My Spiritual Research Paper

The point of keeping a notebook has never been, nor is it now to have an accurate factual record of what I have been doing or thinking. Author, Joan Didion, in her essay, “On Keeping a Notebook” explains how to keep a notebook and why. Didion’s purpose is to inform us on how she keeps a notebook and why notebooks are useful in helping us to remember events that happened in the past. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to emphasize how many memories are kept alive by keeping a notebook. Didion uses ethos, pathos, and different rhetorical devices in her essay to explain her point.

Writing became a way for me to express other feelings throughout my young years, but I always ended up writing in notebooks about how I was lonely and felt that I was the source of everything wrong in my life.

keeping a diary for recording my daily life because it is a good way to practice my

C. Wright Mills suggest recordings of thoughts, ideas, feelings, random conversations, and what you overhear in a file or journal is used for self-reflection. In addition, he states, the process of documenting your thoughts and ideas lays the ground work for what he calls, “systematic reflection.” The file created, is a space you can record what you do personally and professional, they are coupled producing an interesting topic for research. Keeping a journal keeps your inner being alert, giving you the power of expression. The powers of expression and the discipline of controlled expression improve writing skills. Mills suggests rearranging thoughts to make cross references, igniting your imagination. The article implies, the most important part about keeping a journal is, “the maintenance of such a file is intellectual production.

This piece is part of a month-long Wanderlust and YOGANONYMOUS series about the power of journaling.

The idea of writing one’s thoughts and ideas in a private diary or journal has existed for ages in society. However, recently counselors and psychologist have

Barbara Herrick is an author and she was talking about journaling. She told us stories about her life. She asked us to think about what is bugging us currently and write them down. When I started to think which problems bugging me the most, I felt so heavy. I picked one, think about it, and wrote it down. While I was writing them down, I felt that I could be more detail about my problem and lighter in mind. I wrote them as a long list instead of in paragraphs. I found it easier to write it that way instead of sentences, because I did not have to think about grammar.

“Science asks how, art asks who, and religion asks why” (Hewitt 7). Scientist can be religious and religious people can be scientist. Religion can be different for everyone. People worship different gods, practice different activities, and go to different churches. Everyone has their own thoughts on what being religious means. I believe you can be religious and not go to church, or you can be religious and go to church every Sunday and Wednesday. Being religious is not how much you pray or how many times you attend church in one month. To me, being religious is the personal connection you have with god and what he means to you.

The collect chosen tells us about God as the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit who was given to us at Pentecost is not just the spirit of God but the Holy Spirit is God himself. The Holy Spirit is love. The “pouring out of the Spirit” began on the Day of Pentecost. From that time, the Holy Spirit will be forever present to all those who come to faith in Jesus Christ. God's very life, breath and energy lives in, with and among us. Those who are Christians will experience this life through Jesus because they see the Spirit so fully manifest in him. The relationship between God and Human beings is demonstrated in this prayer, as the Spirit is God's agent for bringing people to himself and helping

Disregarding the fact that I’ve been gone quite a long time, San Antonio, Texas remains where I call home. As far as recalling my child hood, I was raised Catholic and followed many traditions that followed. However, over the years those faded and ultimately lead me to no particular denomination.

The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church. (Rom. 8:23; 1 Cor. 15:51-52; 1 Thess. 4:16-17; Titus 2:13).

The Holy Spirit works in the world, convincing people of the dangers of sin and bringing them to repentance and faith. The Holy spirit helps to guide Christians to fullness in the life in Christ. Without it, many people would continue to sin and disrespect the Lord and his work.

Throughout this Theology II class, I found myself thinking and learning more about my religion than I have ever before. Since I had twelve years of Catholic school I thought I knew mostly everything there was about religion, yet, this class challenged my understanding of things I thought I had a grasp of. Things such as contingent and necessary beings, revelation, the Church on homosexuals, Jesus’ life, the sacraments, spirituality, what a Jesuit is, who Ignatius is, what Laudato Si is, and what morality is; these are just are just to name a few that have transformed my idea of theology in this new age.

18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Writing a Diary usually is the most suitable option to express a point of view in an informal way; this hences creativity and critical analysis of the literary text to express emotions accurately perceived.