Essays on Behavior Page 88

The understanding of church history plays an integral role in a seminarians future whether or not they are going into ministry. As someone who is not intending to go into ministry post seminary, I still understand it’s importance in the pathway to getting a seminary degree. Church history lays the groundwork for current church understanding….

According to Merriam-Webster, sorrow is defined as a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. The duration of grief and the dimensions of sorrow extend beyond mere words. They encompass the introspective thoughts of a remorseful soldier, exemplified in Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It”. Komunyakaa, himself…

In my life I’ve learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. Being able to help is a privilege for us students for it teaches us how to become concerned to those who are in need, it helps us to understand the spirit of compassion…

Media Violence has been a hot topic for many decades. Now it has become a problem because of the many technological advances. This can be an arguable debate between different people. Some argue that media violence has no harm but others disagree. The facts are stating that the television is turned on for more than…

Privilege is an advantage, benefit or right that a person or group of people have. Privileged people have the opportunity and/or power to access these benefits because of their “favourable” position. This position can include, but are not limited to a person’s skin colour, age, sex, gender or ability to do every day activities. In…

The 1982 film Blade Runner was inspired by Phillip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which illustrates a story where a man hunts androids that are hiding out on Earth. Although the premise of the movie stays consistent to that of the novel, it is easy to see why the film was…

A recent peer reviewed article proposed the idea that there are differences between the genders in how they express empathy, with men being less empathetic than women. This study was fascinating in that this lack of empathy, or disorders of empathy are greater in males than in females. Two such examples are autism and psychopathy…

Simone de Beauvoir and W.E.B. DuBois were existentialists whose ideas were reflected in their works The Second Sex and The Souls of Black Folk respectively. They wrote in response to the dominant theories surrounding the cause of and the answer to the discrimination faced by women and blacks. Both, sharing the existentialist mindset, believed neither…

Assuming a leadership position is one of the most important leadership situations you’ll face as an NCO. Everything discussed in FM 6-22 (22-100) about what you must be, know and do is relevant to your success of assuming a leadership position. When assuming a leadership position, there are some things to think about and learn…

David’s story begins with his powerful growth from a modest upbringing as a meaningless shepherd in his father’s home to the influential king over all Israel in Jerusalem. Through it all, we see Yahweh supporting him, and consistently see experiences turning out in David’s favor. Before David came into control as Israel’s king, he had…