Posted by Valerie Elverton Dixon 5 weeks 3 days ago
Meaning happens when the purposes of the writer come together with what the reader thinks is important. Since all aspects of any one thing cannot be perceived all at once, we focus our attention on...
Posted by Valerie Elverton Dixon 14 weeks 6 days ago
We know we are addicted to something when that behavior damages our relationships with people. When alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, or work is more important than mother, father, husband, wife, child...
Posted by Valerie Elverton Dixon 15 weeks 5 days ago
When I was a little girl, my mother and I prayed together every night:Now I lay me down to sleep.I pray the Lord my soul to keep.If I should die before I wake,I pray the Lord my soul to take.And then...
Posted by Valerie Elverton Dixon 17 weeks 5 days ago
Violence does not equal power.Martin Luther King, Jr., understood this. Yesterday was King’s 84th birthday. This year the national holiday to honor him will coincide with President Barack Obama’...
Posted by Valerie Elverton Dixon 30 weeks 4 days ago
Just peace theory begins with the idea that peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace building is a day-by-blessed-day proposition. Unlike just war theory, it does not begin when violent conflict is...
