8.11.2008
1.14.2006
Civil Rights
Over the last 6 days I have been spending time with a class traveling the south and exploring the path and trails of civil rights. We have also had the privelage of studying the leaders who have changed the world that we live in today. Some leaders are the familiar names that many are familiar: Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcom X. King had taken his first position of pastor at Dexter Ave. Baptist church in Mongomery at the age of 25, where he was a pastor from 54-60. King had also began his family with Caretta Scott King and they also had their first two children in the parsonage. But there were many others that I have began to appreciate. One of King's counterparts and great friends was a fellow cleargy member Ralph Abernathy. Abernathy was a pastor at a chuch near King's when King resided and pastored in Montgomery.
Another very famous man was Rev. Reeb, a white pastor who was killed while walking through Selma with two other white pastors after returning from the successful march to Montgomery from Selma. They were seen walking infront of a parlor that was known for racist whites. Reeb was clubbed in the head and died in the street.
The movement has revealed the potential that lies within men when they have a purpose, a passion, and a dream. And with the leading by Marthin Luther King Jr. along with many other civil rights activists, this dream was made possible. But this did not come without a price. Many people were injured and died in this march toward freedom and the men and women who have suffered will never be forgotten. This price also included the lives of four innocent little girls ages 11, and three 14 years old who died in a church bombing in the 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham. On this same day in Birmingham, a young boy was shot and killed.
This movement was led upon the path of Civil Disobedience. The philosophy of non-violence was a message that King learned from the teaching and leadings of Gandhi in India's drive for freedom from Great Britian. With King's open mind to study the movement that was led by Gandhi, and the desire he had to follow Christ's calling in his life, King was able to lead an unstopable force that would change lives in the United States in the school system, the public, and the government.
The stories that have been brought to life over this past week will hopefully hold a lasting impact for my entire life to come.
Another very famous man was Rev. Reeb, a white pastor who was killed while walking through Selma with two other white pastors after returning from the successful march to Montgomery from Selma. They were seen walking infront of a parlor that was known for racist whites. Reeb was clubbed in the head and died in the street.
The movement has revealed the potential that lies within men when they have a purpose, a passion, and a dream. And with the leading by Marthin Luther King Jr. along with many other civil rights activists, this dream was made possible. But this did not come without a price. Many people were injured and died in this march toward freedom and the men and women who have suffered will never be forgotten. This price also included the lives of four innocent little girls ages 11, and three 14 years old who died in a church bombing in the 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham. On this same day in Birmingham, a young boy was shot and killed.
This movement was led upon the path of Civil Disobedience. The philosophy of non-violence was a message that King learned from the teaching and leadings of Gandhi in India's drive for freedom from Great Britian. With King's open mind to study the movement that was led by Gandhi, and the desire he had to follow Christ's calling in his life, King was able to lead an unstopable force that would change lives in the United States in the school system, the public, and the government.
The stories that have been brought to life over this past week will hopefully hold a lasting impact for my entire life to come.
11.29.2005
greetings
well, it has been a bit of time, and I'm not sure who all is checking up on this anyways. I had a wonderful thanksgiving of food. and I was given a wonderful surprise on wednesday of last week... Jalonna! It was great to see her again, although it is only 2 weeks away until she returns, it was still wondrful to have her here and spend time with her and her family. Miller 2nd is fully decorated with the greatest of christmas cheer and tacky decorations all over! Pictures should be posted later.
Moving on, this weekend I will be visiting my possible prime in Ann Arbor, MI. I will let you all know how that is later... but for now, I must return to work. Technology services.
Blessings!
Rob
Moving on, this weekend I will be visiting my possible prime in Ann Arbor, MI. I will let you all know how that is later... but for now, I must return to work. Technology services.
Blessings!
Rob
10.30.2005
productivity...
I'm not so sure that I have been too productive this weekend. If I were to recap, i would see all of the time that I had to work on papers, but I have a deficiency, and that is the problem that I can't focus to get anything big (like a paper) done ahead of time because I'm most productive at the last minute.
I wish i could change that...
but along with the lack of productivity, I also had a lack of sleep...
-Good night
I wish i could change that...
but along with the lack of productivity, I also had a lack of sleep...
-Good night
10.27.2005
Who am I
"Who am I?"
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Who am I? They often tell me
I steped from my cell's confinement
calmly, cheerfully,firmly,
like a Squire from his country house.
Who am I? They often tell me
I used to speak to my warders
freely and friednly and clearly,
as though it were mine to command.
Who am I? They also tell me
I bore the days of misfortune
equably, smilingly, proudly,
like one accustomed to win.
Am I then really that which other men tell of?
Or am I only what I myself know of myself?
Restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage,
struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my throat,
yearning for colours, for flowers, for the voiced of birds,
thirsting for words of kindness, for nightblindness,
tossing in expectation of great events,
powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance,
weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making
faint, and ready to say farewell to it all.
Who am I? This or the Other?
Am I wone person today and tomorrow another?
Am I both at once? a hypoctite before others,
and before myself a contemptible woebegon weaking?
Or is something within me still like a beaten army
fleeing in disorder from vistory already achieved?
Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine.
Whoever I am, Thou knowest, O God, I am Thine!
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Who am I? They often tell me
I steped from my cell's confinement
calmly, cheerfully,firmly,
like a Squire from his country house.
Who am I? They often tell me
I used to speak to my warders
freely and friednly and clearly,
as though it were mine to command.
Who am I? They also tell me
I bore the days of misfortune
equably, smilingly, proudly,
like one accustomed to win.
Am I then really that which other men tell of?
Or am I only what I myself know of myself?
Restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage,
struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my throat,
yearning for colours, for flowers, for the voiced of birds,
thirsting for words of kindness, for nightblindness,
tossing in expectation of great events,
powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance,
weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making
faint, and ready to say farewell to it all.
Who am I? This or the Other?
Am I wone person today and tomorrow another?
Am I both at once? a hypoctite before others,
and before myself a contemptible woebegon weaking?
Or is something within me still like a beaten army
fleeing in disorder from vistory already achieved?
Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine.
Whoever I am, Thou knowest, O God, I am Thine!
10.26.2005
something deep...
well, i wanted to sit here and write something profound, something that would even impress myself... but I began to think that that wouldn't really impress myself because I have always tried to impress people, I have always tried to woo people (win others over as the test for RA class said)... I'm not really sure why that is engrained into my personality, but is it who I am? and what I do?... but I really don't know why...
why is it important to be profound?
maybe I want people to respect me...
maybe I should shut up... it worked for St. Augustine
"preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary use words"
...
why is it important to be profound?
maybe I want people to respect me...
maybe I should shut up... it worked for St. Augustine
"preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary use words"
...
yea...
well, i have been overwhelmed by the craziness in the scheduling, and the ways that they have set up classes and how so many of them overlap and I'm not able to take some of the others that i want, let alone, need. But I have just talked to my advisor, Dr. Bergler and he and I are going to try to work some things out to make everything possible. who knows... things might work out to be ok. I'm going to get some classes with Jalonna, and that will be fun... it would turn out that I already have a study partner ;)
Along with the scheduling stuff... I have received my Greek exam back... and I have never been so happy with a 74% in my life!
"Even the best fall down sometimes,
even the wrong words seem to rhyme"
Along with the scheduling stuff... I have received my Greek exam back... and I have never been so happy with a 74% in my life!
"Even the best fall down sometimes,
even the wrong words seem to rhyme"
10.25.2005
editing...
so maybe the greatest things that you will first find on here is the changes and the playing around with the layout of everything. Changes are certain to come, and please don't be afraid to let me know how each on looks and which one is the best!
peace out
peace out
Welcome
well, this is my first exploration into personal blogging... it seems like it is more interesting than xanga. Cheers to new endeavors.
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