Reflection Paper About Reflection

The Bible is one of, if not, the most read text in history, with the text being translated into over twelve hundred languages. However, how often do the readers of the Bible analyze the text as a literary work and not an explanation for why unfavorable circumstances happen in everyday human life? The Bible uses literary devises—repetition, paradox, parallelism, etc.—in its narrative to enhance its impression on the reader. In the “Book of Genesis”, repetition stresses God’s influence over the human race, particularly, in the Creation and stories of Cain, Abel, and Abram.

Coming from a family that was fairly religious as well as going to Bible studies, the Bible was always read as somewhat literal. I always believed that these stories were factual, that all the characters in the book had magical powers that were bestowed upon them by the power of the Lord. At the time I would read the Bible in a literal sense then reflect upon it thinking that this passage made no sense, how could this even be possible? When entering this class I believed that we were going to read the Bible just as how I have been reading it my entire life. I was very surprised with this new idea of reading the Bible in a historical type of way, just like reading a history book. I was something different that I have never heard before, but I was willing to try to understand this new way of reading. Reading the Bible through a historical lens helps the reading understand what the author is trying to convey to the audience. My approach to reading the bible has changed by allowing to apply a more literal and critical approach to the stories. When it is looked at from a historical perspective then I feel that I have more of an understanding of what the meaning of the story actually is. Reading the Bible is not a way of just reading factual stories and trying to determine the theological meaning of the message to its audience. As we slowly reach the end of the semester I realize myself reading the Bible and other

In my youth, my family used to go to church every Sunday, and also had me go to Sunday school. The statement, “Have you read this book of the Bible before? I never fully read the Bible, because “they” picked out what “they” wanted to be taught. They give us passages to remember such as, “I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.” (Isaiah 42:16), but never, “Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.” (Leviticus 19:19). I never truly sat down, and read the Bible. Even, when I was the chapman for my first aid squad, I just would pick out any passages I felt like reading, or googled “good passages in the bible” and read off of them. My interpretation about the Bible and the problem I feel about the Bible, it is not a “text”, and not a book, I do not know, what you would call the Bible. In the Bible, you can pick and choose where ever you want to start. The Bible can pamper to everyone one needs, good and bad. So is the Bible “Malum in se”. If you fully read the Bible such as verses with Deuteronomy, his verses about disobeying parents, worshipping a different god, women who are not a virgin, and among others are evil (in to day standers). Hell, lets stone 95% of Americans. The problem is the Bible, is written thousands of years ago, with these people old time views.

When studying any piece of literature there are many different methods and techniques that can be used. The Bible, in specific, is often referred to as a source of moral code, hope, and answers to social, ethical, and political questions. However, this incredibly influential book can also be read as if it were any other novel. The events, settings, and characters can all be evaluated for what they are, forgetting the notion that they are from a religious text. This approach is called narrative criticism. When regarding to the Bible in this way, we do not need to know any historical information or focus on seeking a deeper theological meaning. Instead, the stories are evaluated in terms of how

Our understanding and our ideology is based on our own personal experiences. The Bible for someone living in the third world, a rich man in Manhattan, a homosexual living in the streets of San Francisco, and a soldier on the front lines of war zone, are all different. The New Testament becomes a testament to our own personal experience. We bring into our reading our own life’s story. We make the New Testament into a personal and living canon of who we are now. It is not about the objective truth that is withheld in the New Testament, but instead of the truth that we find, each by our own experience. Contained within the writings that we feel are important and meaningful in the New

“He is our Redeemer, our Rock, our Comfort, a Father to the fatherless…” A guest speaker at church camp stopped in the middle of his sermon on Matthew 18 and began listing some of the attributes of God and what He is for His children. I had lost my father two years before that, and had practically given up on my faith, constantly thinking “If God really loved me, why would he have taken my dad away from me?” The speaker’s words floored me. They stopped me cold. I found myself falling towards the altar to pray to the Lord who I had so blatantly been rejecting. I needed a father, and He reminded me that I have a Father; a heavenly and eternal Father.

Over the course of the semester I felt challenged in several aspects of my writing during each paper that was assigned. Having the freedom of choosing my own topic and being able to focus and gain and thorough understanding of it throughout the course of the semester made writing truly enjoyable. Given all of these difficult assignments I believe that I have grown as a writer as a whole. Going through the process of writing a rough draft, editing that rough draft several times until the final product, although it seemed extraneous, in the end all the work payed off. The essay that seemed to pose the most challenging for me was the inquiry essay. It was not easy to find that balance between being informative, supporting my main arguments with personal knowledge and scholarly sources all while focusing on answering my main question “how is one’s psychological state affected when living with a chronic illness?”. As a result I decided to focus on my inquiry essay for the revision assignment, along with the feedback and suggestions I have receive from you along with Jina not only on the inquiry essay, but other essays that I wrote on the topic of chronic illness, that I believed pertained to this assignment.

On September 18th, 2017 my team member and I had a meeting with one of our clients. The client who is pro se came to the clinic for help with his filing documents, which he needs for his upcoming divorce hearing on December 12th, 2017. Since our client is the respondent in the case is very important that we have the documents to which he must respond to ready and filed before 60 days of the date of the trial. Our meeting was held so we could give our client the finished documents, which we had spent a week preparing. During our meeting our Supervising Attorney, Professor Harmon had to view the documents to ensure they were drafted properly and that we had everything we needed for our client. A couple days before we were to meet with our client we had a meeting with the professor to view our documents, after the meeting we went to work on making the recommended changes and thought that we were finished, however during our meeting with the client Professor Harmon did a final view of the documents and there were still a few mistakes in our documents that we did not catch, like I main bulleted points changing from numbers to letters and how our last page of two documents were two different fonts from the rest of the documents. Although had these errors been identified before our meeting with our client the mistakes would not have been a big deal since they were easily fixable and would not require much time, the mistakes were a big deal because

New beginnings don’t have to start January 1. The time for a new beginning is always right now; and what better time to embrace the motto “no more excuses.”

Taking this class has had a profound impact on me. I have learned how to properly study for a college class. Also, I learned how to effectively communicate and reach out to my professor. This was my first college course which gave me a learning experience about psychology and myself as a student. I have learned how to manage my time, study in ways that are better for me, and focus on the task in front of me. I have enjoyed taking this course overall as I have met my professor, visited campus, and may take more courses at Millersville since I have learned what taking a college course is like. Even though I learned about Psychology throughout this course, I also learned about myself as a student. I learn more effectively in a classroom rather than online, I needed better time management, and to reach out and ask for help. I have also learned that challenging work pays off because when I was struggling, I made sure to take extra credit opportunities which at this point should bring my grade up by at least one letter grade to a B. Taking this class taught me more than just psychology. I learned that I want to go to Millersville and take more classes now that I know how to study and manage my time more effectively.

It happened two years ago as I lay sprawled out on the floor of the library lounge at the Universite de Grenoble in Grenoble,

This first semester has flown by, and I haven’t had the chance to really process all I’ve done. Looking back on the beginning of the semester to now, it’s weird to see how much I grew as a person.

During the fall term, I read sections of the Bible for the very first time. At the beginning of my reading, I only found it as an annoyance as I am not a religious person. However, during my time of reading for class I found myself obtaining advice from certain phrases that I held in my mind from our readings assignments. The readings during class covered stories from the world that God created to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which lead to the making of Christianity. Within that time, the numerous amount of people that wrote the vital text in the Bible did not only include key events such as the rule of kings and wars in which historians have been able to confirm and thereby being able to confirm or alter the timeline within the bible; but also religious messages to benefit the soul of those reading. The verses of Genesis 2:9, Numbers 12:3, Ruth 2:19, Luke 6:31, and Kings 3:9 were the highlight verses of advice in our reading for myself and hopefully many others in the world.

As I walk into school, I was shocked because of how different it was from elementary school. I look at my schedule, and go to my homeroom. The teacher seemed nice so I was already happy. She greets everyone, talks about who she is, and then we are called to the auditorium. We all stand up, and follow the teacher to auditorium. When we get there we are seated on the balcony, I look down and I see the 7th and 8th graders, thinking to myself that I have a long ways to go until high school. The principal walks in, everyone quiets down and listens. The eighth graders already knows who he is because they went here in 7th but the seventh graders went to the 6th grade center, sometimes I wish it was still opened but at the same time I don't because I am so used to it not being here. The principle talks about responsibilities, and how to be a successful student, when It was over, he dismisses us to go to 2nd hour, art. I am not a big fan of art because I am not very good but it was still fun. She talks about the rules, and phones, the main stuff and how not to use the paint. Then it was 3rd hour, pe, he talks about the same thing that happened in last hour. Then I had social studies, MS 101, English, math then science, and they all talked about the stuff I already explained.

In the beginning of this film, it appears these men were struggling to be truthful and honest. They were making sure it was a safe place to do so. They all came to discuss their experiences and learn from other men’s experiences. As the film went on I was impressed by their ability to continue to talk about the hard topics related to racism in our country. They all took many risks to explain their experience and question when other members’ thoughts were inaccurate within the group setting. After watching the rest of the color of fear I have seen a big change in everyone in the group, especially David Christensen.