Category: Faith

The scope of modern nursing practice is multifocal, and spans the entire span of human experience, including; birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death. Death, and dying are unique aspects of nursing practice in that they represent the ending of physiological maintenance, and care, but the beginning of a unique aspect of spiritual…

Religion is an institutionalized system of beliefs and practices concerning the supernatural realm, whereas spirituality refers to the personal beliefs by which an individual relates to, and experiences the supernatural realm (Lunn, 2009). These terms give us a concrete background on the key notion that my essay will be focused on; Faith based organizations and…

This profound article by Jenny Lunn stunningly encapsulates the correlation between religion, spirituality and faith, to development. Using the Critical Theory methodology, she breaks down the approach into three, and provides strong reasoning as to how religion does play a positive role on development. From the first critical theory principle of collection, analysis and interpretation…

The depictions of true Christian faith in The Three Hermits and The Death of Ivan Ilyich resemble one another in that God will accept all regardless of who they are and how they choose or choose not to worship. In the three hermits, the hermits pray to God and worship him in the only way…

Memories and experiences have the ability to change a persons life. Without them, people would never learn and grow. Although Night and The Crucible are different in that they both have completely different contexts, they both reveal the loss of faith in God through the author’s diction, which greatly affects the characters. Night by Elie…

‘The Flower’ by George Herbert is an enthusiastic, jubilant poem in which a special picture of the metaphysical life is broaden with peace of mind and sophistication that easily come into sight. Herberts poem reflects his own relationship with God that is repeatedly unsettled, many times ecstatic; not thinking of himself or his own prominence…

How does one cope with feelings of uncertainty as the world around one loses faith? In his poem Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold explores the sentiment of humanity losing faith, and in times of uncertainty, turning instead to a loved one for trust and support. As new scientific discoveries came about in the late 1800s that…

Faith can be influenced by the people we surround ourselves with, the religions we grew up with, particular things we believe in, and all of them define us based on the degree of our confidence in faith. Founded on all these fragments of our life are the countless diverse forms and ways to make us…

On that snowy Saturday morning as I sat there in church listening to the pastor preach with tears filling my eyes, I knew I never wanted to lose that feeling. A feeling of hope and comfort filled my soul and took me in. I knew in the end I would be okay. When I was…

‘All you have to do is to believe in me’ – a quote from Jesus from the movie, The Encounter we once watched. According to All About Religion, Faith is believing and accepting what you cannot see but can feel within and love with all your hearts. On the other hand, Love, based on the…