Vow

Sandcastles In April of 2016, the visual album, Lemonade, took the internet by storm. After America’s most influential singer opened up about what was once kept as personal, the reactions and underlining messages were unforgettable. Being able to dissect the art of making lemonade into a personal diaspora to cultivate and strengthen others into learning the art of the grieving process was goal of the album. Contrary to popular beliefs, Beyoncé wanted the outside world to see that she was human…

Why change the name after a hundred years? Is it something wrong with the name? After president McKinley passed away; the tallest mountain in North America named after him. Now president Obama is disgracing the McKinley Family and his home state of Ohio by changing the name after a hundred years. Mount McKinley is the tallest mountain peak in North America that reaches over twenty thousand, three hundred and ten feet tall. The mountain is located in the Alaskan range. In 1896 after President…

Howard Moody was a minister and abortion activist during the 1960’s and 1970’s. In his article “Sacred Rite or Civil Right,” Moody advocates equality for all in respect to the institution of marriage. Thomas Bartlett, a senior writer for The Chronicle for Higher Education, wrote “The Puzzle of Boys.” In this article Bartlett writes about the changing views over the last two decades on how society boys. In his article, Moody gives us personal antidotes from his time serving as a minister. He…

contemplation will not result in the desired outcome as effectively as possible. For example, Hamlet doesn’t even know if the ghost of his father was real and doesn’t know if his plan for revenge is justified. So, in order to prove the ghost is true, he vows to feign madness in order to act in secrecy. When Hamlet says, “As I…

The book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells a story about an inventor named Victor Frankenstein who brings back a human from the dead. Frankenstein then abandons his creation and the monster is then left all alone. Later on, the monster finds Frankenstein and asks Frankenstein if he would make the monster a life companion and at first Frankenstein agrees. Later on, Frankenstein 's changes his mind and the monster gets angry and swears to get revenge on Frankenstein. Through the use of conflict…

A Desire of the Heart Shirley and I were married between the Arts and Theology years of university so our financial resources were very tight. I was working on a tree nursery farm just south of Winnipeg for the summer months between semesters as well as preparing for a move to seminary in Saskatoon. As a result, we could not afford to take off more time than a four-day weekend. This was hardly enough time for my face to heal from all the mosquito bites I had acquired while riding a tree planter…

Ngugi wa Thiong’o via his work “Wedding at the Cross” introduces a forthright story about colonization, loss of self, and identity. Through Wariuki and Miriamu, he reveals ways in which our “socioeconomic system is the ultimate source of our experience”. Despite Miriamu’s economic and social family status, she seeks to find a true understanding of self. Wariuki, on the other hand, who came from poverty sometimes even satirizing his white bosses, became the very thing he hated. Although, because…

James Potter is eleven when he gets his Hogwarts letter, and his mother gives him an extra piece of pie at dinner to celebrate while his father clamps him proudly on the back. Sirius Black is on the verge of twelve when he gets his, and his mother quips that “at least he’s not a Squib” while his father takes another long swig of his White Rat Whiskey. Both were born into privileged lives with ginormous mansions and important families, but neither one of them can wait to leave. When you’re a…

The Creation of Justice and Vengeance How does one become the person they are? In Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein, a scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a being made up of human parts yet shuns the creature once he sees it. This abandonment causes great animosity between Victor and his creation, as the creature learns about and experiences the world. Frankenstein’s monster learns several values from his travels throughout nature. His experiences with humans greatly influence him, especially…

With the help of Ignatius Loyola, the Society of Jesus grew immensely as an order within the Church. The distinguishing foundational pillars of the Jesuit religious order are recognized as vows to poverty, chastity, and obedience. Moreover, along with the Catholic traditions of ministry and issuing the holy sacrament, the Jesuit’s emphasize sending missionaries all over the world to spread the faith and service. Jeronimo Nadal, an early significant…