Archive for March, 2006

Week 9 - Religion and Alcohol

Friday, March 31st, 2006: 1774 words

Ecclesiastes falls under the genre “wisdom literature”, which includes Proverbs and Job. They don’t refer to any key historical events. They’re timeless, and constitute of a search for truth or order amidst life mysteries. It’s a twelve chaptered book of the Old Testament that contained the reflections of a royal philosopher. [...]

Judges

Friday, March 31st, 2006: 399 words

The recurring formula of the book of judges follows the theme of disobedience and forgiveness. Despite the disappointment God felt with his people, he still felt feelings of love for them because he is a forgiving and a loving God. Because the Israelites began to ignore God and worship other eities that [...]

Letters

Friday, March 31st, 2006: 319 words

ShaQuanda Sanders
801 S Jefferson Davis Pkwy
New Orleans, LA 70125
ssander2@xula.edu
Dear ___________,
My name is ShaQuanda Sanders; I am a sophomore at Xavier University working on a project for my Theology class. I am writing to you because of my concern for the high rate of hunger that exists in the world [...]

ACTS/Paul/James readings

Friday, March 31st, 2006: 1845 words

My project is coming along rather nicely. I have volunteered at a relief center to help out the people of New Orleans/Louisiana residents. Anyone who needs supplies such as water, food, clothing or counseling could come and get the things they need. They are currently only serving Louisiana residents affected by the [...]

MY BAKE SALE and Lecture Discussions

Thursday, March 30th, 2006: 2116 words

(I have plenty of more pictures. I will upload all the pictures to a website and put the internet link on my week 13 blog.)
As I wrote in the few blogs before, most of my project on improving poverty in New Orleans has been implemented as planned. I am very happy with my [...]

Letters

Thursday, March 30th, 2006: 1610 words

Project
Dear President Bush,
I am writing this letter in regards to the millions of people around the world who are unemployed. I think with all the job opportunities there are in the world no one should be without a job. With the recent events of hurricane Katrina there are even more people who [...]

Comments

Thursday, March 30th, 2006: 27 words

I commented on blogs from the following:
*Breyanna Grays
*Austin Shellman
*Ozioma Iheagwan
*Megan Stevans
*Brittany Scott
*Diondra Demolle
*Georgia Jennings
*Monisha Rogers
*Khaira Weber
*Kourtnie Moore

Do What I can!

Thursday, March 30th, 2006: 1567 words

When I first started out on my project, it was a blur. People commented on my project saying that they were all confused as to what I was actually doing. When I was typing it, it seemed like such a clear idea. However, when I reread the project portion of blog three, I was confused [...]

Week 8 Project

Thursday, March 30th, 2006: 359 words

This week’s blog we were supposed to send letters concerning our semester project to important authorities and government officials. I decided to send letters to New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin, Louisiana State Senator Mary L. Landrieu, New Orleans newspaper The Times-Picayune and The U.S. Public Health Service (OHAP). I chose to send [...]

Yep… Respond Again…

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006: 772 words

Thank you very much Ramandeep. I have recycled all of my life and still do here at school. I am happy to have had to participate in this project because if not then I probably would not be participating in the things that I am ie Environmental Club. I also would not [...]

Comments

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006: 27 words

I LEFT COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING:
1) COREY BOZEMAN
2.) KOURTNIE MOORE
3.) PHI LINH HO
4.) LARRY TERO
5.) CHARDAE LOVE
6.) ASHLEIGH BING
7.) OZIOMA IHEAGWAM
8.) MATTHEW BROWN
9.) RONNIE MEEKS
10.) THINH NGUYEN

My Project

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006: 827 words

In the beginning, I started this project because I wanted to help out with a solution to alleviate hunger; a problem that I thought needed some attention and quick. I thought this was one of the world’s most serious problems that we’re being faced with today, although I still believe that, there is one [...]

Week 9 Reading/Lectures/Discussion

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006: 945 words

Summarize Ecclesiastes. What role did alcohol play in ancient religions? Summarize textual criticism and source criticism and explain why they are valuable tools. Why do some people think that Moses wrote the Torah, and what evidence is there that he did not? Identify each of the following terms: J, E, P, D, R, and Q. [...]

Week 11 RLD

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006: 1015 words

Jesus is put on trail for offenses agiainst the political and religious powers. He publically denouces them and calls them fakes and hypocrites. He also was also angre at how the money the church was taken from the poor and what the church was doing with [...]

Comments Again…

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006: 29 words

I have wrtitten comments to the following individuals:
1. Lisa Binder
2. Ramandeep Singh
3. Marie Nguyen
4. Jericka James
5. Kevin Chambliss
6. Nina Vo
7. Randal Harris
8. Fady Yousef
9. Alona Williams
10. Section 4: Kourtnie Moore

my project

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006: 846 words

In the past blog I came up with what I think the worlds three biggest problems are. The problems of ignorance; ones lack of knowledge, poverty and greed are what plagues us all today. Unfortunetly these problems are not usually created by ones self but created around there social setting. In certain social [...]

Week 10 Blog by Raman Singh

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006: 1596 words

I made comments on the following ten people:
1. Lisa Binder
2. Alona Williams
3. Nina Vo
4. Marie Nguyen
5. Jerika James
6. Fady Yousef
7. Kevin Chambliss
8. Randal Harris
9. Phi Linh Ho
10. Karla Brown
I have pasted the comments on here so others can see it.
1. Hey. I like you idea a lot and feel that is coming along good. It can [...]

Alicia {RLD} Week 9

Monday, March 27th, 2006: 1370 words

Ecclesiastes was a book in the bible that talked about the meaning of life and how wisdom impacted the authors “so called” advanced knowledge about life. This book seemed rather depressing to me because I did not quite understand its meaning or purpose. It basically made me wonder if my life is really [...]

Alicia Week 9 Project

Monday, March 27th, 2006: 940 words

I knew that eventually all of my little baby steps would equal enough to make an impact. I have made a lot of changes regarding my project, which have lead me to see the end in sight. First, I tried to conduct my survey but that didn’t work out. I used a [...]

Comments of Week 10

Monday, March 27th, 2006: 10 words

1.Marie Nguyen
2.Lisa Binder
3.Jericka James
4.Alona Williams
5.Ramandeep singh