The five candles on the wreath aren't just plain old candles. ... The first candle lit, the purple, means hope. The second purple candle means love. The third candle which is pink, means joy. The last week's candle lit, is the last purple candle. ...
As a child my grandparents lived in Southern Louisiana, in the small town of Breaux Bridge. It had a country like setting with one traffic light in the center of town. The town was about ten miles from the interstate and had a populated of about twenty-five hundred people. When I was six years old, ...
Role of Women in Islam The actual role of a woman in a particular Muslim community may vary according to the part of the world she lives in; nonetheless all Muslim women abide by the same fundamental rules and regulations that the religion clearly defines (Badawi.) Both the Quran and the Hadith ...
Before you enter the building, there is this seven-candle candlestand. It's called the seven-candle Menorah, and I thought it was a great starting point to describe some material culture. Michael told me that each candle represents one of the seven days it took God to create the world. ...
Christmas at Home When I was a child growing up in a small East Texas town called Tenaha, it was the custom to have a blissful celebration during Christmas. The community would gather to sing carols and welcome jolly old Santa into town. Children would queue up in lengthy lines waiting to si...
"The Grumbling Believers" Religion is a very controversial issue in every race, time, and generation. Whether someone "believes" or not is always an issue in everyday life for many people. In "Latin Women Pray" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the writer is looking upon religious customs as a type of joke....
"Dedicated to worship; holy" is Webster's definition of the word Sacred. My idea of a sacred place is any location I can meditate, worship, prey and/or speak to God. It does not have to be a special room or in front of an alter. All I need is to have a since of solitude, peace and quite....
Mary Magdalene. This is a name that most of the Western world, or those with access to Western media are fairly familiar with. Whether she is known as a prostitute, or as Jesus' most favored follower, Mary is one of the Bible's most interesting characters. I first heard about Mary of Magdala when I...
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lent season which I will describe later in my paper. During Ash Wednesday mass is held in church, after the mass priests or other church officials mark people's foreheads with a cross of ash. These ashes is not just any ashes. Ashes used to mark people during...
