Sacred

Unmeet Need Here at Sacred Heart Hospital there is a dire need for education for the parents of premature and at risk newborns. Premature and at risk newborns must be handled very delicately because they are particularly fragile at this point of their lives. In order for a parent or family member to interact with the newborn they must be taught how because of their fragile state. The nurses are busy making sure the baby receives all the care it need in order to survive, therefore they do not…

Eboo Patel’s Sacred Ground is nothing if not thought provoking. Patel’s has succeeded in his mission to enlighten and challenge his readers’ beliefs about Islamic faith, religious prejudice in America, and personal/civic responsibilities. The lessons Patel teaches his readers come about through his captivating storytelling. Patel has used the narration of his life’s story and work to teach the significance of interfaith understanding and action. Throughout this, we meet the inspiration movers in…

created differently. Also, we will seek and find God in various and different ways. We are hardwired to love God. There is no one formula of what loving our heavenly father should look like. Gary Thomas unpacks this much debated topic in his book Sacred Pathways. Thomas unfolds nine specific spiritual temperaments. He elaborates on what it means to be a naturalist, sensate, traditionalist, ascetic, activist, caregiver, an enthusiast, a contemplative, and an intellectual. Each chapter goes in…

In “Interpreting the Sacred,” William E. Paden does not answer the what is religion question, in fact he does the opposite. Paden challenges the reader to ask why IS religion and to question how one can even define religion. It was an interesting read that discussed the difficulties in studying religion, and the challenges we all face with religion in our everyday lives. Paden poses the idea that our individual worldviews and lives shape religion, not just in the sense of how we ourselves…

Matthew Richard Schlimm, who wrote “This Strange and Sacred Scripture” raises a plethora of questions to sections of the Bible people have always thought to have had answers too. As someone who has always taken the Bible at face value and believed everything to be true; both the Old Testament class and Schlimm’s book make me question what I truly know as a fact from the Bible. Both the class and the book make me wonder why God did certain things in a particular way too. One of the first topics…

The term myth in the sacred scriptures has been unclear in recent times. In the West we are thought to understand myth as associated with fictional stories like the Greek Gods but scholars here reject the view that myth is to be understood as prescientific error and have looked at its complex nature and functions. Myth tells a story, with moral and singular meaning, they also serve as the community’s key and helps explain the natural order of the community’s behavior. The proper definition of…

The short passage from the play Nothing Sacred by George F. Walker depicts a corrupt and misleading society in the reader’s mind. To begin with, serfdom creates a disjunction in the society where ‘serfs’ are considered a low class. For example, Arkady says, “This is a form of institutional punishment. One man has been given power by the state… the institution of serfdom,” (Walker). The Bailiff is allowed to enforce the law regardless of his violent personality, over a peasant such as Gregor due…

Around winter time last year I came across the “Sacred Heart Church” and within their community was a building that had a very well organized organization that aids immigrants that wanted a better life. As soon as I realized what the cause was I jumped right in and assisted with what I could The process of helping was sponsoring a family by getting them an entirely new wardrobe from head to toe while they eat a hot meal, then they shower and change. While they are waiting for the bus to come to…

In The Sacred Romance, by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge, new concepts were brought into my point of view about the pilgrim’s heart, intimacy, and arrows. Because of Curtis and Eldredge, I have looked back on my life on many experiences and took notice of how my life has been changed. In the chapter entitled On the Road (page 144) the concept of having a pilgrim’s heart is brought up. Having a pilgrim heart means to be alone so that you can understand the truth. When I question God’s plan, it…

In The Cultural Ecology of India’s Sacred Cattle, Marvin Harris describes the Hindu sacredness of cows as being more influenced by economy than theology. He calculates the economic advantages and disadvantages of cows and the consequences of illegalizing cow slaughter, without considering the possibility that these may have come from theology. In the first paragraph, Harris admits that he has never been to India and all of his research is based off of reading. He admits this may lead to some…