Essays on Togetherness

Personal Theology of Discipleship

Personal Theology of Discipleship

Introduction

Disciple making is the pinnacle responsibility of any prosperity minded church. The whole aspect starts with attraction of new Christians to a church. The new Christians are then taught and cultivated to be all rounded disciples in the ministry of Christ. There are various theological, philosophical and methodological considerations in this practice to ensure the path to discipleship maturity is conducive and effective. This paper aims at exploring the themes, components and methods applied in discipleship through reviewing various secondary literatures on the issue of personal theology of discipleship. A review of three significant pieces ...

Mental wellbeing has in the recent past attracted a lot of attention from stakeholders in the health industry after they noted that holistic caring of a patient must involve ensuring mental wellness. In the past, this section of healthcare was overlooked, as mental diseases were not considered ‘illnesses’ but were rather thought to be associated with witchcraft. As a result, any person exhibiting signs of mental illness was shunned and secluded from the community and family members, until he/she passed on. Mental healthcare has as a result lagged behind in terms of providing quality care services to affected patients. ...

Written Report for Project Procedure Manual for the Shoe Box Project for United Way

Introduction The Shoe Box project is a humanitarian activity that seeks to support homeless men in the United States. The project aims to collect objects from well-wishers after which they should distribute them to needy men. The complicated and demanding nature of the project requires a higher level of care and order for effective and efficient integration of the various activities of the program. Therefore, the paper presents a written report for the best procedures that the Shoe Box Project for United Way could adopt for maximum results. The intent of the written report is to formulate a feasible ...

Intervention Methods in Human Services

Abstract Drug use and engaging in antisocial and violent behaviors is a primary presenting problem among the youths and adolescents. Various preventive programs need to be put into place to address these issues. The two major preventative programs in this paper include the Multisystemic Therapy program and the Midwestern Prevention programs. The two programs target in preventing drug use among the youths and in return there will be a reduction in the violent and antisocial behaviors. Although the two programs have a common focus, there are major differences between them. Each program is best suitable for a particular population ...

The African Americans amount to about 13 percent of the total United States’ population and they are believed to have originated from the African continent as a result of slavery trade. They have made a significant contribution towards the growth and development of the United States culture through their unique cultural practices, norms, values, and the language (Thompson, 2015). As an international student from China, I have found the culture of the African Americans quite different from our culture in many dimensions. I have been able to learn the details of their culture after attending the African American dancing ...

Description and relationship of the primary functions of management

In healthcare administration, management functions can be described to mean key duties rendered upon the organization’s management in the running of a health organization. These functions can be broadly categorized as planning, organizing, controlling and leading/directing.

Planning

Planning involves the creation of necessary steps required in deciding the future position of a health facility in a strategic manner. It is regarded as a traditional model used by managers because it offers insights into the management on problems that hinder the performance of their organizations. Again, it requires the management to foresee future internal and external socio-economic facts that are ...

Every text needs to have some degree of 'go togetherness' and coherence. One way authors create intelligence is by utilizing lexical ties which have the ability to relate the parts of content semantically. The real objective of the present study is to research the measure of lexical ties utilized by creators as a part of writing; truly, this study shows a relationship to talk the utilization of particular talk producers by writers. Setting up a relationship between writings has dependably been of worry to the writers, this connection may not be troublesome when the writers are utilizing talked writings ...

Explain the terms “widening” and “deepening” in terms of how they apply to the European Union.

Deepening could be defined as the gradual process of formal, vertical institutionalization. On the other hand, widening could be defined as the gradual process of formal, horizontal institutionalization. The European integration process has many different dimensions. It highlights historical, political, economic, sociological and judicial dimensions. Deepening and widening have distinct meanings when applied to the different dimensions of European integration (European Commission, 2009). Deepening and widening are schools of thought showing how the European Union should develop. The European Union has evolved progressively to what is termed as the first-ever close union among European people. Its clear manifestation is ...

Governances and policies are determined by the rulers. A leader can decide to use the Confucianism method of ruling or they can decide to adopt the Legalist methods. At the long run, all that a country or a state or an empire requires is a unified society which abides by the law and is loyal to the leaders. The philosophy of Confucianism was first elaborated by Confucius around 490 BC. His idea was based on the ethical aspect of ruling. He believed that people live in a society because they need the togetherness for them to fully develop. He ...

Communication is an essential aspect when it comes to the coordination of activities in groups and among individuals. Recently, I was involved in a group project to package foods for the have-not who cannot afford them and are starving to death. The project was successful, but there is room for improvement. Given a chance to start the project afresh, I could engage some extra strategies. During the activity, most of the directions were coming from the higher-ranked people, and this made some of the subordinates feel oppressed. To make the project effective, I would ensure all the stakeholders give ...

Management

1. Lou Gerstner Earliest days at IBM In his work, Watkins (2013) explains how one can make a change within a short period of both getting enrolled in a new job, being promoted and even being sent out for an international assignment. This work goes hand in hand with our discussion of the day involving the successful story of the former IBM chief executive officer Lou Gerstner. It was on the 1st of April 1993 when Lou Gerstner took over as IBM Chief Executive Officer. This change of leadership was brought about by the poor performance of IBM in ...

Leadership styles

In any organization, the objectives and mandates vary from one to the other depending on the managerial skills that have been deployed. Big companies when hiring the service of an individual they thoroughly check his/her capabilities and their ambitions so as to get the best from the market who is able to propel the company to achieve its’ goals and objectives. The chosen person should be of excellent integrity and a professional in his/her field. Companies are usually established with the main aim of making profits at the lowest cost of operation (Newstrom & Keith, 1993). In this company, we realize ...

Introduction

An organizational culture of a particular society, institution or business usually determines the profitability and the efficiency of that institution in achieving success. This culture normally entails the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization. In this regard, it is very fundamental and elemental for any institution or organization like Brook University to conduct a cultural organizational analysis. There are three various approach that researchers can employ in carrying out an organizational cultural analysis; an integration approach, a differentiation approach and a fragmentation approach. All these approaches or theories differ in basic codes, standards and believes which actually ...