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Eugene Peterson, most known for his authorship of The Message translation of the Bible, has revealed in an interview on Wednesday that if he were still pastoring today, he would perform a same-sex marriage if asked. In the interview with Jonathan Merritt of Religion News Service, Peterson was asked, "If you were pastoring today and a gay couple in your church who were Christians of good faith asked you to perform their same-sex wedding ceremony, is that something you would do?" To which he…

Innocent vs Guilty People often have pride in themselves, someone or something. Pride can be a wonderful thing and push someone to be all they can be but it also can be a destructive force. How can pride be a destructive force? In James Hurst’s short story, The Scarlet Ibis, Brother is innocent of Doodles death because he teaches his brother Doodle how to walk, and he becomes proud of Doodle. Brother is a seven year old boy with an infant brother Doodle. The doctors told him that he would…

cannot, but Brother forces Doodle to learn only because he is ashamed of what he cannot do. He believes Doodle is what he will become proud of. According to Brother, “ I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” (Hurst 3). The quote uses a metaphor to show that two products can come out of pride by comparing it to a vine.The pride Brother exhibited was beneficial when it increased the life expectancy of Doodle. His pride was then…

are columns of slick, brindled bark like muscular animals overgrown beyond all reason. Every space is filled with life: delicate, poisonous frogs war-painted like skeletons, clutched in copulation, secreting their precious eggs onto dripping leaves. Vines strangling their own kin in the everlasting wrestle for sunlight. The breathing of monkeys. A glide of snake belly on branch. A single-file army of ants biting a mammoth tree into uniform grains and hauling it down to the dark for their…

Throughout these long 17 years I have learned that human beings are bound to make mistakes and have flaws. And we love to feed off others mistakes and flaws , its what we do. Nobody in this world filled with 7.4 billion people is quote on quote "perfect". But yet everything we do or say, is judged and criticized. We want to be strictly politically correct while living in a politically incorrect world....But how is that possible when you are surrounded by everything politically incorrect? Do us…

The fox and the grapes is a beautiful fable written by Aesop. It is short but full of teaching and conflicts! The fox was thirsty and it found a bunch of grapes hanging from a vine, a great opportunity to quench thirst. Nevertheless, something happened with the fox that continued its way. There are some issues that fall under this fable, which could include perseverance, failure, greed and many more. In this assay, I will analyze the perseverance, the moment when we must go on, and the pride.…

Gardens in Colleges Man-kind creates such reminiscing beauty beyond garden gates. For this purpose schools should teach students to create their own gardens or to participate in one improving the environment. Gardening isn’t the most popular hobby, but it’s crucially beneficial. Grade schools fulfilled the mission of starting gardens and by doing so their produce and student involvement show as a success. The school and community around benefit with the plant life grown. Colleges can take it to…

People like to romanticize Hollywood, California with its shiny light and stars, but they love to romanticize old fashion Hollywood. For the Pantages Theater, this is where you get to feel like a star because when you see the bright light and the word Pantages Theater flashing then that how people know they are in Hollywood. The Pantages is one of the many outstanding landmarks in Hollywood. The Pantages opened on June 4, 1930, and was managed by Rodney and Lloyd Pantages, with a huge excitement…

Leopold II King of Belgium This paper you are reading is covering Leopold II and his reign in Belgium and the brutal things that happened in the Congo. It will talk about wat happened in the Congo. Also the things Leopold II wanted and desired. Then you will read of how his people Leopold II came to power upon his father’s death. His father Leopold I was the monarch or king of Belgium. A monarchy has succession by blood line. Leopold II rose to the throne because he was next in the blood line…

Now all she needed to 2 long bamboo and some vines 1 hour later she made the ladder she up it carefully and got it on the other side the she got on and she go on she had to be careful. She stared to walk slowly. She was half way there the she heard a snap back of the the ladder was cracking in half…