turn out gear that was able to withstand up to five hundred degrees for five minutes or 1,200 degrees of heat for 8 minutes. However, I have learn from my fire academy instructor and from pictures that our face mask is not able to withstand 450 degrees of heat, but…

The topic of this paper is to determine whether spanking your children is good or bad. Spanking can be justified. One of the main reasons parents spank their children would be to instill proper behavior in a disciplined manner. It’s not to hurt the child but to teach them the appropriate way of being respectful towards authority. Which could make a huge impact on their lives when they become adults. There are different opinions based on this topic that causes an up roar in cultures and different…