Violence touches all of us. Its roots are deep and entangled around issues related to race, gender, class, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and economics, among others. Violence pervades our past, shapes our present reality and threatens our future. Violence is not far removed from our li...
"Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" is the life story of the vivacious, spunky Marjane Satrapi as she experiences the struggles and conflict between Iran's political society and the displeasure of its people in the 1980's. Marjane position in this eternal struggle is both a curse as well a blessi...
Is America in moral decline? Morality is a very broad and complicated topic due to the fact that it is based primarily on individual opinions. Moral values constantly change with the generations and it would be impossible to answer the question where every individual would agree. However, most peop...
The Word of God The Word of God is not something that originated all by itself or from the dictionary. It is not even truly the whole set of words collected in the Bible Rather, the word of God is the patterns of experience that move us to praise and worship our co-creator. The Bible is here on...
1 An Absent Father The impact of a fatherless home has consequences that sometimes cannot be realized until much later in life. In addition, when a father who is in the ministry, commits a grievous sin, it affects not only his family's views but the views of his congregation as well. The impacts of sins of the clergy are as consistent today as they were in time period this was written. Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister, is the main character. While holding the high office of a minister he commits a grievous sin, the act of adultery....
Within the various plays that William Shakespeare wrote throughout his life, there are numerous characters that go through various trials and tribulations. Some of these hardships that these characters go through involve tough decision making that sometimes lead them down treacherous paths that result in their demise. There are good and bad parts of these characters, but many of them have a moment of clarity in their journey to destruction. Prospero, who occupies the leading role in The Tempest, is one such character who seems to have good intentions, but acts incorrectly in an effort to accom...