Man Friday

Around the end of January I began to feel ill. I was becoming weaker, I couldn’t even stand in the shower by myself. I lost around 10 pounds too. In the beginning of February, I went to the doctor with my mom. The doctor said we shouldn’t worry about it and it was probably just the flu. She also took a couple blood tests just in case it was something else. My mom took me to work with her, because she didn’t want to leave me alone at home. Later on that day, the doctor called my mom and told her to

much to be thankful for. It’s such a contradictory holiday. On one hand, we’re volunteering at food banks to make sure more people have more to be thankful for. But as SOON as it’s midnight (and now even before), our mind shifts back to US! BLACK FRIDAY: where people get elbowed in the face for a 15% discount on an Xbox bundle that’s going to gather dust over the next three weeks. As

Pastors Report August 2016 to August 2017 “How lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Psalm 84: 1-2). Serving God with you week after week at St. Mark’s makes me sing like king David. I want to thank each one of you my faith family as I share my ministry for the past year. Without your partnership in ministry all the things I write here would not have been possible. I continue to enjoy

The next day after Thanksgiving, which always is on the fourth Thursday of November, is called Black Friday and it usually marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. It has come to be known as the busiest shopping day of the year. The origin of this phrase has its roots in the 20th century. The first mention of Black Friday appeared for the first time in 1951 in a newspaper referring to the habit of workers to call-in sick after thanksgiving, in order to earn a four-day weekend. After approximately

Black Friday Shopping Great discounts, lower prices, and many sales are things you think of when you hear the words “ Black Friday”. A lot of Americans find that these sales are worth it , but who wouldn’t want discounts on new items? In my opinion, Black Friday is not even worth the time and effort. Most of the time when you enter the store you are risking getting into an altercation with very greedy people that only think about themselves since most items are a lot cheaper. You

Andrew Leonard's "Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization" argues that the Black Friday shopping spree has begun to get out of hand in the previous years. Leonard explains that consumerism is a great thing for America, but showing Americans that it is okay to go crazy when shopping for deals is not the way to approach the buying markets. He mentions a Target advertisement and states that, "The Crazy Target Lady is not a joke. Watch her cannibalize her gingerbread man, or strategize her reverse

Rhetorical Strategies in Leonard’s Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization” As a country, America has forced the holidays to become a marketing technique. Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas seem like just another way for companies to make even more money than before. In the essay, Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization by Andrew Leonard published on wwnorton.com/write/fieldguidelinks, he argues the point that Black Friday and Black Friday advertisements are taking away from

Darkness that is Black Friday This year, the holiday shopping season’s hottest toy is slated to be a Hatchimal. Mothers around America will head to stores to purchase this hot commodity and, for just $48.00, will make their child’s Christmas one to remember. But, what most people don’t realize is that many troubles will begin to ensue as these sales begin. Although Black Friday allows people to purchase gifts they otherwise couldn’t afford as well as help companies prosper, Black Friday drags our society

The Friday after Thanksgiving is everything from a bargain hunter’s dream come true to a husband’s worst nightmare. Since the early to mid-sixties it was been given the name “Black Friday.” Black Friday is day where stores around the country open their doors early to welcome the start of the Christmas shopping season. This is the day if you get to the mall by five a.m., you are late and will not find a parking place. It is the same day where you start off by being cussed by a pregnant woman,

God's house is anywhere. No saints, braziers, altars, choir, bays or anything that constitutes the enclosure of prayer are needed. And many times to those same people who attend church go for nothing. Attending only once a year for Holy Week or Good Friday. And many of them as soon they leave the house of the Lord curse you, commit acts and things not to do. In reading the notes that to meditate or talk to God do not go to church so dressed, groomed, making the best of the best. All those people who