"Letter to Senator."

Dear Representative,

I find it to be in the best interest that you and your party support these following bills, for the best and moral interest of all human beings: Education for All Act, Global Child Survival Act, Growth Act, Jubilee Act. These bills help promote the education, well-being, and supportiveness of those in need.
The Education for All Act intends to make sure all people have the right and ability to have a basic education. We can only try and support all people in the education area to help everyone become successful. Education is something to not be taken lightly because you have only taken your position in office due to your own education. So let us help everyone to have that ability to help the world and be able to make something of themselves.
The Global Child Survival Act will saves so many lives which such little necessities. It plans to be able to provide medication that can save numerous lives. With this act there won't be millions of people dying every year just because they didn't have medication that is common to you and me. We will be able to provide life for children every where and stop this senseless dying that can be prevented easily.
The Growth Act helps the women of this nation to be equal to men. We have segregated ourselves long enough and the women of this nation need the ablility to have the same opportunites as men. This act will be hard to enforce upon buisnesses but is needed. We have had many women that do very effective things like Hilary Clinton. If we put this act into effect we will be able to see what other great things women can do.
The Jubiliee Act also helps put into effect the regulations of harmful wastes that pollute our world. We need to think right now about our world and what it will be like in 10 years or 20 years. We need to start into effect to clean up the world and stop the pollution for the generations to come. This act also helps countries to stay out of debt. We do not want ocuntries that just came out of debt to go back into debt. Although this may cause some desperation I am sure that the safeguards will prevent any type of need for loans from other countries.

Sincerely,
Christopher Dagenbach

"The Mustard Weed."

The mustard seed shows us that once there is good in the world we find it to spread as fast as it can and it is almost physically impossible for the kingdom of god to be destroyed. Good things that go out into the world just keep going from each person and keeps getting passed and it's a never ending chain. When someone is nice to you then you are going to be in a good mood and nice to someone else. We all help each other and only good can come from that.

"DP 2: What Should We Do?"

We as a class should do what each of us feel like doing.....due to that fact that we shouldn't be obligated but, be controlled by our morals. Some of us can be selfish humans just like all the rest and just look past the suffering of the African people. Some of us can and want to give those few dollars a week and save people from extreme poverty. I believe that the arguments of everyone living with basic necessities is totally possible, but we need to help those that can't help themselves. I think we should get a jar going in class and raise money. One day out of the week people donate money in the jar if they feel like it. We save money and immediately we send that money to help people in extreme poverty. I would say save it up and then send a large amount but each day 22,000 die from extreme poverty. Maybe with our money each week we can make it 21,999. That’s like saving me or you and I for one think that’s pretty kickass. So lets not wait and get something going. We need to brainstorm on who we will use to get our money to Africa that will have the most effect. Not all organizations are as generous as the rest so we should pick the best that will make the most of our money actually get to the Africa people. We should start this soon. Everyday we wait that’s just a few more lives.

"Executive Summary on Africa."

In the world there are people that do fine and some that suffer which brings us to a simple conclusion, the people that are fine should help out the suffering. The world produces more than enough and there is enough to go around to make sure no one is in extreme poverty, so why is there poverty? We humans are greedy and self indulging. Life, life of the poor calls us, the people better off, to step up and take control to help these people on their feet. We have moral obligations to ourselves to make it so that 22,000 people do not die per day due to extreme poverty when it only takes us 1 pecent of our income to save them all. Everyone needs to come together and help. That 1 percent of our income is 1 less of a luxury to save a life. Penny's a day from us all will saves thousands of lives a year. So we need to take the time and really think, is that extra luxury worth more than a human life? Do you consider that soda a day is valued as much as your life? I feel that everyone can live without that extra luxury each time and just limit it to a few times so that we can give up that 1 percent that doesn't really change our lives but makes a enourmous dramastic change in someone elses life. Those people did not ask to be in their situation and have no control over what happens and yet we do. So we need to help since we have been given the ability to help. Do I drink a soda or save a human life? I think I will hold off on the soda those few times outta the week and help take someone out of extreme poverty. So lets all save our money, those few dollars a week, and save a life.

"Portfolio 2: Singer on Poverty."

1. Are we obligated to give to others around the world or do you focus on your kin the people around you?

2. How much inequality do we tolerate?

3. Don't we need rewards to people to work which create greed which allow people to have a chance to help others?

4. Would others need help if everyone was equal and there were no rewards which created no greed and everyone just lived by doing the same and helping or can not everyone do the same and do we help those that can't do as much and don't have the ablility to?

5. What are the reasons that we are to help.....obligated?....moral?....or what phylisophical?

6. Would you give half your stuff to help people that are dying and don't have anything when you could live with half your stuff and be alright? Why or why not?

7. Why should you give up your EXTRA luxury to help someone you will never see or meet?

8. Is giving to someone a luxury by knowing you saved a women in Africa?

9. Since we made our government for our own benefit why should we over extend ourselves and care about these other countrys that need to have their governments do the same. Do we help people that don't know how to help themselves or is that their problem?

10. Should state soverienty be diminished for the good of the world?

11. How do poor become poor?

"Portfolio 2: Good Samaritan Interpretation,"

In this story we see fellow people in the same tribe basically ignore someone that has been beaten and on their way to death if no help is given to him by someone else. This Samaritan finds compassion for this beaten person and gives him help. The other two felt as if they were so high on the social ladder that they could not be bothered to help and ignored the pain and suffering. The second part is that the lawyer admits to the Samaritan as being the good neighbor which is a break through. Jesus has seen the division among his people and wants to show them that who you are doesn't make you a person of God but your actions do. Jesus' solution is to give compassion to all and live with the thought that everyone is your neighbor and you are everyones. There is no separation between people.

John the Baptist Foretold

John the Baptist gives hope to the people. Evil, good, poor, rich, and all are accepted to be baptized by him in the Jordan river. He takes people and answers their questions of their sinful ways. He tells them how to set their course straight and then baptizes the people in the Jordan river to release them of their sins. He also baptizes Jesus and does not preech to be Christ. John had a blessed birth and was born to be an almost announcer for Jesus. John start Jesus' preachings to get people ready for his coming. John I feel was there to teach and kick off what Jesus came to do. John is here to teach of how no matter who you are you can be forgiven of the wrong that you have done and to change your ways and in the eyes of God you will become a loved one. People think that he is Christ and has come to free them from evil. He does nothing of the sort but teaches them not to do evil in the first place. The soldiers not to falsly accuse, the tax collectors not to collect more than they are suppose to and for those who have more give to the ones that have none. These teachings basically mean give to those that have none and do not become full of greed and be content will all that you have been blessed to have. The story also ends with the kings wife being mad at John and John being thrown in jail. This happens because John speaks the truth about the people in power and condem them of what they have done and all their followers. He is converting the people to not follow them anymore and these people try and shut him up. Just like they did with Jesus. Also his father announces to the people what his son will be. He is born with the power of God and comes with the blessing of God to come and preach the word of God. He is to come to this earth and bring Gods people back to him. John is a messenger of God and will teach people to want to be close to God and do the right thing.

Refugee

Jesus had moved and came from family with nothing. Jesus lived a hard life and so did his family. Most likly his family stuck together and fought hard to get by. This hardship could have made Jesus very strong and feel for the poor and not ignore them in his teachings rather than take the side of the rich. Jesus was about his teachings and not about the teachings that would make him someone in the eyes of the rich. His mission changed to try and bring equality to society back then and show everyone that no one should be an outcast. Not the rich, the poor, or the wounded should be shuned from society and everyone should be forgiven for what they have done. Jesus lived in a community with different teachings than what his parents probably taught which probably confused him of what he should believe in. His family or the people around him. This could on make him stronger giving him a broader view on beliefs and help him understand more people even though it being hard on him.

Who's Your Momma

I believe that Mary was the ideal woman. She was the ideal woman in the sense that she was pure. She was pure of sin. This is what the bible tells us about Mary. I think that she stand for what humans should be. They should be kind, loving, and willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of others. It is hard for me to believe about all the Jesus stuff but it's good that people have something to believe in. So I can't go much further than this. Mary was a woman of the "teachings" of Jesus. She lived them even before Jesus and being "contacted" by God.

The first story tells alot about who Mary was. She was a faithful person that believed good comes to those who follow their faith. She traveled and proclaimed the word of God without worry of looking like a crazy woman. How many people would proclaim something like that and actually believe it. You can feel her emotion in the first story. As for the second story it does not relate to Mary. It only talks about Joesph and his same type of undying faith to the Lord.

Who am I to say why God would choose such a woman. I could suspect that he chose Mary because she was young and had not yet been pregant. She also had faith in her God more than any other woman. Most women would have not wanted the child being scared of being found out and stoned to death. She was not. She took the child on and proclaimed it. Then Joseph was a nice man that was going to let her live but after him speaking to an angel in a dream he also stayed with Mary and became loyal to god. Mary's faith would be what truly brought salvation to the world or maybe perhaps any other girl could have been chosen. Who knows....