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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009: 321 words

A picture is worth a thousand words! and I have 3!!
Counter-cultural means to have values and behavior that opposes or counters the present culture of that time. I guess you can say that Jesus was counter-cultural during his time. He was titled the King of the Jews and everyone hated Jews back then. His followers [...]

Week 12: Related Readings

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009: 1045 words

 
My project is going better than I expected.  I am done editing my video and I hope to post it on YouTube very soon.  It is very unfortunate that I was only able to make the video and not the other stuff.  I must admit I got caught up with all my other classes, but [...]

Week 12: Updates

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1105 words

In week 6 I blogged about the personal tragedy of losing my uncle in March and wrote about how I might change my project to fit something related to the reason for his death. I just want to update here that I stuck with my original project because I am not quite if I really [...]

Week 12: Related Readings

Sunday, April 26th, 2009: 1324 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 [...]

Hmmm Service is Wonderful :) (week 12)

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 1232 words

I am excited to say that our project has basically been completed. Dannielle and I went to William J. Fischer Elementary school and conducted an outstanding girls group with about 20 7th and 8th grade girls. The girls were super excited and eager to answer the many questions that we posed. We came to classroom [...]

Almost Ready for Takeoff!!! (week 12)

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 812 words

My project is going great as of right now. People are very receptive about my flyers and attending my seminar. The children at my church and even some kids from Truman Middle school will be attending. I expect about twenty kids overall in attendance. I plan to have the seminar in backroom of my church [...]

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 1160 words

Blog about how your project is coming along. Post at least one picture related to the implementation of your project. How was Jesus counter cultural? Is your project counter cultural? Explain
My project is coming along well I explained in my earlier blogs exactly what goes on but I will explain again.
I’ve met many new kids [...]

Week 12

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 1071 words

Above is a graph that featured in my presentation to young teens showing the rates of teen pregnancy in different countries. These countries included the United States, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. As you can see the United States has the highest rate of all. At this point my project was going well. I had just [...]

week 12

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 624 words

So far my project is going pretty well. I started out with talking to people in my subdivision and people from my church choir. I understand that those people who i chose to have meetings with are not minors, but I did this purposely. I aimed for these people because they all have children either [...]

Week 12

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 855 words

Why do most Christians in history believe the world will end in their lifetimes?
I personally do not know the reason why people have accumulated these beliefs over the years. I would say that it has to do with your religion and what you were taught about the Christian religion. Some people refer to the book [...]

Week 12: Related Readings

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 1228 words

Blog about how your project is coming along. Post at least one picture related to the implementation of your project.
I think my project is coming right along. Some things have finally decided to work out for me. In the future, I think that I am not going to try to reinvent the wheel but I [...]

Week 12: Related Readings

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 1048 words

    The two pictures to the right were included in the list of goals of my project. The picture was taken in front of my house, which is located in the Gentilly area. As you can see, the plants are really young and have a long way to go. One way to contribute to the [...]

Week 12

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 1061 words

My project is coming along great. I really enjoyed myself working with the teenagers. I am glad that I am doing a good deed that may hopefully change these children’s lives. I have talked to the children and I am also trying to figure out what else I could do to help other teenagers. I [...]

Week 12

Saturday, April 25th, 2009: 1612 words

Blog about how your project is coming along. Post at least one picture related to the implementation of your project. How was Jesus counter cultural? Is your project counter cultural? Explain
 
I do not have any pictures from the actual event that was held for my project at this time.  The only visual aid obtained was [...]

Smile for the camera ladies!!!!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009: 1178 words

Several participants and One counslor of
the program at a swim party to mark
the beginning of Spring.
 
 
 
Well by now we know what my project is so I don’t need to repeat it but for those of you who don’t I am aiming to help eliminate poverty in New Orleans as well as the nation. To accomplish this [...]

Week 12: Project Progression

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009: 1458 words

The project I have chosen to implement is poverty.  Throughout these last few weeks my project has been almost fully carried out.  I spent a lot of time on my project, and I feel that I have made a difference in some individual’s lives around the world.  As I spent time at Second Harvesters Food [...]

Week 12

Monday, April 13th, 2009: 1708 words

Week 12- How my project is coming along-

My project is progressing as planned. Flyers have been prepared and boxes have been covered and placed around the school where Xavier students can donate food for the hungry. Our appointment at Second Harvesters Food Bank has been booked and confirmed. Second Harvesters Food Bank is probably [...]

Week 12

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 1130 words

When I come to Louisiana, New Orleans, Xavier University, and parts all over; I’ve come to realize the diversity among the people in every community. After trying to provide a place where people could come to pick up trash, I realized that many people would enjoy the idea, others would reject this idea, and others [...]

weeks 11, 12, and 13 lets go

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 1025 words

week 11
textual critism and souce critisim do not really that big of a gap. textual criticism is the idea that deals with the interpertation of anicient text and manuiscripts to try and bringthem as close back to the original meaning as they can be. Shorter and harder to read [...]

Combinations are excellent!

Thursday, December 11th, 2008: 1103 words

I received lots of positive feedback regarding the progression of my project. Thanks to everyone who supports my idea! The Diabetes Awareness event that was scheduled on November 30 went extremely well. I took several photos, some of which are posted above. The pictures from left to right are as follows: Dr. Stephens answering a [...]