Essays on Communion

The doctrine of the Trinity is unique to Christianity. It underpins Christian theology and is the most important doctrine of Christian faith and practice. The Trinity is difficult to explain and fully understand, as is to expected since we are human and can never truly understand the infinity and omnipotence of God. Yet, the Trinity is vital to Christian faith as it represents the nature of God, and it affirms the existence of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. According to Exodus 3:14 and Philippians 1:2, the Father is God, in John 8: 58 and Titus 2:13, we are told ...

Catholicism

Catholicism is a religious denomination that intrigues me by claiming to be a continuation of the early Christian ministry established by Jesus Christ and for the fact that it is far much the oldest Christian group today. It is a combination of several Catholic churches who share common doctrines, theology, and spirituality with the belief that Jesus Christ is the son of God. From my research, I was able to observe clearly all the rituals and rites performed at the Cathedral of Christ the Light Church in Oakland. Most importantly I shared this information with three priests Mark, James, ...

The ritual of marriage is a very important milestone in the life of an individual and, more so, in the life of an individual who is also a devout Christian. The Scripture often mentions the sanctity of marriage as well as the permanency of it in one’s life. Such descriptions have resulted in a dilemma for particular individuals who, for some unfortunate reason, have had to divorce and remarry. At present, Catholicism does not permit divorced individuals to remarry unless and until they have had their marriage annulled by the Church. While the Orthodox Catholic views on remarriage ...

For years obtaining a marriage license was a requirement in order to say that your marriage was legal. In some states, there is a particular time frame in order to get your license before you marry or else you will have to delay the nuptials. However, each state has different requirements for couples wishing to be granted a marriage license. Marriage licenses are also used to prevent what the court considers to be inappropriate marriages. But after the U.S. Supreme Court made the decision to allow gay marriages to become legalized, some do not see the purpose of a ...

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The worldview of a person is their view and understanding of their entire existence, including the world they live in. Religious beliefs reflectcolor a person’s worldview very strongly. In a comparative look, Christianity and Sikhism have some commonality as monotheistic approaches to the world, in the necessity for moral and ethical behavior that is good, in seeking truth, and in serving an all-knowing God Wwho imparts some of that knowledge to mankind. However, there are noticeable differences in beliefs about death and afterlife, human definition, and the meaning of human history. These beliefs structure their worldviews ...

Research often involves developing research questions to answer a known or unknown phenomenon. The purpose of these research questions is to guide the research to through the right course through addressing a research problem that the researchers think is worth providing a solution. In answering a research question various research, methodologies are used to enable a researcher to obtain just the right information to address the potential problem (Creswell pp131-133). This paper will, therefore, address the use of observation as a research method in answering a research question. While conducting research on people’s beliefs and culture, I decided ...

The differences between the Christianity and Judaism lie in the differences of understanding, evaluation and apprehension of the Old Testament and the New Testament. To understand what happens then, we must first take into account the fact that, originally, the nascent Christian movement is fully Jewish. Jesus himself is Jewish. His disciples were Jewish. And all the great figures of the first Christian generation, Jacques, Peter, and Paul, to name a few, are Jews. Thus, the Christian movement was born and began to grow within Judaism. However, that Judaism was soon through a terrible crisis, caused by the destruction ...

Pat Mora is an Hispanic-American author. She was born in El Paso, Texas in 1942. While growing up, Mora attended Catholic schools, although her religion is described as “Ecumenical.” (Gale n.p.). She was raised in a bi-lingual family, and her works have been written in Spanish and English. Mora has received many accolades for her writing of children’s literature, which speaks to young Hispanics. Her poem, “Gentle Communion,” reflects her Hispanic heritage, and Catholic upbringing. One cannot discern by reading the poem, if the persona is male or female. Since the author is female, further gender description, when ...

Marriage in the Catholic Church has for a long time been considered a holy and sacred covenant that is made between two people in the presence of the Lord. This covenant establishes a partnership between a man and a woman, which is supposed to last for a lifetime. To mark the covenant, a sacrament of matrimony is given to the married couple to indicate their engagement and to seal their partnership in matrimonial living (Lawler 245). The couple will then together continue receiving the holy sacraments of the catholic community while in marriage. According to the bishops’ council, marriage ...

There are different rules and regulations in the Catholic religion to receive the Eucharist at a Catholic mass. The rules and regulations are strict, and only a few people fall in this category who can actually take the Eucharist. There is a question that needs further clarifications that can divorce and civilly remarried Catholics, whose first marriage has not been annulled, be able to receive the Eucharist at Catholic mass? Several critics and authors have discussed this point few have supported the point whereas few does not support this point. Therefore, the paper will present the argumentative discussion on ...

Descriptive essay on the theme:

Differences between Catholic Mesa and Lutheran service. There are many similar things in these two Christian churches, but as we all know, the similarities we can find in many different religions. This difference between core ideas of believes, are the reasons why Martin Luther had so many followers. They believed that the Catholic Church is doing something wrong, and the same time this was a reason why the Catholic Church had cursed Lutheran leader. So in this work I will analyze not the difference in direct sermons (because there are too many of them), but I will show the ...

During creation, GOD created man in HIS own image which shows that human beings are different from other. The Bible has stated that our bodies are the temples of CHRIST, and we should always use them in acts that glorify our creator. The Theology of the Body tries to explain and expound on human sexuality, the purpose of our existence as young people can be explained through understanding the theology of the body. It is through an understanding of this theology that young people will be able to understand what love is the theology gives the importance of having ...

Ancient humans are speaking animals according to Aristotle. In the 19th century intellectual ethical, g century people define themselves in terms of ability to communicate with each other. The intellectual, ethical, and political implication of the revisionary change is not sufficient. Once there was a critique in the dream of communication as a mutual communion of souls, genealogy of sources and scenes of pervasive sense that communication will breaks down. The aim of this essay is to trace the sources of modern ideas of communication to avoid the moral privilege and pathos of breakdown.

Deluze Mediators asserts that philosophers are ...

Introduction

The seven Ninian Smart’s dimensions of religion include practical and ritual, for example baptism, prayer and worship; narrative or mythical, for instance historical stories of Moses and Jesus in the bible; ethical and legal, as evidenced by the ten commandments and beatitudes in Christianity; doctrinal and philosophical, which entails justification of the faith through scriptures; experiential and emotional, expressed through deep emotions when something believed to be supreme or profound is experienced; institutional and social as evidenced by existence of churches, mosques and temples; and material aspects such as architectural structures, music and religious symbols. This paper analyses ...

Introduction

Examining the Essential Need for Administration Does Administration Help or HinderMinistry? Church Administration Policies Organizational Charts Church Budgets Church Governments Church Risk and Sexual Abuse Conclusion

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Church Administration Assessment Final

Introduction

Assessing the need for church administration has both a spiritually led rationale in accordance with the Holy scripture as mandated by the followers of Jesus Christ to the first Christian churches and a pragmatic assumption that any organizational leadership includes the responsibility of good business administration policies. Therefore, this assessment of church administration takes into account these as well as other different aspects as ...

Southern Baptists have been, for the last few decades, one of the more polarizing denominations within the Christian faith. The largest Baptist sect in the world, and the largest collection of Protestants in the United States, it ranks second only to the Catholic Church in terms of the number of Christian believers in the United States. Its history is rooted in the racist troubles of the American South, though, as it split off from the Baptists in the northern part of the country in 1845, in a disagreement about the morality of slavery. Once the Civil War ended, the black ...

In his book, The Puritan Dilemma, Edmund Morgan narrates the dilemma of Winthrop, who felt that he needed to separate himself from the rest of the society which he felt was unclean in religious aspects. However, Winthrop was afraid the extent to which he felt he could distant himself. Another worry that engulfed him was that he was not really certain whether the generation that could come out of him could match the standards that he cherished. His major awareness is that he appreciated the presence of God. This is evidenced, when he ideologically differed from Rodger Williams who ...

William Wordsworth’s famous lyrical ballad “The Solitary Reaper” tells a story from Wordsworth’s wanderings through the Scottish Highlands (Poetryfoundation.org). As Wordsworth and his companions wander the countryside, they come across a young Scottish maiden singing to herself in a field as she cuts the grain that she sowed earlier in the season. Wordsworth seems transfixed by the beauty of her song, and he stops to listen to her sing in the field; although the initial reaction of the speaker is to the beauty of the voice and song of the young woman, the speaker—ostensibly Wordsworth himself, although this is ...

Introduction

Catholic liturgy The liturgist Catholic liturgy: Mass. Role of the deacon in the liturgy Liturgy of the Eucharist In the absence of the priest Other forms of mass Other liturgical roles of the deacon. Discussion prompts 1: Liturgy Liturgy refers to public worship that conforms to a given religious group’s traditions, beliefs and customs. The term liturgy originally referred to “public work” or “service in the name of or on behalf of the people” (Vatican 1069). Often in Christianity, the liturgy refers to the standardized order of events in a religious ...

Mathews 6:9-13 reveals a considerable Christian belief anchored on the foundation of prayers. This reinforces the grace of prayers as a sufficient framework of guiding the Christian way of life. It from this principle that Mathews 6:9-13 underscores the need for acknowledging the presence of God and the inherent connection and fellowship of Christians through prayers. The petitions envisioned in this passage focuses on the attention of worshipers on God as well as entrusting God with the provision of the needs of Christians. Evidently, prayer is the fundamental experience, practice and ritual in the Christian life. This is the indispensable aspect ...

Describe the Ministry of Jesus

The assignment is to create an 8 – 10 slide PowerPoint presentation selecting one of the Gospels (Mathew / John / Luke / Mark) and discuss the person and ministry of Jesus as described in it. I have used the Gospel of Matthew to unravel some well-known and a few pertinent though uncommon insights into the life and person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Detailed speaker notes have been added to the Notes page of every slide including the Introduction title slide right till the very last slide. References for each slide content as relevant are mentioned at ...

In the many developments that are taking place in the religious world, ecumenism is one of the most significant of them all. Church leaders are coming together with common goals that enable them to best serve and worship God, among other many activities. The main goal of contemporary ecumenism has been for all the Christians in the world to be brought together into unity amidst diverse and pluralistic expressions of the faith. This interdenominational union is rooted in the belief that all Christians are bound together by Christ and His existence should not be the cause of division and ...

People might find it hard to admire something they do not understand such as faith. However, in Agustin’s case, no one can ignore the fact that he is to be admired in his continued search for the Truth and his fight to be honest and faithful to this truth he finally discovered, even when it meant he had to struggle to live according to it. Whether someone has faith in God or not, Agustin’s journey of conversion and faith against all odds is to be admired, and clearly supports Portier’s comment. Agustin’s change of ...

Introduction

Eucharist is one of the rituals in the Roman Catholic Church. It denotes a celebration of the Eucharist liturgy of as commonly referred to, the mass. The start of this ritual can be traced back to the Last Supper. This is the night before Jesus was betrayed. Together with his disciples, Jesus instituted this ritual that entailed the Eucharistic Sacrifice. In this ritual, the Body and Blood of Jesus were sacrificed according to Catholic Catechism (Catholic Church 1323). The presence of Christ in the sacrament that was used in the altar, the Eucharistic ritual honors Christ through the worship of ...

Essay/Literary Analysis

Introduction “Thread” is a short story written by Stuart Dybek (“Dybek”) and published in Harper’s Magazine in 1998. Literary Analysis “Thread” tells the story of a fourth-grade boy who has just joined the Knights of Christ one year after taking his First Communion. It is a strict examination of the Catholic Church by Dybek as seen through the eyes of a small child. The child is clearly Dybek as it reflects many of the influences found in his life growing up in a dreary and poor working-class neighborhood in Chicago. He speaks about the boys acting as Knights having ...

Introduction to the New Testament

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over ...

Lutheran church is a protestant movement instigated by Martin Luther King. Martin Luther king was an ardent reader of the bible and realized that some of the practices of the Roman Catholic were not in accordance to what he believed was the right doctrine. He came up with a doctrine and initiated a revolution that led to the break from the Roman Catholic. The Lutheran church was therefore born and a visit to the church revealed some practices and rituals that caught up with my attention. The service I attended began at 8pm with a session of intersession. Intersession is a time when believers ...

Abstract

Christianity has remained divided across many denominations. Individuals broke up from their mainstream churches to form other denominations. The Methodist church was one of the denominations that broke up from the Church of England. The paper will, therefore, look at the history of the Methodist church and how it came to being. That would appear at the official contributor of the Methodist church and the main events that led to the starting of the church. There will also be outlines of the common rituals in the Methodist worship service. The setting of the taking place of the Methodist church ...

Thematic Elements in Two Works of Romanticism

During the late 1700s and 1800s, the Romantic Movement among writers, poets, and painters evolved -- partly as a revolt against Industrialism and partly as a counter-movement in response to the zeitgeist of Neoclassicism. In two distinct works, strong thematic elements of the Romantic Movement are represented. In the painting, The Wanderer Above The Mists 1817-1818, Caspar David Friedrich depicts the raw beauty of communion with nature, solitude, as well as the inevitable passage of time. Similarly, in William Wordsworth's poem, "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", key elements of the Romantic Movement are expressed, such as nature, aloneness, and travel ...

Food plays an imperative role in our bodies. In fact, every living organism requires food for growth and development. Food is also a significant aspect of spiritual ritual and religious observance for many religious institutions and faiths. These religious institutions include Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism. An understanding of the rationale of food in religious beliefs is complex. The role varies among cultures, individuals and communities. It is worth noting that different religious institutions include food an important part of faith in different ways and for different reasons. An understanding of the rationale of food in various religious, traditional ...

The Eucharist had been surrounded by controversies and unresolved disputes between the representatives of different churches for over a thousand years. The priests, schoolmen and bishops disagreed on the connection between the bread and wine and the flesh and blood of the Christ; their disputes revolved around the procedural issues, and the impossibility of finding the common ground eventually led to the formation of different approaches toward the Eucharist and its elements. During the history of the Eucharistic liturgy, the number of people participating in it was gradually rising, while the level of the participation was falling down. Finally, the ...

Introduction:

The Baroque period was an important one for artists and architects since the aspect of perspective came into being. Perhaps one of the greatest exponents of baroque architecture was Bernini with his incredible work in the design of the Vatican dome and churches in the vicinity. The link between God and humanity is thus immediately apparent especially in the works which we see at the Sistine Chapel where Michelangelo surpassed himself especially in what can be termed as his greatest painting work which is The Creation of Adam and which has been immortalized the world over (Bazin, 1964, p 35).

Comparison between Renaissance and Baroque

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During the height of the Protestant Reformation, in which Martin Luther and a number of other religious scholars and theologists took radical steps away from the Catholic Church, many different interpretations of the Gospel came along to offer alternatives. However, while this was happening, a somewhat independent development was occurring in John Calvin’s own efforts; he worked to formulate a particular religious ideology that would soon come to be known as Calvinism. Due to this unique perspective on the Scriptures, and the radical changes that he would bring about in the way the Church worked, John Calvin would become vital to ...

ECCLESIOLOGY

Ecclesiology refers to the study of the church. Through ecclesiology, people are able to understand the purpose of God for the church in the modern world. Ecclesiology is the doctrine of the church: The study of its origin, nature, ordinances, constitution, and activities (Bragg, Para 1). A clear understanding of Ecclesiology is very important for every believer because it forms a basis for his faith. In addition, it serves as a guide in the daily life of the believer.

Vanier’s thought in light of our self -understanding as God’s people

In 1950, at the age of twenty-two, Vanier chose to leave the Navy to respond to a gentle call of Jesus to ...

Abstract

Modern science and medicine have influenced the healthcare industry in many ways. Modern science believes in the intervention rather than focusing on the spiritual factors that are associated with the disease or illness. It is important that the modern medicine realizes the importance of spiritual healing. With advancements in spiritual healing over the last 3 decades, spirituality has been introduced in modern intervention. General physicians and healthcare professionals are seeking more focusing on the spiritual needs of patients. Clinical studies have found that spirituality when combined with modern medicine improves the quality of life and increases the survival rate ...

Beneath the Lion's Gaze is a book that succeeded to blend the notification and fiction depicting the circumstances revolving the Ethiopian revolution in early 1970s. Despite the fact that the author relies on political and historical accounts that were written by the non-Ethiopians and some of the Ethiopians, she tactically dramatized several pertinent and complex series of event such as the social and cultural themes with all of them made her novel appear as an impressive fictional literature work. Furthermore, like many other Ethiopians, the author of this novel is proud and has a desire to tell the experience of the ...

- Introduction of the religion The Catholic Church was instituted by Jesus Christ. The word “Catholic” means “universal” (Norman, 2007). “Love Godand love your neighbor” (Mark:12:29-31, The New American Bible). These phrases sum up the teachings of Jesus Christ which Catholics make as their guide as they live their lives following Jesus. At present, the Catholic Church is headed by Pope Francis from the Vatican. The pope is the vicar of Jesus here on earth. The leaders of the Catholic Church are the bishops and priests. They are tasked to spread the teachings of Christ and manage parishes, ...

"Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks. I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching-thang to this effect: "Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again." I can understand that. Morning brings back the heroic ages. I was as much affected by the ...

American Literature

Choose two characters studied this semester. Do they have similar problems? Look beyond the specific details of their circumstances in order to find the essential common dilemma they face. For example, explain what common issue confronts both Sylvia in “A White Heron” and Carrie in Sister Carrie. Both stories are similar in that they confront similar issues of self-doubt and principle. In Sylvia’s case it is the protection of a bird which she deems to be important for survival. Although she befriends the hunter in the story she cannot seems to bring herself to reveal that she saw a ...

The theme of moral independence is well elaborated in this book. The author of the book have emphasized on thinking independently in relation to moral decisions in the story. Antonio reflected moral independence in his decisions throughout the story making him develop and mature through such moral decisions. Antonio is faced with difficulties of his life experience and the religious aspects leaving him in a dilemma. He therefore decided to make his own decisions pertaining to the situation irrespective of religious aspects and his own life experiences. He was frustrated by the fact that the church failed in giving solutions ...

Introduction

The novel “Dracula” narrates how he attempted to shift to England from Transylvania in the midst of a tussle between him and a group of men and women. In the context of the novel, several scenes define thematic expressions that reflect the current world and it moral values and culture. Dracula’s character is one of the major trends in the current times where people have adopted supernatural beliefs and differentiated themselves from other human beings. Sucking of human blood, magical appearance of Dracula in several places is sign of how the world has evolved to accommodate such categories of people. ...

The early churches stood out because of their simplicity. However as time went on all things began to get more complex and complicated and today’s church is so different from what it was in the early days. If we look at The Lord’s Supper, we are reminded that there was simplicity about this ordinance. Today this remembrance meal has almost become a mysterious ritual that is done by the church and has today become the brunt of many debates as to the veracity of the sacrament. The book of Acts 20:7 tells us that this meal and the ...

William Cullen Bryant and Edgar Allen Poe are among the many poems that the exercise the art of writing Romantic literature. These two poet writers use romantic literature as a way of expressing their feelings towards the global community. Romantic literature in most case is impractical in terms of the language used by the poem but it is also imaginative form of expressions one’s feelings (Canuel 172). It is important to note that romantic organicism literature portray strong feeling towards something without necessarily giving a reason. To understand the difference between Bryant’s and Poe’s literature, it is crucial that ...

“Reason alone cannot lead us to the full understanding and real knowledge of Jesus Christ.” These word attest to Joseph Ratzinger`s standpoint regarding Christology and the hermeneutic of faith. Ratzinger throughout his article, Pope Benedict XVI constrains his readers to tackle faith not only through rational thinking, but by a deeper degree of faith or Christology as opposed to ‘Jesus discipleship’ as he asserts. According to Ratzinger, a genuine spiritual approach is the only way to understanding Christology, as put forth in the Bible. In this article, he draws biblical examples as a way to explain the importance of spirituality in ...

Native American culture has often been a subject of fascination among Western and European-American audiences, given its wildly different perspectives on religion, judgment, knowledge and wisdom. The differences between Western and Native American culture are substantial and numerous; understanding these variations in thinking can help us to influence our understanding of our notions of knowledge and judgment. Two works in particular that shed light on this different perspective are Carlos Castaneda’s Teachings of Don Juan and John Niehardt’s Black Elk Speaks. In both works, the Native American perspective is solidified; Castaneda’s work sees him working as an ...

Although Taoism has principles as any philosophy or religion, these are not strict, as they are subjected to the customization. As there are over 6.5 billion individuals in the world, there could also be 6.5 billion ways to practice it, because everybody can understand it and practice it differently, teaching the others what they have learned about Taoism and in the same time absorbing the Taoism knowledge from others (“Taoism 101: Introduction to the Tao”). Therefore, by its nature, Taoism focuses on individual, having the purpose of enlightening him, putting him in harmony with himself and with the surrounding ...

Sara may be well-intentioned, but she and St. Gregory's are going about things the wrong way. Sara Miles was an atheist who believed in the secular world, but one day she walked inside a church and after partaking in the Holy Communion her life changed completely. This is because to her, it was more than the physical eating of bread and drinking wine, it was the beginning of a new era in her life, a new relationship with Christ. This is an act that thousands and thousands of Christians are involved in every Sunday but to her it was an experience ...

Farley Mowat's autobiographical account Never Cry Wolf, written about his time investigating the causes of the decreasing population of caribou in Canada, is a hard-hitting and uniquely spiritual account of the Arctic Wolf. Early in his book, Mowat notes that his "original intention was to write a book satirizing another type of animal, the bureaucrat" (Mowat v). His mention of this is quite clear in its intention; Mowat equates the bureaucrat with wild animals like the wolf, though their territory and their methods are quite different. In light of the hazardous and fear-based imagery associated with the arctic wolf, often by ...

Introduction

There are many Christians that actually mark vital events that go on in the natural development of a human life in various ceremonies. Baptism is an important event in the bible. “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him”. (Matthew 3:13-17)These ceremonies are what normally provide an answer to the questions that people are asking in regards to life. Baptism is supposed give a reply to the questions and “what am I here for? and “who am I?”. (Senn 2001)Baptism is the ceremonial of starting into the Christian faith. A Greek word ‘baptizo’ ...

In the film version of Troy, as in the original Iliad, several characters are motivated mainly by their passions and lusts far more than reason and ethics, and as a result bring considerable death, destruction and suffering to all concerned. Both Plato and Aristotle would have been highly critical of this lack of ethics, and actions that they would have regarded as coming from the basest motives of lust, anger, revenge and other passions. Paris, the young prince of Troy, becomes infatuated with Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, and runs off with her. This destroys the peace ...

Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII all had certain ideas in common during the Protestant Reformation, since they rejected the authority of the pope in Rome and thought that local rulers should be heads of national churches. Indeed, the Reformation could be described as a great impetus to nationalism as it spread through northern Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Scandinavia, England and Scotland in the 16th Century. They all thought the Latin Mass should be abolished, and had the Bible translated into the local vernacular languages. All Protestants abolished the old religious orders, permitted clergy to marry, ended the veneration of ...

Introduction

Christianity has several denominations but in order to understand it well I would like to focus on the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is one or if not the oldest denominations of Christianity and also the most popular denomination. Due to its long historical background on Christianity it is an appropriate case study.so I visited St.Peters basilica church at around may this year and it was summer in the place with a friend of mine.at our time of visit the congregation was composed of generally everybody from the youth to the elderly.so we came across one of the altar boys ...

In many communities in the world, a rite of passage is an event that that marks the transition of an individual’s life from one stage to another (Nelson, 2012). This paper will discuss rite of passage and the stages involved.

Rites of passage can either be for sacred or religious purposes, for example, baptism which is a religious rite of passage or tattooing which is a secular rite of passage in America (Scharwz, 2006). The rites of passage are very important socio-cultural practices in the communities that practice them and are normally in three phases, namely: separation, transition, and reincorporation (Berry, ...

Church Visit

I visited the Ashland First United Methodist on Sunday 4th of November 2012. The church schedule indicated that the service would begin at 9.30 am. I arrived at 9.00am because I wanted to meet the pastor Dr. Dan Bilkert and make him aware of my presence. I had spoken to him the previous day and he had granted me the permission I needed to visit the church and observe the proceedings during worship.

When I arrived at the church, there were about 10 young men and women in the church. Two ladies were standing next to the large oak ...

SHORT SUMMARY

Jesus of Nazareth was a Palestine Jew who grew up in Galilee, an important center of the militant Zealots and resistance to the rule of the Romans and their local collaborators like the Herodians and the Temple priests in Jerusalem. Contrary to later interpretations, his original message was not intended to undermine the traditional Jewish religion, but to emphasize that the Kingdom of God was at hand and that his disciples should love God and one another. His commandments were for the Jews to love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength and to love ...

Methods of Engagement in Afghanistan: Security, Identity and Economy

The cultural differences between the United States (U.S) and Afghanistan are huge. The U.S. celebrated its independence from the British Empire about 1236 years ago compared to Afghanistan’s population who has lived there for generations. The U.S. first became involved militarily there when it armed Afghan fighters against the Soviet invasion between 1979 and 1989. A devastating ten year Civil War followed. (Rohde & Crossette, 2001) Next the Taliban came to power and then lost power when the current U.S. war against Afghanistan started in 2001. Unfortunately after over a decade war in Afghanistan the suffering of the people seems ...

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”1 The words of Jesus in the Gospel of John seem simple enough, but provide a foundation for the Lutheran faith and have been the subject of controversy for hundreds of years. When Martin Luther presented his protest against a “wanton preaching of pardons” and other perceived wrongs practiced by the Catholic Church in his Ninety-Five Thesis in October of 1517, he may have single-handedly begun the Reformation leading to a schism and the large number of Protestant religions ...

It was a great opportunity for me to attend a worship service in a Roman Catholic Church which is quite different from the Protestant church that I belong to. Roman Catholic Church is known as Roman because of its historical association with Rome and the Pope. Members of this church are known as Catholics all over the world and the main seat of Catholicism is the Vatican City in Rome, where Pope is the spiritual head. Catholicism is different from the Protestant and Anglican system, mainly because of the beliefs, liturgy, theology and doctrinal practices. However the central belief that God came ...

Abstract

Tuckman's five-stage model of small group development was evident in a previous course taken by the writer, in which business negotiations were simulated and conducted with a small group of peers. During the process of group development, forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning occurred, each stage playing a pivotal role in group development and the conducting of these assignments. From beginning to end, the group was shown to be amicable to avoid conflict, have tensions as a result of changing expectations of individual roles, settling into a cohesive rhythm and understanding, and delegation of trusted tasks to others. The following paper explores these stages ...

PART 1 REFLECTION ON NEGOTIATION PRACTICE

When two parties must communicate with each other in order to find a mutually beneficial solution to a problem or arrangement, negotiation must take place. Negotiation is an extremely dicey proposition which typically involves two people with differing interests who must work to come to an amicable compromise. Negotiation involves the formation of a strategy and its implementation using various communication methods to get your point across, and convince the other party that they should acquiesce to your demands (Reardon, 2004). There are many factors that set groups of people apart and can help or hinder communication; culture is one of them. ...