Going "Green"

    Semrau’s point for writing this article is most clearly stated with the sentence, “use what you have until it can no longer function. Then it’s time to recycle.” This shows his point because at the end he tells us of his decision to donate his body as a cadaver for medical school, and how this is his “reusing” of his body, once he done with it of course. Throughout the article he does not tell us he is donating his body to science, rather he talks about his careers and his recent renewed interest in surgery. He then tells us that he is applying to Harvard and that acceptance is almost assured, then he drops the bomb… instead of going as a student, he is going as a cadaver. He intentionally leaves this information out because it keeps the readers attention, because they would want to know who in their right mind would take a seventy-five year old man and admit him into medical school, since he will be to old to do surgery by the time he gets out. This intentional omission of information kept me reading, and made me think about donating my body to science as well.

Sing us a Song

The message of Luther’s hymn is that Jesus Christ has come and conquered sin and death. To convey this message Luther uses pathos to expression his emotion toward it. One example is the entire last verse, “Praise to God the Father sing… Ever and eternally.” This verse shows his emotion because he is so glad that Jesus had died for us that he wants to praise God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit all his days. Another device he uses is diction to express ideas of Christ’s humble coming with powerful words. One example is in the third verse where he uses the word undefiled. Undefiled is a great word to use because it isn’t just “virgin” like everyone uses to describe Mary. Undefiled makes her sound even more holy and unblemished then any other word can make her sound. One last type of literary device Luther uses is logos. The logos is not quote able but it is assumed. Luther states, in his hymn, all that Christ has done and is still doing for us, and which is why we, as Christians, should praise him and the other parts of the Trinity for “Ever and Eternally.”

Wraith of God vs Saving Grace

1. Rev Borghardt mentions Christ 18 times during his sermon. Some vebs that Christ does in his sermon are: died, rose, reigns, smiles, makes, lives, took on, and makes.

2. In John Edward’s sermon he preaches about the wraith of God on all of us sinners here on earth, and how he will smite us and send us to hell for the fun of it. However, Rev. Borghardt preaches in his sermon of the gift that God has given to us by sending his son to die for us on the cross. The first sermon is really good at preaching the Law, but not effective for us Christians. The second sermon is amazing at preaching the good news that Christ has come and gone to prepare a place for us.

Hang in There

The article is talking about the ban on items hanging in your rear view mirror, and how they are trying to loosen the law to allow small objects like air fresheners and rosaries.

"I call it a 'gotcha' law. It's an excuse to pull someone over." I like this quote in the article because it is just stating exactly what this law is, a reason to pull someone over. Most things people hang from their mirrors are not as big as they used to be, like the fuzzy dices, but instead they are small things like tassels and necklaces.

This law is a good law to have and should be enforced, but only should be enforced on large objects that actually will obstruct the drivers view. The vanilla air freshners should be allowed to slide, but the next time there is someone on the side of the road being pulled over, look and see if there was something big hanging from their mirror.

Albom's point is that the problem with the question "Do you think there's a role that race plays in this?"(when speaking about his criticism toward how he handled being a free agent) is that if anyone, black, white, asian, etc. would have gone around and did the same thing Lebron did, they would have gotten the same criticism regardless of race.
I agree with Albom, that Lebron shouldn't use his race as a crutch to explain why he had an hour press-conference to not specifically state what team he wanted to play for. I agree becuase it isn't right for someone to reenforce his ego by showboating himself on national television to announce what team he will be playing for.
I think the most effective point in this paper is brought about when he tells his story of Leo, who has the same background of Lebron, just he isn't black. He states that even though he isn't black, his ego his huge and he gets the same criticism the Lebron got.