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Chapter 3
The part of this chapter that stuck out to me were the apologies. The apologies were for our self-righteousness and hypocrisy; our endorsement of slavery; our mistreatment of homosexuals; the medieval crusades; and for saying the Earth was flat. I would have liked to attended these sermons to hear how they dealt with the failings of the church both in the past and in the present.

Chapter 4

Chapter One
Despite the fact that I go to a United Methodist College many of my peers are not Christian, let alone United Methodist. Yes, some of these peers of my are good friends. Being that my roommate and I are very strong Christians we often here the opinions of outsiders in discussions about Christianity and about faith in general. They are not always friendly towards Christianity and are very similar to what UnChristian has be describing.

Over this summer I have engaged my dad's skills and resources when we are in Newberry, my hometown. I usually call my father sometime during the work day not quite sure of how to do something or if he owns a certain tool and if we could borrow it. One time in particular we were trying to cut out windows in a siding part. We didn't have the correct tool. I thought my father might have it so I called him up and asked. He stated that we did in fact own that tool. So I took over the little bits to be cut and he cut them for us.

"Mission Year Team Members faithfully spend time each week actively pursuing Biblical justice in their community. Their initial goal will be to identify and understand specific examples of individual, group, and systemic abuses of power which directly affect some or all of their neighbors. Later, Team Members will identify more experienced advocates who can enable them to responsibly help rescue, protect, or otherwise intervene on behalf of those neighbors, in areas of injustice."