Essay on Creative Writing The Truth - 1287 Words

Since Eric was gone I decided to take the time to study my bible. I started where I left off in the book of Genesis. I was really taking the time to absorb the bible. I was trying to get a deeper meaning than what I was taught in Sunday school at the Christian church. Apparently, there was something else going on in the bible, especially since these Hebrew Israelite people were claiming they are the people in the bible. I was trying to find the part that I missed, that would connect these people to the bible. I had begun highlighting different passages in the bible that did not make any sense to me. I wanted to remember to ask questions about these passages when the opportunity presented itself. It was eleven o’clock at night. I had†¦show more content†¦My family had done their very best to love and support him, but our family is full of women. There were no men there to fill in the gaps. Eric was doing fine since his father’s passing, but there was a part of his childhood that was taken away from him. I had finally seen that spark of happiness in his eyes again. Eric had become introverted. He threw himself into practicing karate as a way to deal with the pain of losing his father. These brothers had come into his life. They stepped in and they were filling the role that was left empty by his father. I was so happy for my son. Lord knows he had suffered enough and he deserved to be happy now. I was going to have to find a way to become a part of these Hebrew Israelites, if for nothing else because they made my son so very happy. I finally stopped crying and I begun preparing myself for bed when I got a call. I answered my phone. â€Å"Hello.† â€Å"May I speak to Trina, please?† It was a man’s voice and I did not recognize the voice. â€Å"Yes, this is she. How can I help you?† â€Å"Hey Trina, this is Jerry Blacke but please refer to me with my Hebrew name Gabriel or Gabe for short. I am the moreh of the Kansas City Hebrew Israelites. I wanted to give you a call to introduce myself to you. I also wanted to let you know Eric was hanging out with us. We really appreciate his devotion to studying the bible. He is a very bright young man. He really adds a lot of spark to our studies. WeShow MoreRelatedComparison Of Creative Nonfiction1490 Words   |  6 PagesCreative nonfiction is called by many names such as literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, literary journalism, and imaginative nonfiction. These are just some of the very many given names of creative nonfiction. Creative nonfiction is nonfiction that is still well researched and puts the reader in the situation of that time period and reads like fiction. 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