...“A Short story that reminds me of Mama” Mama’s Empty Chair A woman's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her mother. When the minister arrived, he found the woman lying in bed with her head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside her bed. The minister assumed that the woman had been informed of his visit. 'I guess you were expecting me, he said. 'No, who are you?' said the mother. The minister told her his name and then remarked, 'I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to show up..' 'Oh yeah, the chair,' said the bedridden woman. 'Would you mind closing the door?' Puzzled, the minister shut the door. 'I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter,' said the woman. 'But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head.' I abandoned any attempt at prayer, 'the old woman continued, 'until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me, ' Prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here is what I suggest. 'Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It's not spooky because he promised, 'I will be with you always'. 'Then just speak to him in the same way you're doing with me right now.' 'So, I tried it and I've liked it so much...
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...it was rumored that when people were touched by his cloth they got cured from a variety of illnesses such as epilepsy, leprosy and blindness. The type of people who would have been pilgrims are those who have undertaken a physical journey often a very long and difficult one to a distant sacred place, for example, like the shrine. Going on a pilgrimage in the middle ages was a long and difficult journey. The costs involved were dependent on one pilgrimage, where one was going to stay and type of travel. Some of the Pilgrim routes were specific roads that pilgrims travelled on, where the road itself was a thing to experience for religious reasons. The route from London to the Becket Shrine in Canterbury was of this type, as was the Way of St. James. Long distance travelling in general was quite a dangerous activity, since cases of people being robbed along the highways were high. The pilgrims would travel in groups to enhance security. People that are pilgrimage would usually only carry what they needed, and would share with those who had little to...
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...At every party there is always that one person who happens to get out of hand. Whether he had too much to drink or is just likes to antagonize others, everyone seems to recognize that particular person and his faults. Well in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales that role is filled by the Miller. He is rude and disrespectful drunk who aggravates the rest of the pilgrims. Throughout Chaucer’s frame tell narrative, the Miller is never seen in a good light. He invokes crude humor into his tale which distinguishes it from all other tales. The Miller is a multifaceted character in this tale, who begets conflict on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. The Miller’s physical appearance deeply reflects his personality. His fiery red hair is much like his outlandish personality. Much like his hair, he is a very noticeable member of the pilgrimage, but unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. The Miller does not hold back in conversation and speaks his mind to the point of cruelty. He has a brawny physic that parallels to his intense and over-bearing persona. The Miller overwhelms conversations and stories told throughout the pilgrimage. He consistently interrupts others and takes advantage of those not willing to stand up to him. An obscene wart on his nose with red hairs protruding out of it, demonstrates the Miller’s human characteristic of annoyance. His wart was so repugnant that one could not stop staring at it. His personality has connection to this thought by the way that the Miller was so...
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... Bm Lord, I offer my life to You Gm Em D Everything I've been through G A Use it for Your glory D Bm Lord, I offer my days to You Gm Em D G A-Gm-Bm Lifting my praise to You as a pleasing sacrifice Em A D-A7 Lord, I offer You my life. D G Things in the past, things yet unseen A Em D Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true Bm G All of my hopes, all of my plans Em D G Em-A My heart and my hand are lifted to You CHORUS Em A D Lord i offer you my life jesus Loves the Little Children | Rebecca St. James version | | G | | Jesus Loves The Little Children | | D | | All the children of the world | | G | Red and y | ellow, black and white | | C | G | They're all p | recious in His s | ight | | C | D | G | Jesus l | oves the little c | hildren of the | world | | C | G | | Whether you're rich or w | hether you're poor | | C | G | It ma | tters not to H | im | | C | | He remembers where you're going | | D | | Not where you've been | CHORUS | | C | | If your heart is troubled | | G | Don't w | orry, don't you fret | | C | | He knows that you have heard His call | | D | And | He won't forget | CHORUS | | C | | All...
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...An Exchange of Dreams A book review of “The Alchemist” Czarina Nadine M. Sanchez Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it” -Melchizedek Have you experienced holding on to a dream, a dream that serves as your passageway to achieving your Personal Legend? Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist focused on the concatenation of a boy’s journey in life that began as an unfinished dream which led shepherd Santiago, the boy, to his own Personal Legend. However in the first part of the story, it somehow did not correlate with the novel’s title. For it was only focused on the boys travel together with his flock of sheep. But then on the latter part of the novel, the essence of the title was revealed, for it introduced an important character in the novel who is the Alchemist. Aside from the title the author also used several instruments to abdicate the boy’s personal legend. And the most important instrument that he used is the boy’s dream. The boy’s dream inside an abandoned church where there was an enormous sycamore that grew where the sacristy was. The boy’s revelation of his dream to the interpreter goes like this: “I had the same dream twice; I was in the field with my sheep, when a child appeared and began to play with the animals. I don’t like people to do that, because the sheep are afraid of strangers. But children always seem to be able to play without frightening them. The child continued...
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...31 Days of Praying for Your Pastor Brothers, pray for us. (1 Thess 5:25 ESV) “Let the thought sink deep into the heart of every church, that their minister will be such a minister as their prayers make him. … How perilous is the condition of that minister ... whose heart is not encouraged, whose hands are not strengthened, and who is not upheld by the prayers of his people! … “It is at a fearful expense that ministers are ever allowed to enter the pulpit without being preceded, accompanied, and followed by the earnest prayers of the churches. It is no marvel that the pulpit is so powerless, and ministers so often disheartened when there are so few to hold up their hands. … When the churches cease to pray for ministers, ministers will no longer be a blessing to the churches.” Gardiner Spring (1785-1873) There is no greater gift you can give your pastor and the spiritual leaders of your church than to pray for them. Pastors cannot win the battle alone; they need committed intercessors to lift them up in fervent, specific prayer. Imagine how the power of God might be released in our churches if we were to pray faithfully for our pastors. Pastors are human—they face the same challenges that their people do, with some additional ones! They grow tired in ministry, are tempted to sin, and may find it difficult to balance their many roles and responsibilities. They need the encouragement and support of those they lead. Prayer for your pastor is crucial to the spiritual health of...
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...many things in our life we take for granted? The thing unfortunately most often taken for granted is our own health and wellbeing. Why does it take finding out that somebody close to us has heart problems or cancer to get us to appreciate that we are still healthy? Every day we are passing The Royal London Hospital, going to work, university or home. We should remember that within the walls of this hospital there are people who are much less lucky, people who think to themselves, well it's a good thing it's not excruciatingly painful for me to swallow and I can breathe without too much trouble. We should remember that someday we can find ourselves among them. We should remember that someday our friends, or our relatives, or our children can be among them. I represent the voluntary community “PlayRemedy”. We are committed to promoting the welfare of all children in the hospital. For 3 years, we have been directly working with sick children in The Royal London Hospital to bring them both fun and support. We organise special fun days on wards, arranging entertainment, games and activities. We celebrate Christmas and other holidays with these children. We try to make hospital a happier place for children. We try to make the world a better place for them. Because if our society doesn’t stand up for children, then it doesn’t stand for much! One may ask why we would apply for the funding from The Community Spaces programme. One may say it is designed to make our neighbourhood more...
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...External/Internal Factors University of Phoenix Management: Theory, Practice and Application MGT/330 Oren Gilbert May 29, 2011 Abstract In this paper we will analyze the functions of management at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Looking at the four management functions (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling) and how the functions are affected by internal and external factors. An explanation of how globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics affect the four management functions will are discussed. Lastly how managers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital use delegation to manage each function (planning, organizing, leading, and controlling). As well as how each factor (globalization, technology, innovation, diversity, and ethics) is affected managerial delegation. External/Internal Factors This paper is based on the St Jude’s Children Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital was started in 1962 by founder Danny Thomas. Thomas’s goals were to change the lives of all the children that would walk through the hospital doors. He created a hospital that specialized in research and treatment of catastrophic diseases and illnesses. It was not until 2005 that St Jude’s added on a massive expansion that heightened the hospitals efforts to find cures, treatments, vaccines, and rehabilitation for children. This paper will include an explanation of how internal and external factors affect the four functions of management, and...
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...costs can save no- profit hospitals thousands of dollars. St. Jude is a non-profit hospital that treats all children regardless of health insurance or financial status. Since no child is ever denied treatment, any type of revenue is welcomed and greatly appreciated. “The daily operating cost for St. Jude is $1.6 million, which is primarily covered by public contributions. On average, 5,700 active patients visit the hospital each year, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis” (St. Jude Children Research Hospital, 2013). The overhead costs of such an organization are significant and can exceed 35% of total hospital costs. Overall, the hospital’s overhead costs may be caused by volume, capacity, and complexity. In other words, this may include number of patient days, discharges, available beds, and number of medical services. Other overhead costs may come from transport or travel, uniforms, catering, laundry, utilities, furniture and other equipment purchases, and rent. Annual overhead costs can be overwhelming. There are multiple ways to reduce the overhead costs and still be productive. Appreciatively more than 9 million people make contributions to St. Jude each year. The enormous benefit St. Jude has, is that they have an enormous chain of contributors that help with minimizing overhead costs by providing and donating supplies time, and have a family of corporate partners (large corporations) who reduce their prices and provide the hospital with profound discounts...
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...Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations- St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital Tina Crawn Saint Leo University Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations- St. Jude’s Children’s Research Not-for-profit organizations are distinguished by characteristics to include receiving contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect monetary benefits in return, operating for purposes other than to provide services or goods at a profit, and lack defined ownership interest that can be sold, transferred or redeemed. The Financial Accounting Standards Board is also responsible for overseeing not-for-profit organizations and accomplishes this by providing the Accounting Standards Codification or ASC. Not-for-profit organizations account for their revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities on the full accrual basis of accounting. The financial statements are to provide information that meets the common interests of donors, members, creditors and other resource providers. (Ives, Patton, & Patton, 438). The financial statements required for NFPO include a statement of financial position, a statement of activities, and a statement of cash flows. Revenues, expenses, and investments are all received with certain classifications imposed on them. St. Jude’s Children’s research hospital is a not-for-profit organization founded by entertainer Danny Thomas and opened on February 4, 1962. St. Jude is supported primarily by donations raised...
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...St. Jude Children’s Research Hospitals mission statement “The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.” Business Strategy and Global Competitiveness Plan. Located in the heart of Memphis Tennessee is an internationally recognized not-for-profit hospital that is known for pioneering research for finding cures and saving children with catastrophic diseases and cancer. They treat patients from around the world in all 50 states, never requiring families to pay for treatment that isn’t covered by their insurance and with regard to their ability to pay. St. Jude is currently ranked number one in Children’s Hospitals for the cancer care and is the first and only pediatric cancer center selected by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 2010) The Board of Directors and Governors for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are responsible for establishing the objectives and policies. They select, appoint, support and review the performance of the Chief Executive Officers, approve annual budgets, strategic planning, accounting, ethics and compliance, insuring the availability of adequate financial resources and compliance, and performance of the organizations (St...
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...to support a children’s charity, to support St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Central Idea: Many charities are deserving of support, but St Jude is truly special. Everything they do for these children makes their lives and their family’s lives just a little bit easier. Pattern of Organization: Problem-Solution Introduction: Attention: How many of you here think that one day, you will choose to support a charity, whether through donating your money or volunteering your time? Reveal Topic: There are hundreds of deserving charities across the nation, but a really special one is St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Credibility: If you remember from my introductory speech, I’m a member of Delta Delta Delta and our sorority nationally supports St Jude as our philanthropy. I have toured this hospital and have seen first-hand how incredible St Jude really is. Relate to the Audience: As college students, we don’t all necessarily have the means to donate to a charity like this, but there are many little things that you can do that will help more than you think. For example, the last Monday in September, Chili’s, who also is a huge contributor to St Jude, donates 100% of that days profit nationwide to the hospital. It’s as easy as going out to lunch or dinner. Preview: Today I’m going to share with you some information on pediatric cancer, what St Jude is and how they are setting the standard for children’s research hospitals (Connective: Signpost- First I’m going...
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...St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Finding Cures. Saving Children. Moises Sandoval. Specific Purpose: To persuade the members of my audience in becoming a Partner in Hope by donating/volunteering to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Thesis Statement: Since 1962, St. Jude hospital has been a symbol of hope for children and families in the need. As one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers, St. Jude hospital continues to provide the quality of research and treatment relying on the support of many donors to continue its lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Introduction (Attention) I. Attention-Getting Device—Eggs dynamic: Draw faces on 4 eggs to make 4 members of the audience figure that those eggs were their children. Then, paint a mark on two of those eggs to show in one of them that the stain represented cancer and we didn’t know what caused it; the mark on the second egg would try to illustrate that we can try to remove the mark (or resolve the problem with cancer) ourselves but we are not able because it is not in our capacity and that would bring us to the breaking of the third egg that would represent that sometimes when we try to resolve so serious problems ourselves such as cancer we would only make it worse. II. Introduce Your Topic—The topic of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is introduced in connection with the eggs dynamic by stating to the audience...
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...Group Behavior within St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Throughout our society there is defiantly a lot of categorizing of people. Rather it is in schools, friendships, sports, religious groups or within organizations everyone belongs to a group. “Being able to understand the dynamics of group behavior allows one to manage individuals and groups more effectively in a workplace.” (Losh, 2011) Throughout this paper will see how St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital came about and how teamwork and trust has kept this organization together. However we will also examine the problems within their group behaviors that could impact their group productivity and some recommendations to resolve these problems. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is one of the only hospitals in the world that is fully a not-for-profit organization. From the very beginning this organization was built on teamwork and trust. Without knowing the history of this organization and how it was created it would be hard to understand why teamwork and trust was and is so important. Danny Thomas was the founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962. (AboutUs, 2013) St. Jude’s was developed after keeping a promise during one of his prayers to the St. Jude Thaddeus. (AboutUs, 2013) At this time his life he was a young struggling actor just trying to make it big. He was big on religion and always prayed to the St. Jude Thaddeus during good times and bad times asking for help and guidance in...
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...15. Balance Sheet/Statement of Position: The nonprofit organization St. Jude presents its audited combined financial statements using a fiscal year that begins in July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following year. For the year ended in June 30, 2014, according to its Combined Statements of Financial Position there was a huge change from 2013 to the 2014. This statement shows that the biggest change happened in its Cash and Cash Equivalent account. In 2013 the total in this account was 42,378,176, and in 2014 it was $129,701,765. The Cash and Equivalent account had an increased of $87,322,589 in 2014. There is nothing on the notes that mentions why is there such a big difference. According to medcity.com this was predicted to happen due to a medical device tax of about $60 that St. Jude would have to pay in 2013. The receivables actually decreased a little in 2014, but the unrestricted investments increased by 362,101,566. Its net...
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