Religion: This group of essays talks about both negative and positive aspects of religious beliefs.
Buckley, Busch, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Deutch, Fountain, Graham, Hayes, Jillette, Keller, Mardikian, Patel ,Shaddox, Stegnar, Toynbee
Kindness: This group of essays include essays which talk about people shownig kindness and receiving kindness.
Adams, Allende, Bautista Cook, Corwin, Fauci, Goodwin, Lantry, Robinson, Sullivan, West.
Famous People: This group of essays are from people who are well known to everyone.
Einstein, Gates, Greene, Roosevelt.
Raciality/Otherness: These essays are about people who have struggled through the stereotypes people have given them and how they had to deal with it.
Allen, Chapman, Grandin, Harjo, Kamau, Koh
Culture/Life: These essays are about how people look at life and the different kinds of cultures.
Ritcher, Rittenberg, Sandburg, Steinem, Walker, McCain, Rusnov, Shields, Sullivan
Belief in People: These essays are about the trust people need to put in others and believing in others.
Hall, Heinlein, Hoddler, Kamps, Mann, Morris, Mullane, Nafisi, Powell.
Family: These essays are about how people love their families.
Carsh, Gilmer, Taw.
Motivation: These essays are about people being motivated and striving to do what they want.
Gringrich, Gup, Hamill, Jamison, Moody, Orr, Songer, Williams
Other: These essays are a bunch that didn’t fit into their own category.
Ensler, Grazer, Hammerstein, Hanson, Lightman, Munos, Porter, Reamer, Sheaman, Updike, Wainwright.
These essays demonstrate the significance in humbling oneself to help out people, serve the community, and to help future generations.
Adams, Fauci, Hall, Kamau, Sanger.
II. Self-Discovery
These essays either give advice for self discovery or give personal experiences and stories to explain how the writer came to discover who they really were.
These essays show how humans connect and help each other to grow, whether it be from scientifically to morally or to simply renewing faith in humanity.
In these essays, authors share their personal spiritual or religious beliefs whether it be from not believing in God to feeding the monkeys at the zoo to bring ones family good luck.
I. Compassion and kindness
These essays express the compassion and kindness that humans should be showed.
Adams, Allende, Bautista, Fauci, Goodwin, Hall, Hammerstein II, Kamau, Mardikian, Patel, Ritcher, West
II. Heartfelt acceptance
These essays include heartfelt acceptance to racism, discriminating beliefs, and acceptance in cultural differences. They understand their differences and embrace their differences because they would rather live with acceptance than with hatred.
Allen, Chapman, Grandin, Hamill, Koh, Mann, Rittenberg , Stegner
III. Unconditional love
Includes all essays in this category are full of tales of passion that people have towards each other (even strangers) and including how humans can love each other no matter what the case.
Carson, Cook, Gilmer, Lantry, Sanger, Steinem , D. Sullivan,
IV. Faith
Essays that dictate faith in all means whether it is a belief in religion, God, or a common emotion/ belief of a value. The authors that just have an unbreakable belief in something outer body or internal to them.
Buckley, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Earle (1st), Fountain, Graham, Grazer, Greene, Hanson, Hayes, Jillette, Kamps, Lightman, Moody, Morris, Munoz, Nafisi, Orr, Porter, Roosevelt, Rusnov, Sandburg, Shaddox, Shields, Toynbee, Updike, Wainwright III, Walker
V. Belief in humanity
Essays that portray hope for humanity and humans conquering horrible cultural views from society and such. Also, there are essays that simply express hope for human faith in themselves and their decisions.
Moira McNeil Group 1
Religion/ Faith – essays dealing with different aspects of faith, religion and God.
• How is it possible to believe in God?
• The fellowship of the world.
• The elusive yet holy core
• An honest doubter
• The god who embraced me
• An athlete of god
• A morning prayer in a little church
• There is no god
• Living life with grace and elegant treeness
• The light of a brighter day
• The rule of law
• Jazz is the sound of god laughing
• Everything potent is dangerous
• I agree with a pagan
• How do you believe in a mystery
Death/ suffering- essays dealing with death as a part of life and the grieving process
• Remembering all the boys
• The hardest work you will ever do
• My father’s evening star
• Always go to the funeral
• The making of Poems
Human Interaction/Behavior- essays that deal with human interaction and behavior
• Be cool to the pizza dude
• In giving I connect with others
• The mountain disappears
• There is no job more important than parenting
• A shared moment of trust
• An ideal of service to our fellow man
• The power and mystery of naming things
• A goal of service to humankind
• Unleashing the Power of Creativity
• The Willingness to work for solutions
• The Connection between Strangers
• Seeing in Beautiful, Percise Pictures
• Science Nourishes the mind and the soul
• The power of Presence
• Happy Talk
• Natural Links in a long chain of being
• Talking with the sun
• Our noble, essential Decency
• A Duty to Heal
• The bright lights of freedom
• The power of love to transform and heal
• Why I close my restaurant
• The Virtues of the Quiet Hero
• The joy and enthusiasm of reading
• There is such a thing as the truth
• Getting Angry Can be a Good thing
• Mysterious Connections That Link Us together
• The America I believe in
• The real consequence of justice
• Fee minds and heart at work
• My fellow worms
• There is no such thing as too much barbecue
• The people have spoken
• Finding Prosperity by feeding monkeys
• Creative solutions to life’s challenges
• Goodness doesn’t just happen
• When Ordinary People achieve extraordinary things
Inner and exterior differences- essays that contain differences either internally or externally
• Leaving identity Issues to other folks
• A journey toward acceptance and love
• A daily walk just to listen
• Have I learned anything important since I was sixteen
• The people who will love you when no one else will
• Disrupting my comfort zone
• In praise of the wobblies
• A grown-up Barbie
• A new birth of freedom
• The benefits of restless and jagged edges
• We are each others business
• The 50-percent theory of life
• Tomorrow will be a better day
• Growth that starts from thinking
• The artistry in hidden talents
• A balance between nature and nurture
• Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Miscellaneous- essays that did not fit in any category
• There is more to life then my life
II. Finding yourself
This section is self explanitory but it mainly shows the insicurity of what you believe and or what you need to do to find yourself.
I. Spirituality and Faith: These essays explore the religious beliefs, or lack thereof, and spiritual lives of the writers.
Buckley, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Earle (1950’s), Fountain, Graham, Harjo, Hayes, Jillette, Kamps, Keller, Lightman, Patel, Shaddox, Stegner, Toynbee, Updike
II. Humanity: Essays that demonstrate human nature and connections
Adams, Bautista, Bernstein, Busch, Christopher, Corwin, Einstein, Ensler, Gingrich, Goodwin, Greene, Hammerstein, Hanson, Heinlein, Kamau, Koh, Mann, Mardikian, McCain, Nafisi, Powell, Robinson, Shields, Williams
III. Self: These authors wrote of a self discovery through their beliefs.
Chapman, Cook, Earle (modern), Fauci, Gates Grandin, Grazer, Gup, Hall, Hamill, Jamison, Moody, Morris, Orr, Porter, Reamer, Roosevelt, Rusnov, Sanger, Steinem, Wainwright, West
IV. Family: These author’s experiences with their families shaped their beliefs.
Allende, Carson, Gilmer, Lantry, Munoz, Richter, Rittenberg, D. Sullivan, Taw
V. Miscellaneous: These essays did not fall under other categories.
Grazer, Hodder, Mullane, Sandburg, Sheehan, A. Sullivan, Williams
I. I believe in people: These essays are about believing in society and having hope in the human race.
-Bernstein, Carson, Christopher, Cook, Corwin, Gates, Gilmer, Heinlein, Hodder, Keller, Mullane, Powell, Robinson, Rusnov, Sandburg, Shields, Williams
II. I believe in myself: These essays are about how they discovered an important belief or way of thinking in his or her life.
-Allen, Einstein, Fauci, Graham, Grandin, Grazer, Gup, Hamill, Hammerstein, Hayes, Kamau, Kamps, Moody,Munoz, Orr, Porter, Rittenburg, Sanger, Stegner, Sullivan, Walker
III. I believe in spirituality: These essays all have to deal with thinking about different faiths.
-Buckley, Busch, Chapman, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Fountain, Harjo, Jillette, Mann, Ritcher, Roosevelt, Shaddox, Toynbee, Updike, Wainwright, West
IV. I believe in helping others: These essays are about little ways that we can help people.
-Adams, Allende, Bautista, Goodwin, Hall, Lantry, Mardikian, Nafisi, Patel, Sullivan, Taw
V. I believe in other things: These are the essays that didn’t fit a category.
-Ensler, Gingrich, Greene, Hanson, Jamison, Koh, Lightman, McCain, Morris, Reamer, Sheehan, Steinem
V. Compassion and Kindness: These essays show the compassion and kindness that others give to people.
Adams, Allende, Fauci, Goodwin, Hall, Kamau, Mardikian, Ritcher, West
VI. Humanity: These essays express the humanity of culture and society.
Christopher, Corwin, Gates, Gingrich, Gup, Harjo, Heinlein, Hodder, Jamison, McCain, Mullane, Powell, Reamer, Robinson, Sheehan, A. Sullivan, Williams
VII.Acceptance: These essays are about cultural differences and racial discrimination. They accept the things that are going on and live there lives as best as they can.
Table of Contents – This I Believe Katie Savarese
Deep Thinking These are the essays that I believe make the readers think the most. These essays make the reader realize things about life and people that maybe they didn’t think about before.
1. Be Cool to the Pizza Dude
2. Remembering All the Boys
3. The Mountain Disappears
4. Have I learned Anything Important since I was sixteen?
5. A Grown-up Barbie
6. Natural Links I along Chain of Being
7. The Benefits of Restlessness and Jagged Edges
8. Life Grows in the soil of time
9. There is more to my life than life
10. Always Go to the Funeral
11. Growth that Starts from Thinking
Society/Connections These essays are about society and how we are all connected. They talk about the foundations of a community and how we are all connected, even if we’re strangers.
1. Leaving Identity Issues to Other Folks
2. There is no job more important than parenting
3. The Hardest work you’ll ever do
4. A Goal of Service to Humankind
5. The People Who Love you when No one Else Will
6. The Willingness to work for solutions
7. The Connection Between Strangers
8. The Power of Presence
9. Natural Links in a Long Chain of Being
10. Our Noble, Essential Decency
11. A New Birth of Freedom
12. A Duty to Heal
13. We Are Each Other’s Business
14. The Fellowship of the World
15. A Shared Moment of Trust
16. The Elusive yet Holy Core
17. The Connection Between Strangers
18. Science Nourishes the mind and soul
19. Good Can be as Communicable as Evil
20. Mysterious Connections that link us together
21. The America I Believe In
22. The Real Consequences to Justice
Personal I felt like these essays were more personal to the author and the reader. More people can relate to these in their hearts.
1. An Honest Doubter
2. Disrupting My Comfort Zone
3. Happy Talk
4. Why I Close My Restaurant
5. We are Each Other’s Business
6. There is more to Life than My Life
7. A Grown-Up Barbie
8. The Power of Presence
9. Always go to the Funeral
10. Seeing in Beautiful, Precise Pictures
11. Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day
12. The Artistry in Hidden Talents
13. A Balance Between Nature and Nurture
14. Creative Solutions to Life’s Challenges
15. When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things
God/Faith These essays involve God and Faith. Whether it’s questioning beliefs or having faith in the common man.
1. How is it Possible to Believe in God
2. The God who Embraced Me
3. An Athlete of God
4. The Light of a Brighter Day
5. Jazz is the sound of God Laughing
6. How do you Believe in a Mystery?
7. The Bright Lights of Freedom
8. A Journey Toward Acceptance and Love
9. The Virtues of the Quiet Hero
10. An Ideal of Service to our Fellow Man
11. The of Love to transform and Heal
12. The Power of Mysteries
13. There is such a thing as truth
14. Free Minds and Hearts at Work
15. When Children Are Wanted
16. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
17. Goodness Doesn’t Just Happen
Simplicity The authors of these essays took simple objects and ideas and made them something to cherish and truly consider. Who knew a walk could be so enlightening? These essays describe simple things that maybe we should all think about more.
1. The Mountain Disappears
2. A Daily Walk Just to Listen
3. My Father’s Evening Star
4. In Praise of the “Wobblies”
5. Talking with the Sun
6. A Morning Prayer in a Little Church
7. Living Life with “Grace and Elegant Treeness”
8. Life Grows in the soil of Time
9. The Joy and Enthusiasm of Reading
10. Getting Angry can be a Good Thing
11. The Making of Poems
12. The Power and Mystery of Naming Things
13. The Rule of Law
14. There is no such thing as too much Barbecue
15. Finding Prosperity in Feeding Monkeys
Miscellaneous These essays weren’t like the others. I can’t place them into a category because they are unlike all the rest.
1. Unleashing the Power of Creativity
2. My Fellow Worms
3. The People Have Spoken
4. Everything Potent is Dangerous
5. I Agree with a Pagan
6. Testing the Limits of What I Know and Feel
IV. Tragedy Leads to Enlightenment
These essays are examples of when tragedy strikes a person, family, community…resulting in the person or people becoming enlightened.
August 24th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Religion: This group of essays talks about both negative and positive aspects of religious beliefs.
Buckley, Busch, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Deutch, Fountain, Graham, Hayes, Jillette, Keller, Mardikian, Patel ,Shaddox, Stegnar, Toynbee
Kindness: This group of essays include essays which talk about people shownig kindness and receiving kindness.
Adams, Allende, Bautista Cook, Corwin, Fauci, Goodwin, Lantry, Robinson, Sullivan, West.
Famous People: This group of essays are from people who are well known to everyone.
Einstein, Gates, Greene, Roosevelt.
Raciality/Otherness: These essays are about people who have struggled through the stereotypes people have given them and how they had to deal with it.
Allen, Chapman, Grandin, Harjo, Kamau, Koh
Culture/Life: These essays are about how people look at life and the different kinds of cultures.
Ritcher, Rittenberg, Sandburg, Steinem, Walker, McCain, Rusnov, Shields, Sullivan
Belief in People: These essays are about the trust people need to put in others and believing in others.
Hall, Heinlein, Hoddler, Kamps, Mann, Morris, Mullane, Nafisi, Powell.
Family: These essays are about how people love their families.
Carsh, Gilmer, Taw.
Motivation: These essays are about people being motivated and striving to do what they want.
Gringrich, Gup, Hamill, Jamison, Moody, Orr, Songer, Williams
Other: These essays are a bunch that didn’t fit into their own category.
Ensler, Grazer, Hammerstein, Hanson, Lightman, Munos, Porter, Reamer, Sheaman, Updike, Wainwright.
August 24th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Lauren Oberle
I. Humility and Service
These essays demonstrate the significance in humbling oneself to help out people, serve the community, and to help future generations.
Adams, Fauci, Hall, Kamau, Sanger.
II. Self-Discovery
These essays either give advice for self discovery or give personal experiences and stories to explain how the writer came to discover who they really were.
Allen, Bernstein, Chapman, Deutch Earle, Graham, Grandin, Grazer, Gup, Hamill, Hammerstein, Jamison, Kamps, Moody Morris, Munoz, Orr, Porter, Reamer, Roosevelt, Rusnov, Sandburg, Shaddox, Sheehan, Sullivan, Wainwright, Walker
III. Human Connections and Growth
These essays show how humans connect and help each other to grow, whether it be from scientifically to morally or to simply renewing faith in humanity.
Allende, Busch, Christopher, Corwin, Einstein, Gates, Gingrich, Goodwin, Greene, Hanson, Heinlein, Hoddler, Keller, Koh, Lightman, Mardikian, McCain, Mullane, Nafisi, Patel, Powell, Rittenburg, Robinson, Shields, Steinem, Williams
IV. Support and Love
These essays demonstrate how love and support from people can help you get through a tough situation or life in general.
Bautista, Carson, Cook, Ensler, Gilmer, Lantry, Sullivan.
V. Faith
In these essays, authors share their personal spiritual or religious beliefs whether it be from not believing in God to feeding the monkeys at the zoo to bring ones family good luck.
Buckley, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Deutsch (Earle), Fountain, Harjo, Hayes, Jillette, Mann, Ritcher, Stegner, Taw, Toynbee, Updike, West.
August 24th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Arianna Lindberg ‘s Table of Contents
I. Compassion and kindness
These essays express the compassion and kindness that humans should be showed.
Adams, Allende, Bautista, Fauci, Goodwin, Hall, Hammerstein II, Kamau, Mardikian, Patel, Ritcher, West
II. Heartfelt acceptance
These essays include heartfelt acceptance to racism, discriminating beliefs, and acceptance in cultural differences. They understand their differences and embrace their differences because they would rather live with acceptance than with hatred.
Allen, Chapman, Grandin, Hamill, Koh, Mann, Rittenberg , Stegner
III. Unconditional love
Includes all essays in this category are full of tales of passion that people have towards each other (even strangers) and including how humans can love each other no matter what the case.
Carson, Cook, Gilmer, Lantry, Sanger, Steinem , D. Sullivan,
IV. Faith
Essays that dictate faith in all means whether it is a belief in religion, God, or a common emotion/ belief of a value. The authors that just have an unbreakable belief in something outer body or internal to them.
Buckley, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Earle (1st), Fountain, Graham, Grazer, Greene, Hanson, Hayes, Jillette, Kamps, Lightman, Moody, Morris, Munoz, Nafisi, Orr, Porter, Roosevelt, Rusnov, Sandburg, Shaddox, Shields, Toynbee, Updike, Wainwright III, Walker
V. Belief in humanity
Essays that portray hope for humanity and humans conquering horrible cultural views from society and such. Also, there are essays that simply express hope for human faith in themselves and their decisions.
Bernstein, Busch, Christopher, Corwin, Earle (2nd), Einstein, Ensler, Gates, Gingrich, Gup, Harjo, Heinlein, Hodder, Jamison, Keller, McCain, Mullane, Powell, Reamer, Robinson, Sheehan, A. Sullivan, Taw, Williams
August 24th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Kirsten Benson
This I Believe Table of Contents
Faith and Spirituality
These essays discuss the religious beliefs of many people.
Buckley, Cosico, Dahlen, Douglas, Fountain, Harjo, Hayes, Jillette, Taw, Toynbee, Busch, and Patel
The Little Things
The essays below contained people who performed small, good deeds for others, which had some impact on their lives.
Adams, Fauci, Hall, Lantry, Sullivan, Goodwin, and Corwin
Mystery
The topic of these essays was about mysteries. They discussed how they should be preserved or explored.
Ensler, Lightman, Einstein, and Wainwright
Justice and Civil Rights
The topics for these essays are all about fighting for what is right.
Allen, Gringrich, Hodder, Morris, Nafisi, Reamer, and West
National Pride
The people who wrote these essays have overwhelming national pride.
McCain, Powell, Shields, and Mardikian
Giving In
These essays expressed a belief in accepting help, and giving in to emotions.
Cook, Grazer, Munoz, and Orr
Hope
The following show an extreme amount of hope in better days, a pleasant tomorrow, and that anything is possible.
Hammerstein, Keller, Koh, Rittenberg, Williams, and Walker
Caring for Others
These essays discuss the belief of helping and caring for others.
Glimer, Kamau, Ritcher, and Sanger
Growing Up and Life
The main topics of these essays deal with growth in many areas, whether mentally, or as a country.
Steinem, Roosevelt, Robinson, Jamison Mann, Graham and Hamill
All The Rest
These essays didn’t really have anything in common with the others. They stand on their own.
Earle, Christopher, Gates, Greene, Gup, Hanson, Kamps, Moody, and Updike
August 24th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Moira McNeil Group 1
Religion/ Faith – essays dealing with different aspects of faith, religion and God.
• How is it possible to believe in God?
• The fellowship of the world.
• The elusive yet holy core
• An honest doubter
• The god who embraced me
• An athlete of god
• A morning prayer in a little church
• There is no god
• Living life with grace and elegant treeness
• The light of a brighter day
• The rule of law
• Jazz is the sound of god laughing
• Everything potent is dangerous
• I agree with a pagan
• How do you believe in a mystery
Death/ suffering- essays dealing with death as a part of life and the grieving process
• Remembering all the boys
• The hardest work you will ever do
• My father’s evening star
• Always go to the funeral
• The making of Poems
Human Interaction/Behavior- essays that deal with human interaction and behavior
• Be cool to the pizza dude
• In giving I connect with others
• The mountain disappears
• There is no job more important than parenting
• A shared moment of trust
• An ideal of service to our fellow man
• The power and mystery of naming things
• A goal of service to humankind
• Unleashing the Power of Creativity
• The Willingness to work for solutions
• The Connection between Strangers
• Seeing in Beautiful, Percise Pictures
• Science Nourishes the mind and the soul
• The power of Presence
• Happy Talk
• Natural Links in a long chain of being
• Talking with the sun
• Our noble, essential Decency
• A Duty to Heal
• The bright lights of freedom
• The power of love to transform and heal
• Why I close my restaurant
• The Virtues of the Quiet Hero
• The joy and enthusiasm of reading
• There is such a thing as the truth
• Getting Angry Can be a Good thing
• Mysterious Connections That Link Us together
• The America I believe in
• The real consequence of justice
• Fee minds and heart at work
• My fellow worms
• There is no such thing as too much barbecue
• The people have spoken
• Finding Prosperity by feeding monkeys
• Creative solutions to life’s challenges
• Goodness doesn’t just happen
• When Ordinary People achieve extraordinary things
Inner and exterior differences- essays that contain differences either internally or externally
• Leaving identity Issues to other folks
• A journey toward acceptance and love
• A daily walk just to listen
• Have I learned anything important since I was sixteen
• The people who will love you when no one else will
• Disrupting my comfort zone
• In praise of the wobblies
• A grown-up Barbie
• A new birth of freedom
• The benefits of restless and jagged edges
• We are each others business
• The 50-percent theory of life
• Tomorrow will be a better day
• Growth that starts from thinking
• The artistry in hidden talents
• A balance between nature and nurture
• Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Miscellaneous- essays that did not fit in any category
• There is more to life then my life
August 24th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
I. Acts of Random Kindness
These esays mainly show how you can still help people and live a life of goodness.
Adams, Busch, Einstien, Fauci, Hammerstein 2nd, Kamau, Taw,
II. Finding yourself
This section is self explanitory but it mainly shows the insicurity of what you believe and or what you need to do to find yourself.
Allen, Allende, Bautista, Bernstien, Chapman, Christopher, Cook, Grazer, Hamill, Jamison, Patel, Rusnov, Sandburg, Stegner, Walker, Williams,
III.
Nature metaphores
These all had beliefs that hinted towoards the way life is seen through nature.
Crosio, Hanson, Mann, Harjo, Steinem
IV.
Happieness and Anger
These were all dealing with good or bad events that happen and how they can help you learn.
Corwin, McCain, Earle, Munoz, Orr, Porter, Powell, Reamer, Ritcher, Rittenberg, Robinson, Roosevelt, Shields, A. Sullivan, West
V. Faith of the Unknown and Family
They all have ties with the unkown and family, and it ties into how you can get on with life when sitiuations arise with family or your faith.
Glimer, Buckley JR., Carson, Dahilen, Fountain, Graham, Greene, Gup, Kamps, Jillette, Helen, Hayes, Keller, Lantry, Lightman, Morris, Nafisi, Sanger, Shaddox, Sheehan, D. Sullivan, Toynbee, Updike, Wainwright III
August 24th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Kate Kooser’s Table of Contents
I. Spirituality and Faith: These essays explore the religious beliefs, or lack thereof, and spiritual lives of the writers.
Buckley, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Earle (1950’s), Fountain, Graham, Harjo, Hayes, Jillette, Kamps, Keller, Lightman, Patel, Shaddox, Stegner, Toynbee, Updike
II. Humanity: Essays that demonstrate human nature and connections
Adams, Bautista, Bernstein, Busch, Christopher, Corwin, Einstein, Ensler, Gingrich, Goodwin, Greene, Hammerstein, Hanson, Heinlein, Kamau, Koh, Mann, Mardikian, McCain, Nafisi, Powell, Robinson, Shields, Williams
III. Self: These authors wrote of a self discovery through their beliefs.
Chapman, Cook, Earle (modern), Fauci, Gates Grandin, Grazer, Gup, Hall, Hamill, Jamison, Moody, Morris, Orr, Porter, Reamer, Roosevelt, Rusnov, Sanger, Steinem, Wainwright, West
IV. Family: These author’s experiences with their families shaped their beliefs.
Allende, Carson, Gilmer, Lantry, Munoz, Richter, Rittenberg, D. Sullivan, Taw
V. Miscellaneous: These essays did not fall under other categories.
Grazer, Hodder, Mullane, Sandburg, Sheehan, A. Sullivan, Williams
August 24th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Joey Fox
Table of Contents for This I Believe
I. I believe in people: These essays are about believing in society and having hope in the human race.
-Bernstein, Carson, Christopher, Cook, Corwin, Gates, Gilmer, Heinlein, Hodder, Keller, Mullane, Powell, Robinson, Rusnov, Sandburg, Shields, Williams
II. I believe in myself: These essays are about how they discovered an important belief or way of thinking in his or her life.
-Allen, Einstein, Fauci, Graham, Grandin, Grazer, Gup, Hamill, Hammerstein, Hayes, Kamau, Kamps, Moody,Munoz, Orr, Porter, Rittenburg, Sanger, Stegner, Sullivan, Walker
III. I believe in spirituality: These essays all have to deal with thinking about different faiths.
-Buckley, Busch, Chapman, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Fountain, Harjo, Jillette, Mann, Ritcher, Roosevelt, Shaddox, Toynbee, Updike, Wainwright, West
IV. I believe in helping others: These essays are about little ways that we can help people.
-Adams, Allende, Bautista, Goodwin, Hall, Lantry, Mardikian, Nafisi, Patel, Sullivan, Taw
V. I believe in other things: These are the essays that didn’t fit a category.
-Ensler, Gingrich, Greene, Hanson, Jamison, Koh, Lightman, McCain, Morris, Reamer, Sheehan, Steinem
August 25th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Caitlin Guenther
I. Religion and Raith: These authors express there feelings in God and there religious beliefs.
Buckley, Busch, Cosio, Dahlen, Douglas, Earl, Fountain, Graham, Grazer, Hanson, Hayes, Jillette, Kamps, Keller, Lightman, Moody, Morris, Munoz, Nafisi, Orr, Patel, Porter, Rusnov, Sandburg, Shaddox, Shields, Tonybee, Updike, Wainwright III, Walker
II. Family: These authors express there love for there family’s and how much they have helped them through life.
Gilmer, Taw
III. Love: These essays show how the love that you can get from other people can help through the hard times in life.
Beautista, Carson, Chapman, Cook, Ensler, Gilmer, Lantry, Sullivan, Sanger, Steinem
IV. Famous People: These are the essays that were written by well known people.
Bernstein, Einstein, Greene, Hammerstein, Roosevelt,
V. Compassion and Kindness: These essays show the compassion and kindness that others give to people.
Adams, Allende, Fauci, Goodwin, Hall, Kamau, Mardikian, Ritcher, West
VI. Humanity: These essays express the humanity of culture and society.
Christopher, Corwin, Gates, Gingrich, Gup, Harjo, Heinlein, Hodder, Jamison, McCain, Mullane, Powell, Reamer, Robinson, Sheehan, A. Sullivan, Williams
VII.Acceptance: These essays are about cultural differences and racial discrimination. They accept the things that are going on and live there lives as best as they can.
Allen, Chapman, Grandin, Hamill, Koh, Mann, Rittenberg, Stegner
August 25th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Table of Contents – This I Believe Katie Savarese
Deep Thinking These are the essays that I believe make the readers think the most. These essays make the reader realize things about life and people that maybe they didn’t think about before.
1. Be Cool to the Pizza Dude
2. Remembering All the Boys
3. The Mountain Disappears
4. Have I learned Anything Important since I was sixteen?
5. A Grown-up Barbie
6. Natural Links I along Chain of Being
7. The Benefits of Restlessness and Jagged Edges
8. Life Grows in the soil of time
9. There is more to my life than life
10. Always Go to the Funeral
11. Growth that Starts from Thinking
Society/Connections These essays are about society and how we are all connected. They talk about the foundations of a community and how we are all connected, even if we’re strangers.
1. Leaving Identity Issues to Other Folks
2. There is no job more important than parenting
3. The Hardest work you’ll ever do
4. A Goal of Service to Humankind
5. The People Who Love you when No one Else Will
6. The Willingness to work for solutions
7. The Connection Between Strangers
8. The Power of Presence
9. Natural Links in a Long Chain of Being
10. Our Noble, Essential Decency
11. A New Birth of Freedom
12. A Duty to Heal
13. We Are Each Other’s Business
14. The Fellowship of the World
15. A Shared Moment of Trust
16. The Elusive yet Holy Core
17. The Connection Between Strangers
18. Science Nourishes the mind and soul
19. Good Can be as Communicable as Evil
20. Mysterious Connections that link us together
21. The America I Believe In
22. The Real Consequences to Justice
Personal I felt like these essays were more personal to the author and the reader. More people can relate to these in their hearts.
1. An Honest Doubter
2. Disrupting My Comfort Zone
3. Happy Talk
4. Why I Close My Restaurant
5. We are Each Other’s Business
6. There is more to Life than My Life
7. A Grown-Up Barbie
8. The Power of Presence
9. Always go to the Funeral
10. Seeing in Beautiful, Precise Pictures
11. Tomorrow Will Be a Better Day
12. The Artistry in Hidden Talents
13. A Balance Between Nature and Nurture
14. Creative Solutions to Life’s Challenges
15. When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things
God/Faith These essays involve God and Faith. Whether it’s questioning beliefs or having faith in the common man.
1. How is it Possible to Believe in God
2. The God who Embraced Me
3. An Athlete of God
4. The Light of a Brighter Day
5. Jazz is the sound of God Laughing
6. How do you Believe in a Mystery?
7. The Bright Lights of Freedom
8. A Journey Toward Acceptance and Love
9. The Virtues of the Quiet Hero
10. An Ideal of Service to our Fellow Man
11. The of Love to transform and Heal
12. The Power of Mysteries
13. There is such a thing as truth
14. Free Minds and Hearts at Work
15. When Children Are Wanted
16. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
17. Goodness Doesn’t Just Happen
Simplicity The authors of these essays took simple objects and ideas and made them something to cherish and truly consider. Who knew a walk could be so enlightening? These essays describe simple things that maybe we should all think about more.
1. The Mountain Disappears
2. A Daily Walk Just to Listen
3. My Father’s Evening Star
4. In Praise of the “Wobblies”
5. Talking with the Sun
6. A Morning Prayer in a Little Church
7. Living Life with “Grace and Elegant Treeness”
8. Life Grows in the soil of Time
9. The Joy and Enthusiasm of Reading
10. Getting Angry can be a Good Thing
11. The Making of Poems
12. The Power and Mystery of Naming Things
13. The Rule of Law
14. There is no such thing as too much Barbecue
15. Finding Prosperity in Feeding Monkeys
Miscellaneous These essays weren’t like the others. I can’t place them into a category because they are unlike all the rest.
1. Unleashing the Power of Creativity
2. My Fellow Worms
3. The People Have Spoken
4. Everything Potent is Dangerous
5. I Agree with a Pagan
6. Testing the Limits of What I Know and Feel
August 25th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Lacey Bodette’s Table of Contents
I. This I Believe
These essays are true examples of what I personally believe.
Adams, Bernstien, Carsh, Carson, Cook, Gilmer, Gingrich, Hamerstein II, Roosevelt
II. Religious Beliefs
These essays discuss how religious religion and/or faith can impact people.
Buckley, Busch, Chapman, Corwin, Dahlen, Fountain, Graham, Greene,Gup, Hanson, Hayes, Jillette, Kamps, Mann, Markidain, Moody, Morris, Munzo, Nafisi, Patel, Rusnov, Sandberg, Shaddox, Sheilds, Stegner, Sullivan, Taw, Toynbee, Updike,
III. Practice of Compassion
These essays express how helping and caring for others may lead to self-fulfillment.
Allende, Christopher, Cosio, Douglas, Einstien, Fauci, Goodwin, Hall, Heinlein, Kamau, Lantry, Mccain, Mullane, Powell, Ritcher, Robinson, Sagner, Sheehan, Sullivan, West
IV. Tragedy Leads to Enlightenment
These essays are examples of when tragedy strikes a person, family, community…resulting in the person or people becoming enlightened.
Bautista, Grandin, Hamill, Harjo, Jamison, Keller, Koh, Orr, Porter, Steinem, Rittenberg
V. Change
These essays discuss the point at which people undergo a major change in their lives.
Earle, Hodder, Reamer, Williams
VI. Being Different
These essays discuss people who have dealt with the hardships of being different.
Allen, Gates, Grazer, Ensler, Lightman, Wainwright III