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Week 08: Letters

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1704 words

Dear Abouna Youstos,
      I am doing an assignment for my theology class about a major problem the world is facing today.  There are many severe problems that the world is going through at this very moment, but the one that bothers me the most is world hunger. There are innocent children and people out there [...]

Week 15: Reflection

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1121 words

     In this blog I am going to write a reflective blog, in which I am going to evaluate the course goals that I feel I have achieved. The course goals are: give students a level of expertise in the discipline of biblical studies, provide the tools to read the Bible in an academic and [...]

Week 14: Grade

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1033 words

   I believe that the end of the world cannot be determined, but there are many people who do. Many people including Christians believe that the world is going to end in their lifetime. I believe that only God knows when the world is going to end and no one else. I really think that those [...]

Week 13: Accopmlishments and Pictures

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1214 words

I feel that world hunger is a very big issue in today’s world. People are suffering each day due to poor nutrition and health. Many of these people go to bed at night without eating anything, because they cannot afford it. Also, a lot of these people get very sick and the eventually die of [...]

Week 12: Related Readings

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1342 words

     My project is going very well at this point. After talking to my priest at my Church about running a food drive there. He told me it was a great idea and he approved of it. He announced to the Church this past on Sunday about my food drive. Many people told me that [...]

Week 11: Respond Again

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1343 words

Jivory1, thanks for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it. I definitely agree with you that world hunger is a huge problem and that is why I have chosen this project. If more people contribute to the problem of world hunger, the less of a problem it will be.
Mdeloach7, the project is going pretty [...]

Week 10: More Comments

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 505 words

The projects I commented on are:
1. yaesha
2.  jenniferpelittieri
3. kateyjames
4. mdeloach7
5. wcantrel
6. blemieux
7. jivory1
8. mwallac1
9. dfoster
10. framzi
The Biblical Prophets relate to my project in the sense that they tried to help people and to bring them closer to God. The Prophets preached and prophesized to hundreds and thousands of people about God, so that they would [...]

Week 09: Implementation

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1240 words

My project is off to a good start. I talked to the priest at my Church about running a food drive there. He was really glad once I had told him that and he even gave me some great advice on how I should go about doing it. He told me he is going to [...]

Week 07: Research Statistics

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1468 words

     In this blog, I will post some statistics about the problem of world hunger. I hope that these facts and statistics will provide some insight about this problem and that many people benefit from it. World hunger is a very big problem in today’s world. World hunger is an issue that involves people’s health [...]

Week 06: Related Readings

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1138 words

At this point, I am still thinking about exactly how I am going to implement my project. I have a couple of good ideas so far, but I am not sure exactly what I want to do. There are many things that I can do for my project, but I am still deciding. I am [...]

Week 05: Respond & Logo

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1486 words

Dwhite9, I appreciate the positive feedback and thanks for the advice on volunteering at a homeless shelter. That is a really good idea and I will definitely consider doing that. If I need any help or information I will definitely let you know. Thanks
Katey James, thanks for the good feedback and advice. I really appreciate [...]

Week 04: 10 Comments

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 308 words

I commented on these projects:
1. cnguye11
2. wcantrel
3. tchevis
4. jle3
5. emilygray
6.  leedatboy
7. nuwaezuo
8. mwallac1
9. mgirgis
10. blemieux
There are many similarities between Genesis and Enuma Elish Creation stories. The six days of creation in the Genesis story are related to the six generations of gods in the Enuma Elish story. The days in the Genesis story relate to [...]

Week 02: 3 Big Problems

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1292 words

     I would like to inform everyone on what I feel are the biggest problems that world faces today. Although the world faces many big problems, I feel that war, the US economy, and world hunger are three of the biggest problems the world faces. I am aware that problems like global warming and pollution [...]

Week 03: My Project!

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009: 1110 words

     The main world issue I have chosen to address is world hunger. I chose world hunger for my project, because I feel this issue has some relation to my major, which is biology pre-med. World hunger is an issue that involves people’s health and well-being. Millions of people in the world cannot afford to [...]

Week 01

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009: 1391 words

     My hurricane story is not all that interesting. When we found out about the hurricane we did not worry too much because we figured it would be like most of the other hurricanes that we had experienced. But this time it was different. At first, we were planning to stay in New Orleans but once a [...]