The Old Gringo

Depression in Older Adults Mental health was once a topic rarely addressed or even discussed. Over recent years depression has gained serious recognition as an illness and is the center of countless studies and awareness campaigns. With great amounts of time being spent on the topic of depression the elderly population often gets neglected when talking about this issue. Depression affects people of all ages and it is important to understand depression as it is present in our aging population.…

Did God accept polygamy? Why then would He choose to bless the Old Testament leaders who seemed to have performed polygamy? It is easy to misinterpret that in God blessing them, it portrays that He promotes such a practice. But that argument is farthest from the truth. The leaders in question, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were blessed because our God is a gracious God. It is not what they had done that warranted God’s blessings. The majority of society today condemns the practice of polygamy.…

reach the lost for the Lord Jesus Christ. Reaching those who do not know Christ can be done through both local and global missions. This paper will establish a biblical and theological basis for global missions. God has revealed Himself both in the Old Testament and the New Testament as a missionary God. He has sent His Son to die for the world and reconcile people to Himself from every nation, tribe, and tongue. This is the work of God and He is to receive all the glory. Missions is…

foundation for countless cultural movements and works of art. One such work was rooted in this question by its author through perhaps the most outstanding use of allegory found in modern literature. This text, Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea,…

preached that any of his staff could be like him: he never took responsibility for their subordinates by giving them the power to perform. Through these powers and responsibilities they lead immortalized his achievements across a book that added old lessons of the Old Testament with the title of the New Testament, the Gospel of Jesus. Shewed no power to influence people and make them follow you or accept your ideas and experience: only influenced people with the truth hidden in their own…

Bible, there are countless stories of people telling of the good news of God and His Son. In the Old Testament, the prophets tell of the King’s coming and in the New Testament, we hear of people telling what Christ has done for us. Very early in the Old Testament we see that God had his hand in the area of missions. Missions is not just an idea that man thought out, but it is seen all through the Old Testament…

For the cardiovascular assessment the client was maintained in a supine position with the head elevated 30 to 45 degrees for the auscultation and palpation of the carotid vessels and for an inspection, palpitation and auscultation of the precordium. The client was then asked to sit up and lean forward for the auscultation heart sounds; S1 and S2 auscultations are normal and distinct with noisiest sound at the apex of, the pattern and rhythm were normal, no split in sounds or accentuated sounds.…

everyone and knowing how to age ‘normally’ and healthily is very important. The purpose of this interview is to investigate how adults develop emotionally, physically, intellectually, socially and psychologically. Methodology The interviewee is 64 years old, female and currently residing in Aurora,…

John Locke born on August 29, 1632, was an English philosopher who is well known for his theory of mind. In Chapter XXVII: Identity and Diversity, John Locke begins by saying that we only have ideas of three substances which are God, finite intelligence, and bodies. John Locke then goes on to state that personal identity also has to to do with the the string of consciousness and has nothing to do with remaining the same substance or matter which is either physical or mental. John Locke states,…

The Journey of Growing Old The American writer Betty Friedan once said: "Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength." It was interesting to have the opportunity of interviewing someone in the late adulthood stage because it gave me insights to understand my mother and the challenges she may be facing during her journey of growing old. The person I interviewed for this paper is a white male age 58 named Wayne. Wayne was born in Seattle, Washington. He was raised in a…