Abilene

judge others’ denominations and ideas about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Personally, I grew up in a Church of Christ, although after coming to Abilene and visiting other churches I have come to realize that my home church is more like a non-denominational church than a traditional Church of Christ. Upon visiting churches in Abilene, I am a frequent member of The Well, which is a non-denominational church that has many similarities to my church back home. For the church that I visited…

Smart Phones in School: A Teaching Tool or a Distraction? Smart phones have become the “norm” in our society. Almost everyone has a smart phone, more commonly a smart phone. Smart phones allow users to access vast amounts of information right at one’s fingertips. Smart phones also allow the user to communicate instantaneously with their closest friends and loved ones through calling, text messaging, and various forms of social media. Smart phones have become a part of our daily lives and…

both carry a single white rose. I bet Daddy will like that. I will tell him as soon as we get home. Do you have any other ideas to hold down costs? I don’t want this wedding to leave Daddy worried about your college money. You are still going to Abilene Christian aren’t…

When asked about future goals, people sometimes envision their future to be like a sprint in which the finish becomes the most important part of the sprint and their speed will determine their placement in Life. I, however, tend to view the future to be like a jog through a busy park. In this, the journey becomes the most important part of the jog and the jogger gets to determine when to finish. In a jog, you can take in the atmosphere of where you are running; noticing all of the mystifying…

Also 1/7 of cowboys were black and another 1/7 was Hispanic and the rest were white, and normally most cowboys are white. Another reason why racially the old west could’ve been violent was in 1870 was more than half foreign born. Also people all spoke different languages and they were not very friendly with each other. Even in the Military history there was an all-black group called the Buffalo soldiers. Also in the Battle of Beecher’s Island, the U.S. Military and the Indians of the plains…

The railroads opened more efficient trade routes, but it also created conflict with the Native American tribes in the area. Indians in the area had already established towns, but the whites wanted the land. In the 1830 the government adopted a policy of separating the whites from the Indians. The tribes were moved and some went west to the great American desert. The Indians suffered illness like small pox that was brought over by the white settlers. This caused 40% of the tribe population to die…

Vanderpool, Clare. Moon over Manifest. Delacorte Press, 2010. Summary: The main character in the book is Abilene Tucker, a girl who lived in 1936. Her father sent her to a small town called Manifest, Kansas while he worked a railroad job somewhere else. A pastor took her in, and in that house, she discovered a box of momentos and letters stashed away under a floorboard. After investigating the letters Abilene matched some of the stories that she heard from her father involving the characters…

interdisciplinary focus and a career as an agent of social change. My academic success over the years paralleled a passion for working with underserved populations. Since completing a bachelor’s degree, I have earned a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution from Abilene Christian University, and dedicated over a decade serving as an educator, counselor, intermediary and advocate for children, youth, the aged and individuals with Special Needs. My affinity for working with underserved populations…

For example, Abilene lives in poverty, and so does Arnold, but If you notice the poverty has a way of pulling the community together. When something happens they sort of rally around each other to provide support. Many of the people in Aibileen's side of town,many have…

Prejudice dates to the very beginning of the United States, when the Europeans interacted with aboriginal tribes. There are some powerful movies that depict prejudice, and the reality of how people hurt one another. Today, racism ignites the riots of the black communities, as several black men and women, unarmed, and with little reasoning, are shot. It encouraged many to partake in the social protests, #BlackLivesMatter movement and take a knee (a national anthem protest), over police brutality.…