This past week, I have had my first real dose of "college all-nighters." An all-nighter occurs when a student stays up all night to complete studying, an assignment or a project. All-nighters are frustrating, tiresome, brutal, and it always seems as though that night is never going to end. The...

Sports fans are some of the most dedicated people in the world. Their allegiance to tho their favorite teams is unparalleled. Sports fans adorn themselves with the jerseys of their favorite players. They save up their funds to purchase season tickets to games. The best time of year to see...

After attending college for a short time, I can already sense patterns in the way that all my professors teach their courses. The most common similarity that I found was during lectures they always pause to give "Course Instructions" or as they call it, "Things you want to keep in...

I went to church. The building: a small chapel on a university campus. The members were teens and young adults who were dressed in jeans and sweatshirts. The music was provided by an acoustic guitar and piano. The words to the song were projected on the wall. I didn't know...

As I prepared to move into the University of Southern California this past week, I went through a number of activities and responsibilities so that everything would be taken care of before I start school. The most taxing and fascinating process that occurred was the packing of the materials I...

One of the most fascinating characters in the Bible's Christmas saga is King Herod. The Bible depicts how the birth of Jesus affected King Herod in Matthew 2:3, which says: "When King Herod had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him." The single greatest gift to...

It has been just three weeks since Thanksgiving, and thankfulness has lost its' place in the spotlight. In fact, the holiday hadn't even lived out its' full 24 hours before people turned their sights to what they could acquire in the Black Friday sales. This doesn't just occur with Thanksgiving,...

Throughout my years of schooling, I prayed silently before every scholastic test I took. As I looked back over my years in high school, I recalled how there were times when I didn't do so well on tests, and I was puzzled about why. I thought, "I prayed, didn't I?"...

Churches are realizing more than ever, the truth in the saying, "The children are the future." Across the country many churches are engaging in new initiatives to try to connect youth to the church. Such initiatives range from youth recreational activities to social networking, like church Facebook and Twitter pages....

Disney Dreamers Academy (DDA) didn't just give me words of inspiration about how my dreams can come true; it showed me a picture of it. To many of us, dreams at their inceptions seem like mere figments of imagination. When we close our eyes and picture what we want to...