Essays on Under The Feet of Jesus

In our modern business society, so much emphasis is placed upon becoming successful and procuring enough wealth. Most people believe that having this wealth will allow us to lead happy lives. Unfortunately, this struggle for wealth and the widespread greed that we exhibit in a capitalist society ultimately causes the opposite of what we want. The endless struggle for money may be futile in some cases, as it can be difficult to become successful in any occupation. This strive for…

Developing children constantly tend to bother adults with all these questions they have about different things in life. Many times when their questions are not answered, they can become frustrated and overwhelmed over their curiosity for the world. In the excerpt from the novel Under the Feet of Jesus, Helena Maria Viramontes illustrates the transformation of Estrella, through the passage, from being aggrieved, facing difficulties towards herself and her teachers, and finding that motivation to overcome her obstacles. At the…

The eighth principle of environmental justice states that all workers have rights to a safe and healthy working environment including one free of environmental hazards. These seventeen principles promote economic alternatives which develop an environmentally safe livelihood for people of color. The beginning of this ongoing battle was fueled by low income, colored communities that were becoming the resting ground for facilities with negative environmental impacts. In the early 1960s, Cesar Chavez lead Latino farmworkers on a march for workplace…

This book was written by six authors and is edited by one of them. The editor, and orchestrator of the “Jesus at 2000” symposium, is Marcus J. Borg. He became a faculty member of Oregon State University in 1979 and when he retired, he was a Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department. He was widely held as an influential and prominent voice in progressive Christianity, up to his death in 2015. He was educated at Concordia…

Early divisions over Jesus’s credibility arose out of the derogation hurled at him by the religious aristocrats that he was “possessed by Beelzebul.” (Mark 3:22–27) “The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, ‘He is possessed by Beelzebul,’ and, ‘He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.’” (Mark 3:22) The claim that he was consumed by a Satanic entity completely eradicated Jesus’s other claims and charitable deeds, thereby expunging him from the acceptable roll of prophets that…

Traveling is a weary business, especially in ancient Palestine, without cars, trains or other modern modes of getting from one place to another in an expediate manner. But there in the villages near Caesarea Philippi, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Jesus of Nazareth has just lambasted a group of Pharisees for hypocrisy, exorcised a demon from a Syrophoenician girl, returned hearing to a deaf man and fed four thousand people with seven loaves of bread and a…

Most individuals know Jesus to be our heavenly father and great protector. There have been many individuals that have questioned the birth and death of Jesus. The life, death, and teachings of Jesus continue to guide and provide Christians with information about Jesus and how every individual can better themselves by becoming Christian. To be ultimate in life, one must live for Jesus Christ and carry out their life as he did for everyone. Throughout the years, Jesus Christ has…

In private, Jesus was able to share with his disciples the true meaning of his teachings. In the passage, 9:42-47, Jesus was able to express the different emotions to his disciples that are not commonly expressed throughout the Gospel. This particular passage is interesting because it is one of the few times Jesus shows negative emotion and is vulgar in the messages He sends to his disciples. Mark’s passage, 9:42-47 revolves around Jesus teaching his disciples about the dangers the…

If you had to name a person who most influenced the United States of America, who would that be? You might choose the first President, George Washington, the Revolutionary War, or you might choose Abraham Lincoln, who saw the country through the Civil War, which endangered to tear it apart. As important as these records are, when you start talking about the most significant people in the history of the world, your possibility must get much greater. One person whose…

The novel “Under the Feet of Jesus” (1995) written by Helena Maria Viramontes, is the story of a Hispanic family who, through out their whole life living together, have been trying to survive the challenges brought about by poverty, they are one of the people who, at those times, were trained to work like dogs since they were four years old. (Lawton, 1996). The important characters of the story were Estrella and Petra,. Estrella the character in which the story…

English-Lueck is of the opinion that communication technologies have increased the ways in which we can keep track of our families. According to him the communication technologies have been a boon especially for the working mothers as they help them in being connected to their children’s lives even when they spend a lot of time outside home. But at the same time communication technologies have become a bane for them too. To explain this point English-Lueck uses the example of…