Church Fathers

sense, or meaning.” In dictionary, father is defined as “a male parent in relation to his natural child or children.” This meaning is derived from the (nuclear) family view of parent and children relation. Then, what is a family? According to dictionary, family means “a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.” In this sense, father is a important participant in the parents and the family domain. Therefore, parents are a base for father (as much as it is also a base for

My mother and father have been happily married for twenty-one years. As everyone know, no two people are exactly alike. They may have more in common than not or they may have less in common than more but there are no two people identical in all aspects. My parents despite the little things they do not have in common are a great match together. Their differences and their similarities bring them together in this journey we call life. Their names are Aaron and Cathlyn. Aaron is a Teacher

September 2016, my father followed his path directly for his bedroom. Normally we would sit and talk about our days, and complain about how hard life is. That month was nothing but a cold silence that rang through the house as the garage doors shut. Today was the day that my father would tell us the truth. At the time our family and I were attending a church in Decatur. We had been members for over 10 years, and it was all going to come to a complete halt. Emerging from his room, my father had a blank stare

send him to St. Patrick’s high and he liked the idea of blending into the environment which, unfortunately, had trouble achieving in his middle school. As a homosexual teen in the 1950s, he understood how lucky he was to have progressive parents. His father was a professor of Physics at Columbia University and his mother, despite being a housewife, complemented her husband’s intellectual ability. His parents allowed him to have hotdogs from the carts roaming through the streets of New York City and even

This story starts with our teenager Rin, at his fourth part time job this month as he has been kicked from his other three part time jobs. Rin sighs in relief as it is almost time for him to go back to the church for dinner. Rin starts to look at the clock but before he can turn to the customer who was done grocery shopping and to pay for their grocerys, the front sliding doors to the small supermarket busts opens with shards going everywhere. “The heck…” Rin starts to say but is grabbed and thrown

The Rise and Fall of Jonestown “If you see me as your friend I’ll be your friend, if you see me as your father I’ll be your father, if you see me as your savior I’ll be your savior, if you see me as your God I’ll be your God” (Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple; hereafter, Jonestown). At one time, these words had power behind them. People would go as far as selling their homes and leaving the lives they once knew to follow the man who spoke those exact words. The man who I am referring

ambulance. I followed orders and loaded the child on a stretcher. The father also came at the request of the son. When I began taking vitals on the child the EMT started to ask the father some questions about the son. Both the EMT and I were surprised when the father didn’t understand a word of English. The father not

see that we are not always meant to follow the beaten path. My father is always the easiest to discuss, yet the most difficult, when it comes to religion and culture. A small back story here is needed to fully understand the place he holds in my life. My father was raised in a Lutheran home. My grandmother, Leona, faithful in dragging (and I mean dragging) my father to Church each Sunday with his 5 siblings. Because of this, my father was never big on religion. As a small child my earliest memories

Dubose. Atticus (father of Scout and Jem) taught them respect because, they will need it in daily life. Atticus also taught them respect because if they don’t have respect, they would not succeed in life. Calpurnia taught them respect also because, they need it whenever they grow older, and mature in their daily life. Calpurnia is also Scout’s and Jem’s black maid, and helps takes care of them whenever their father (Atticus) is going somewhere. Calpurnia took Scout and Jem to her church, and they it

something your parents wanted you to do? Well I use to, but it changed my life! When I was in sixth grade my mom use to make me go to church, and I did not like it. I remember after church was over I would come out in a bad mood because I did not want to go to church and it would ruin my mom’s day! Then we tried a new church, and it CHANGED my life! The church name was GUTS. They had this thing called Nightmare! The only reason I was in it is that I wanted to shoot somebody. What I did not know