I have always believed that a friend was simply someone you could get along with, some being closer than others. But in Jane Viorst's essay "Friends, Good Friends, and Such Good Friends," she goes into friendships deeper than that. Viorst categorizes friendship in seven groups. I t...

The Beatitudes Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. What does it mean to be "poor in spirit"? Being poor in spirit means seeing that everything we are and everything we have belongs to god. What is the blessing promised to those poor in spirit? Be...

One main theme in The Tale of Genji is the idea of how relationships worked in the emperor's court in Japan one thousand years ago. I don't think that the story so much explains how all people acted towards one another, but rather gives insight to the culture and guidelines for courting and marriage...