Ten Little Indians

What is religion? Spirituality? Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. Spirituality is defined as the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things. For many individuals, religion and spirituality are intimately connected, but for some they are so connected that they become indistinguishable from one another. My purpose is to personally distinguish the two, and…

heaven, nirvana, or any other afterlife. In Judaism, they have what they call “The Ten Commandments”, which were laws or rules handed down to Moses by God. Some of the Ten Commandments were, “You shall not kill”, “ You shall not steal, “You shall not commit adultery”, and other basic rules that proved Jews were faithful men or women (doc 1). The Jewish believers were to live their lives attempting to follow as many of the Ten Commandments as possible. Almost all religions express peace. For…

Sabbath Exodus 20:8 states “Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy” (NIV). Though the Sabbath is vital piece of spiritual formation and a command from God, the author has unfortunately been very poor at observing one. Life is busy. With one child at school and one at home, spouse working at the church, being a pastor of a church that has multiple services on Sundays and nearly every week activities on nearly every day of the week, the author has found it difficult to not only take personal time…

Indian conflict played a significant role in the founding of the United States, starting almost immediately after Christopher Columbus’s landing in the Americas. When the Spanish settlers arrived in the “new land”, they brought crops, livestock, and advancements in weaponry from their homes; this increased violence between tribes and brought new diseases/invasive species to the Native’s land. Along with bringing physical representation of Europe, the Spanish brought religion, offering…

The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian was written by Don C. Talayesva. In this book, Don Talayesva talks about his way of life as a Hopi Indian and the hardships of his life. He also mentions the different rituals their culture has and the reasoning for all of the ceremonies. When Don is first introduced to the reader he is talking about when he was in his mother's womb. He and his family believe that Don was a twin but Don’s mother told the doctor how she only wanted one kid. The doctor…

It is common for people of the first world to wander from their place of home to consume food that might not be completely natural to them. Some do prefer to stick to what they know, but others like to experience something new and fresh. I, personally, enjoy going out to eat. I like trying foods that I don’t normally have prepared for me at home. In that, there are places that I like to visit more than once, because I can appreciate the service, ethnicity, and quality of food that they offer.…

form. Her hands folded around my back, and drew me closer. I felt my body shake, crying for the missed time we will never make back, crying to release the tension of these ten long years. “Come with me. There is something I want to do.” We walked home. Mum was spread out on the leather sofa, with martinis, watching an Indian…

Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. America isn’t a promised land, nor is it a hodge-podge of everyone who wanted a different life from the norm. It’s a hypocrisy, from the roots to the leaves. The first time I realized this was the summer of my sophomore year of high school. The day in question, August 9th, didn’t start out any different for me. I woke up to the early morning peeking and browsed the internet, as any teen with a free summer day on their hands does. I had only just…

Years’ War, the British and French military were able to witness firsthand the savagery of the Native American tribes. The Europeans, who primarily practiced what they called “civilized warfare”, found the Indians style of fighting much too barbaric. Instead of face to face combat, the Indians liked to use surprise tactics and ambushes. Many of the Europeans found this style of fighting cowardly, that they could not face their enemy in combat face to face. But this did not at all halt the use of…

Since the birth of the NCAA, college athletes have been battling the fight of whether they should be able to receive a salary when they play a sport at the Division One level in college. Universities on average earn millions of dollars of revenue from these athletes, but the athletes that make this revenue possible do not earn any money. College athletes should be compensated for their skills and for the attention and revenue that they bring to their college during the years that the athlete…