Bread on the Water

There are times whenever someone you know just needs assistance and since they are your friends you should help them out. Giving to charity and even helping strangers in need is what Christ calls us to do because some people were not fortunate enough to have the same resources that you were. God does not condemn wealthy individuals since it is considered a blessing, but states that we should help out the needy and less fortunate and help relieve poverty. As stated on page 44 “After the commitment to one’s spouse(s) and family, the Old Testament makes it clear that God’s people have a special responsibility for others, specifically the widow, the orphan, the poor, and the oppressed and the stranger,” (Stapleford, 2015). People sin because we were all born from sin, but God does not like whenever a person neglects the poor and less

Teaching in a multicultural society is difficult, it’s a balancing act, you have to be able to help the students from other cultures be able to easily integrate into a new society and culture, but you also don’t want to make your students from another culture lose their sense of identity. There’s no solid answer for how to maintain both of these at once, it’s incredibly difficult. The fictional novel White Bread by Christine Sleeter shows us how fifth grade teacher Jessica Westerfield attempts to keep this balance while also dealing with a tumultuous marriage and finding herself. I was not a fan of the novel, I thought that it’s lesson was predictable and one that was lacking evidence for it’s actual effectiveness as the book was fictional, although I want to state that I do agree with the lesson in that it is important for students of other cultures to have their cultures be represented in the classroom and not squashed by ours. I would have found the lesson more valuable had the book been more realistic, and had less fluff, such as the flashback chapters to the 19th and early 20th century. The final big complaint I had with the book were the characters, they seemed less human and more corpses on strings putting on a grim masquerade. That being said, I did get sucked into the story, and agree with the message it was trying to convey, however fumbled it was. First, however, I’ll write about the realism.

The 1920s was a hard and painstaking era in American history. Many family's throughout New York lived in absolute poverty and saved week to week just to make enough to eat and pay the rent. Many Immigrants flooded the streets desperate for work while living conditions were harsh and many starved. This is just the case of the novel Bread Givers, written by Anzia Yezierska. In this story we follow Sarah Smolinsky, an ambiguous independent Jewish girl "trapped" by her religious traditions. Her story unfolds as she breaks away from her controlling parents and moves to work and go to school for hopes of being a school teacher. Her life is not easy and she must endure countless sacrifices just to get by. With the determination of

What if someone didn’t agree to change? They wouldn’t know how the outcome would be or how it would have an impact. Wanting change is a feeling we've all faced at some point in our lives which requires a leader. To achieve the goal on making a difference, a stand must be taken. In March, John Lewis is faced with many crossroads within the crucial moments of his life.

One of the many charity organizations that attempted to make a difference- the Salvation Army..had made their day view when the unemployment rate had reached 25 percent: “The Salvation Army used 10 years of mass anguish to demonstrate Christ’s love and provide in abundance.”(salvationarmynorth, page 10). The committed charity group had took it upon themselves to deliver gift baskets to 1500 families in peril on christmas eve. Though this organization had been proving to be successful in providing many people with relief from this financial crisis, there were many cases in which the people had given negative responses; “The Salvation Army’s primary function was to spread the gospel through loud open-air meetings...Many Salvation Army officers had to dodge rotten vegetables...by onlookers who didn’t appreciate hearing the message of Jesus Christ.”(salvationarmynorth, page 10). This is just one of the many independant charity groups which attempted to bring some form of

“You don’t change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart.”

What makes someone want to make a change in the world? For some, it is a deep desire to be a part of something bigger or better than themselves. Yet for others, it is a family connection or interest that sparks their conscience. For example, when people are moved to do things like adopt children, something in their heart tells them that she should be a part of something bigger in the world. That is exactly the case for Ludviga Pukas, a domestic maid from Ukraine. It was her own morals and faithfulness to her employer that left her to be remembered as one of the hundreds of thousands of holocaust rescuers (Women of Valor).

“Oh my goodness, I promise, definitely! And I’m going to miss you so much too. Maybe you can come and stay with us? What do you think your father would

The fact of the matter is simple: it’s incredibly easy to make grand promises for a better

Scanning the internet the other day was this derogatory article concerning mega churches stereotyped as big business, assessing how thousands of people give huge amounts of money. The article failed to mention how God blesses His people with such huge amounts of money in order for them to return huge amounts of money. Churches need to be big and rich for help people, and when people are helped the church cannot be big enough.

Even though it is great that we have seen change, it hasn’t changed enough, and instead of having hope, we need to have the determination to change them drastically

Unlike many of his fellow church members, he decided to take action and help as many people

Many people want to change America, but only a few people accomplish that goal. However, I intend to go beyond just changing America. I intend to change lives.

Numerous times throughout the Bible, people encounter Jesus and offer their finest feasts for him. In return, Jesus works miracles and displays generosity when he heals a man with leprosy and makes the blind see. In addition, when three men showed up to Abraham’s home, Abraham didn’t necessarily know the men, but he offered them a meal. This great generosity comes from God teaching people to accept everyone and put others before themselves. Generosity can be viewed in today’s society as volunteer work or donating money, but of course is not limited to these

When it comes to things like shelters and helping others there are always some ethical issues behind them. Then again there are ethical issues behind everything. Here are a couple of them. Whether or not you are doing the right thing by helping these people. If your motive for doing it is right, Should they if they are not Christian be subjected to the Christian faith? I believe that it is the right thing to do. Helping people wherever you can will and always will be the right thing to do. As far the motive whatever it is, if you are doing the right thing then it is ok with me. The person that you help is not going too care if you did it just to impress someone. However if you are not a Christian and you do go into a Christian shelter you had prior knowledge of where you were going. If you don’t like what they are telling about God and you don’t want to here it then don’t go back.