...Final Reflection This life narrative reflection was an interesting assignment that help me define what my values and beliefs measure in my life. What proved to be easy was the “free week” because most individuals (such as myself) have an vacation spot imagined and planned just in case the opportunity present itself. The most difficult, was to see myself as a counselor that cannot affiliate my faith with my duties as a counselor. What I am most passionate about I cannot share with others. A value can be best defined as a belief, a mission, or a philosophy that is meaningful. Whether we are consciously aware of them or not, every individual has a core set of personal values. Values can range from the commonplace, such as the belief in hard work and punctuality, to the more psychological, such as self-reliance, concern for others, and harmony of purpose. However, when personal values are discussed it is mostly defined on key values that pertains to myself and not others. As I begin to think about the funeral, the free week, and change the most important part that captured my attention was that every answer that I explored was centered on my faith. At the funeral, I was thinking how everyone would say that I was a great example of a “Christian” and describe how I was willing to do anything for anybody. I imagined all these nice things people would say, but also I thought about if they would really say these things because they were accurate or because it was the right thing to...
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...Lakeyshia Ward is a woman with deep Prophetic gifts that God has assigned to be a voice of wisdom and enlightenment to other women, especially those who have to cope with fidelity and dedication within their marriages. “It Is In Your Mouth” is a book birthed out of the emotional and very personal turmoils she experienced in silent solitude, much the same as so many other women do. With prophetic insight, Lekeyshia, discusses issues and situations that she and women across generations and time have had to contend with in the face of marital issues and difficulties, and while they are seemingly catastrophic and unforgivable, she is sharing helps to show that through personal and spiritual development the realization that God is still using the...
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...adults in North America edited by Sumi Loundon. It takes an interesting approach to Western Buddhism, divided in four parts being lessons, life stories, livelihood and personal reflections by the editor. It explains first-hand the overcoming of struggles and barriers faced by modern Buddhists on their everyday path to enlightenment. The stories of the young North American Buddhists vary from Lillian Guild’s search for a relationship with a strong religious foundation to Elijah Ary’s duty of bridging the Eastern and Western Buddhist worlds. As seen in lectures, Elijah Ary is a tulku, a reincarnation of a popular Tibetan Buddhist monk, and the only one ever born in the Western world (ever to be confirmed by the Dalai Lama). Another testimonial is entitled “I’m a Mutt” by Hanuman Goleman, a self-proclaimed “Bu-Hin-Chris-Jew”. Goleman explains his choice to focus on his Buddhist way of life, while remaining conscious and respectful of other faiths. Like Ary, Goleman was born to a Jewish father and Christian mother who later converted to a major Eastern religion (Hinduism at first, in contrast to Ary’s Buddhism). I found it interesting to see two men from such similar roots overcome great diversity and pursue the same faith with much different paths. Unlike Ary, Goleman was under no pressure to pursue his faith studies in traditional fashion, making his spiritual journey much more accessible. Goleman’s “everyone is right about God” philosophy and diverse religious backround makes...
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...Critique of Westerhoff’s Spiritual Life: The Foundation for Preaching and Teaching[1] The Preface to Westerhoff’s book presents the problem which he seeks to address in the six chapters that follow. “Burn-out”, “drain-out” and “rust-out” are all terms used to describe a condition among preachers and teachers whereby they come to realize that their faithfulness to their vocation has become flawed and empty. The reader is informed that it is a spiritual disease that needs spiritual healing so that these individuals can acquire a message to preach/teach that is fresh and relevant (p ix-xi). Westerhoff proceeds to explain that this healing is to be found in “deepening love relationships with God, self, all people and the whole of creation” (p 1). A love must be experienced for what is good, true and beautiful (p 6) and relationships must be infused with the fruit of the Holy Spirit (p 8-9) for ministry to be revitalized. There must be a rejection of hypocrisy to where relationships become more authentic. A concurrent problem also exists which Westerhoff considers of equal importance – the post modern climate of our culture. He writes that the message presented by preachers and teachers must be tailored so as to accommodate the disdain for information, logical analysis and skill training development (p 17). He contends that for a message to be relevant a minister must increasingly become intuitive (p 21), experiential and imaginative (p 25) in his/her approach and recognize...
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...religion. Faulkner’s use of these literary devices not only mocked religion, but also gave us a bit of insight into his views on religious people and their approach on life. Faulkner is able to start the mocking of religion with his use of specific diction. The characters in the novel are shown to be people who use religion and God to give authority to their own opinions. For example, Mr. Tull says that the Lord did not want him to spend so much time thinking to rationalize...
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...a barbarous time in history, the preservation of strong faith is what people thought would help them to endure through the dark times and give them hope. However, it was nearly impossible to trust God and His plan when the ground around the prisoners assumed the role of a graveyard and the living struggled to survive through the night. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust and prisoner of multiple concentration camps in Europe, wrote the memoir Night about his unimaginable suffering during...
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...Approach to Christian Counseling Summary McMinn (2011) uses this book to bring out the importance of the use of spirituality (as related to Christian faith) in psychological counseling. He describes the Christian Counselors as people who are highly trained in counseling theory and techniques, in theology, and are personally disciplined to mirror Christian attributes during and after counseling. (pg. 139) According to McMinn (2011), Christian Counselors face the challenges of knowing the techniques of spiritual formation, inability to learn spiritual passion, and devotion so as not be handicapped in bringing religious issues to counseling and therapeutic session (p.39). This is because training and competency in the field of psychology and theology can be evidenced, but understanding spirituality cannot be evidenced. This will continue to be a challenge because we can never be spiritually competent. Another challenge is the link between the counselors personal and professional life and worldview as it affects the clients’ level of spirituality, believes and worldview. He states that Christian counselors are faced with the problem of expanded training. They must go beyond the level of professional training to personal training because other factors such as empathy, care, trustworthiness, wisdom and insight come from within (McMinn, 2011, p.15). In moving counseling towards psychological and spiritual health, McMinn explores the three major areas of life strengthened...
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...identity by absorbing the life around her as her limp literally forces her to move slower through life. Although Adah discovers after her time in Africa that the limp was a mental stigma brought on by herself, she continually observes the perfect balance of the African women. Adah notices that the village women are “pillars of wonder, defying gravity while wearing the hohum aspect of perfect tedium”(31). Her observation of the women reflects the asymmetry between her sisters and herself, and the village women. Practicing to be like the Kilangans cannot create a societal balance for the Prices as their light skin tone defeats that battle entirely, and the women do not have figure like Reverend Price who annihilates their opinions. Upon reflection of their time in the Congo, the female family members realize that “[they] have given up body and soul to Africa”(474). The body and soul is what the pests of Africa took from the Price family. Nonetheless, the epiphany awakens the women to a truth that is reflective of their constructive narration because they gradually strive to emulate the women, who carry objects on their heads, through their decisive narration. As the narrators realize that their balance is weak in comparison to the African women, they realize that “[they] brought all the wrong things” to Africa (65). Rather than bringing along a sense of structure, the Price women have to create it on their own. The mental capacity of the women is tested by the Congo just as...
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...She essentially connects deontology, teleology, and virtue ethics together in a comprehensive approach of three dimensional moralities. The dynamics of moral formation in an evangelical context is explained through scripture, Christian community, and the development and practice of Christian virtues. The overall premise is to fully understand the importance of deontology, teleology, and virtue, but not at the expense of Christian morality. Reuschling states, “They are not the same thing as Christian morality if we ascertain our moral obligations as just duty, just what works, and just personal...
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...Self-reflection ppd plan This is a personal and professional development that shows a self-reflection of me using the skills audit discussed in the PPD sessions in the class room. This also provides insights of various strengths and weakness I possess and the various things which I want to develop during the course of my HND programme both in respect to my personal and professional development. It also gives out steps of how to achieve the same. Introduction I believe in the philosophy of improving myself as much as I can and in whatever way possible. I believe as surroundings change the challenge is to adjust to the change surrounding and try to adapt and learn what the new environment has in store for you. I believe each day bring a lot of opportunities for growth. My biggest strength I believe is that I believe in power of positive thinking and my utmost faith is in the fact that whatever happens, happens for good reason, so no matter how hard times I see, I take it as means for me to learning new things out of the whole experience and this make the journey of life more easy. Self-Reflection In my course or HND Hospitality Management and various PPD sessions which included the skills audit, time management questionnaire had helped me to do a self-analysis, of my own personality. Though there are various traits that I came across while answering the questions to the Kolb’s learning cycle and vak/vark learning styles self-assessment questionnaire, there were...
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...experience. Periods In their life marked by suffering, loneliness or despair are more easily endured because their religious experience ensures that these dark elements of life are not seen as ultimate. There is also the argument that if no one ever had a religious experience, we would have to wonder why anyone continued to talk about religion at all. Many different religions believe that a religious experience could be triggered in multiple ways. Greeley (1975) listed 15 triggers of a religious experience, some of which are; Listening to music, Prayer, Beauties of nature, Moments of quiet reflection and listening to a sermon. Drugs may also be a trigger of a religious experience as they could produce symptoms in people which seem remarkably close to religious experiences. Buddhism is a spiritual tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep insight into the true nature of life. Buddhists follow the...
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...“Primarily psychology and Christianity are perceived by many people to be in opposition” (Entwistle, 2010). Both psychology and Christianity address both the experiences in human life and angles from different views. The writer also explains, “Christianity being based on the Word of God. Psychology is based on worldly views; it is an empirical foundation, so it does not allow faith to make any adjustments in its teachings.” (Entwistle, 2010) Christianity is based on the belief in Jesus Christ, which takes faith and understanding, the Bible is the teachings and laws that God wants us to abide by, and is the foundation of all truth. The writer of the book states that, “Psychology uses empirical methods of study while theology studies human interpretations of God’s Word.” (Entwistle, 2010) We take a look at the integration of the behaviors. The book Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity’s sole purpose is to help the readers understand combining the disciplines of psychology and Christianity. Even though the two always seem to pull against one another, the author gives great examples and issues an insight on how the two can work together. There are various models that view the integration of the two and show how they can be combined to be a marvelous tool together. The author began the book by taking a look at the way worldly views can have a huge influence on the way people think in society. David Entwistle takes the idea of “worldview” (Entwistle, 2010) and explains...
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...gods themselves also give birth to the idea of avatars, or the form of god when he or she comes to earth. The idealism of the Hindu religion comes from the Vedas, which are the Hindu religion's oldest scriptures and are considered to be a direct revelation from God. The Upanishads are writings that take their themes from the Vedas. Lastly, the Bhagavad-Gita is a collection of teachings that are based on the conversation between Arjuna, a soldier, and Lord Krishna who is the mortal reincarnation of Lord Vishnu. He appears as Arjuna's charioteer. In these conversations the two discuss everything from the purpose of life to the basis of reality. Much like Christian proverbs, the teachings of Lord Krishna give advice, general good sense and insight on many subjects. Perhaps the most important part of the philosophy of Hinduism lay in its path to enlightenment. The main ideas of enlightenment come through the four goals of Life. The first of these ends is Moksa. Moksa could be considered the realization of separation between the spiritual self and the physical self. It is only through this realization that one can be released from the mortal life and allowed to...
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...means completely controlling what subordinates do. These leaders like to micro-manage, insisting on knowing and managing every detail. Others prefer a more hands-off, delegating approach. While there is not one particular style that is ideal for all leaders, there is something to be said about the leader who empowers those that work for him. There are two other related observations from the Bible about leadership: (1) Leaders Maintain Awareness of their Follower’s Needs. For employees to perform maximum effectiveness, leaders should see to it that their basic needs are met such as: adequate compensation, suitable working environment, sufficient assistance for complex projects, clear communication from leadership, and sensitivity to personal issues they may be confronting. (2) Leaders Provide Stability in Turbulent Times. When leadership is weak, confusion results and can lead to chaos, when there is a leadership vacuum, anyone can step in. A strong leader clarifies the company’s direction and goals, so those who follow can support and contribute to the corporate mission. Barna Research...
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...Provider and Faith Diversity: Final Draft Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Healthcare HLT310 Mathew Hampton August 1, 2013 Abstract The medical field brings many different people of many faiths in contact with health care providers. Spiritual care is a crucial aspect of patient care spiritually allows patients to continue to practice their religious beliefs in the hospital setting is important for the overall healing of the patient. This paper will give comparison on the Christianity Faith and Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam faiths and healing methods. Every health care provider needs to be aware and respect the many religious and or spiritual needs a patient may have in order to allow optimum healing. Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity: Final Draft Spirituality is essential to holistic practice as a health care professional (Faulkner, 2012, p. 77). Health care providers in all fields come in contact with multiple faiths and healing techniques. Multiple beliefs require medical personnel to have the basic knowledge of multiple faiths and religious beliefs. It is imperative for patients religious beliefs be respected and or allowed to practice during their hospital stay. Christianity is one of a few mainstream faiths. Other religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam are not as well known. This paper will discuss and compare Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam with Christianity’s healing approaches and beliefs as well as the author’s personal beliefs. The...
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