I personally enjoyed the Video Essay Project. To me, it was a time for reflection, being able to really look back through the semester and see how I have changed as a person. In regards to deciding what I would recite in my video blog, I had the time to think back and see how this religion course really did change my life. I am appreciative of the growth I have undergone in this semester. If it was not for the Jesuit education Gonzaga strikes to achieve, I would probably never had dipped my toes this deep into religion. I am thankful for the opportunity this project has brought to my life.
Listening to my video blog, I realized how much interest I have in religion and the Christian faith. Although I cannot say that I agree with 100% of the ideas taught in Christianity, I can agree with some. And with the new knowledge of religion, I think of my life in a different light. I truly take the time to think of my growth and what beautiful day each new day brings to me. I am thankful for the teachings that the bible offers to readers, showing those who read the bible how powerful every day is. Regardless of my religious faith, I have found the desire to really read the bible and have taken the time to go through the bible on my own time.
I am thankful for this project and am happy to see the growth in me through this semester and how much this course has impacted my life.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Week 13
The thing I found most interesting in this week's reading is the verses in the Bible written in 1 Corinthians.
I enjoyed the way love is portrayed in the Bible in 1 Corinthians 13. This verse tells me to be true to myself. It shows how important love is and what it means to us. Love means much more than what one assumes it means. I like 1Cor. 13:3 where is says, "If I give away everything that I have and hand over my own body to feel good about what I've done but I don't have love, I receive no benefit whatsoever." To me, this means don't throw myself at someone, don't go into a relationship because I pity someone. Instead, go with how I feel. Love has to be true, I can't just forge it. Then it goes on to the "love is patient, love is kind..." segment. I personally think about love every single day. It is my goal in life to be with someone I love for the rest of my life. It's such a powerful thing, and really hard to understand. I want to trust love and believe that it will find a way to find me, instead of me going out and finding love. Relationships are such a complicated thing, girls talk about it every day. It's relieving to know that Jesus went through trying to understand love as well. Love never fails.
Another pretty interesting thing was in 1 Cor. 15:38 "God gives it the sort of shape that he chooses, and he gives each of the seeds its own shape. All flesh isn't alike". Lately, I feel like there has been an overwhelming amount of discussion over diversity, minorities, differences in people as groups. Am I the only one? I am very exhausted of hearing the words diverse, minority and whatnot. As the Bible states, all flesh isn't alike. No two people are the same. Why are people discussing the differences in the color of the persons skin when each person is different. I feel like our civilization has come so comfortable with clustering people together, individuality is overlooked. I think it is time to stop talking about ethnicities, racism, and realize that each person in the world comes from a different culture. Even among the majority, two people are different. No two flesh are alike.
I enjoyed the way love is portrayed in the Bible in 1 Corinthians 13. This verse tells me to be true to myself. It shows how important love is and what it means to us. Love means much more than what one assumes it means. I like 1Cor. 13:3 where is says, "If I give away everything that I have and hand over my own body to feel good about what I've done but I don't have love, I receive no benefit whatsoever." To me, this means don't throw myself at someone, don't go into a relationship because I pity someone. Instead, go with how I feel. Love has to be true, I can't just forge it. Then it goes on to the "love is patient, love is kind..." segment. I personally think about love every single day. It is my goal in life to be with someone I love for the rest of my life. It's such a powerful thing, and really hard to understand. I want to trust love and believe that it will find a way to find me, instead of me going out and finding love. Relationships are such a complicated thing, girls talk about it every day. It's relieving to know that Jesus went through trying to understand love as well. Love never fails.
Another pretty interesting thing was in 1 Cor. 15:38 "God gives it the sort of shape that he chooses, and he gives each of the seeds its own shape. All flesh isn't alike". Lately, I feel like there has been an overwhelming amount of discussion over diversity, minorities, differences in people as groups. Am I the only one? I am very exhausted of hearing the words diverse, minority and whatnot. As the Bible states, all flesh isn't alike. No two people are the same. Why are people discussing the differences in the color of the persons skin when each person is different. I feel like our civilization has come so comfortable with clustering people together, individuality is overlooked. I think it is time to stop talking about ethnicities, racism, and realize that each person in the world comes from a different culture. Even among the majority, two people are different. No two flesh are alike.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
In Class Writing #3
Reading my In Class Writing #1, I have not been fulfilling my goals that I planned to achieve. In that entry, I stated that it was important for me to have a healthy breakfast and enough sleep. Since then, I have been going to bed before 1 o'clock which I think is very healthy. On the other hand, I haven't been having breakfast in the morning. Instead, I have found something called coffee that allows me to feel full until about lunchtime. Considering that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I know this is really unhealthy for me. Because I don't have access to the COG for breakfast, I have picked up the unhealthy habit. It really is time to keep myself healthy and even go to the gym for re-freshness!
Week 12
The thing I found most interesting in this week's reading is how there are many different pericopes within the Bible.
Like what we do often in class, it's interesting to find out that there is the same overall message threaded through the Bible. At the same time, it is fascinating that word choice plays a large part in how people's views change. It's confusing though that even though the Bible shares the same central idea why Mark, Matthew, and Luke decided to change the words to suit their style. How I see it, I think the Christian religion can be understood and also have one main idea if there was only one type of writing. This way, there would no arguments within the religion on how to perceive things.
I also found the explanations of the metaphors interesting. To me, it's obvious that Jesus isn't the Light of the world, Bread of life, and Gate and the Way. But by implementing these metaphors, I think it makes the Jesus figure more powerful. Saying Jesus is the light of the world shows how much ability Jesus has and the capability he holds within each individual. Using metaphors allow readers to relate and put into figure what the Bible is saying. The usage of metaphors is a literary way of connecting the readers to the Bible. I like that because often, human beings aren't as powerful as light, or the entrance to a gate. But by saying and relating Jesus in metaphorical ways, it shows how much ability Jesus has and how this human being once had.
Like what we do often in class, it's interesting to find out that there is the same overall message threaded through the Bible. At the same time, it is fascinating that word choice plays a large part in how people's views change. It's confusing though that even though the Bible shares the same central idea why Mark, Matthew, and Luke decided to change the words to suit their style. How I see it, I think the Christian religion can be understood and also have one main idea if there was only one type of writing. This way, there would no arguments within the religion on how to perceive things.
I also found the explanations of the metaphors interesting. To me, it's obvious that Jesus isn't the Light of the world, Bread of life, and Gate and the Way. But by implementing these metaphors, I think it makes the Jesus figure more powerful. Saying Jesus is the light of the world shows how much ability Jesus has and the capability he holds within each individual. Using metaphors allow readers to relate and put into figure what the Bible is saying. The usage of metaphors is a literary way of connecting the readers to the Bible. I like that because often, human beings aren't as powerful as light, or the entrance to a gate. But by saying and relating Jesus in metaphorical ways, it shows how much ability Jesus has and how this human being once had.
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