Among these latter arose Armand Jean de Rancé‚ a commendatory abbot who underwent a conversion and brought about in his Abbey of Notre Dame de la Grande Trappe a renewal in the practice of monastic enclosure‚ silence‚ and manual labor‚ expressing a spirit of apartness from all worldliness and a dedication to prayer and penance. By the disposition of Divine Providence his was the one community that
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The chief of operations-Henry Darger- fired a worker who had hacked into co-workers emails. There was a right for Henry to fire the employee but it seems that a consideration of her previous work performance was not included in his decision. There seems to be a lack of flexibility not to mention the hypocrisy about the decision as well. There seems to be many elements that show that there is a disturbance in the corporate culture. Jasper saw an importance in how each person respected their fellow
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"Sunday Bloody Sunday" "Trenches dug within our hearts‚ And mothers‚ children‚ brothers‚ sisters torn apart" -- Matthew 10:35: "For I have come to set a man against his father‚ a daughter against her mother‚ and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." "Wipe the tears from your eyes" -- Revelation 21:4: "He will wipe every tear from their eyes..." "We eat and drink while tomorrow they die" A brilliant ironic take on I Cor 15:32 "If the dead are not raised‚ let us eat and drink‚ for tomorrow
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Behind the Music: Sunday Bloody Sunday During the four minutes and forty-two seconds I listened intently to Bono’s song‚ Sunday Bloody Sunday‚ many thoughts passed through my mind. Bono did a wonderful job of contrasting the 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre with Easter Sunday‚ a peaceful day both Protestants and Catholics celebrate. While hearing U2’s uniquely created spin on the incident‚ I realized how sad and gruesome the day must have been. Bono’s parents were both of two different religions‚ Protestant
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PALM SUNDAY / PALASPAS Palm Sunday is an Easter celebration that commemorates the fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 where Jesus makes his triumphal entrance into Jerusalem. The event took place one week prior to His resurrection‚ and it is a day that kicks off the Holy Week. But why the palms? The palms we now wave in our Palm Sunday celebrations represent the palms that were waved by the crowd and placed in Jesus’ path when he rode the donkey into Jerusalem. In many churches the palms are then saved
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By: Daniel Oswalt Billy Sunday For almost a quarter century Billy Sunday was a household name in the United States. Between 1902 when he first made the pages of the New York Times and 1935 when the paper covered his death and memorial service in detail‚ people who knew anything about current events had heard of the former major league baseball player who was preaching sin and salvation to large crowds all over America. Not everyone who knew of the famous evangelist liked him. Plenty of outspoken
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Sunday in the Park Bel Kaufman In the short story‚ “Sunday in the Park” by Bel Kaufman‚ a mother and father are relaxing at a park on a Sunday afternoon with their child‚ Larry‚ who is playing in the sandbox. Everything was seemly peaceful until another child playing in the sandbox throws sand at Larry. Larry’s mother tells the other child not to throw sand and to her surprise the child’s father encourages him to continue throwing sand. The mother was rendered speechless by the father of the child’s
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Sunday Dinner Sunday dinner has been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember. It’s a day where family and friends reconnect‚ catch up and bring generations together. When our family gathers‚ our guest includes babies‚ teenagers‚ young adults‚ middle-age‚ and senior citizens. When I was a young girl‚ I remember spending the summer at grandmas’ house. On Saturday morning‚ grandma would wake us up at the crack of dawn for breakfast because we had along day ahead of us this
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Case 4 "Never on a Sunday"‚ speaks on one of the most successful family owner and managed business‚ the McCoy’s Building Supply Centers. The case gives descriptive details of the principles used to operate their business. In 1923 Frank McCoy started a roofing business. In 1960 under the management of his son Emmett McCoy‚ the company expanded its services selling roofing and other building materials directly to the general public. The McCoy’s are a very religious family who carries their Evangelical
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Bloody Sunday March 7‚ 1965 Sasha Fernandez Civilizations II Prof. Kenneth Sander December 16‚ 2013 Throughout the first half of the twentieth century segregation within the south was a way of life. It was perfectly normal to everyone that blacks and whites remain separate. The 1960s was a time where African Americans began to act and excel on their civil rights movement more abundantly. Even though slavery was abolished in 1865‚ it was a period in which
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