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Latino/a Literature Seminars
Manuel Hernandez has given seminars on how to integrate Latino/a Literature
in the English Classroom in cities across the United States, Puerto Rico
and Mexico. He is willing to visit your school, community center, corporation
and institution and share his view on this new literature. The literature
can serve as a bridge for further literary analysis and can help students
improve their scores on city, national and state testing requirements.
(Click here for curriculum vitae)
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Living the Kingdom
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By Manuel Hernandez-Carmona copyright 2008
mannyh32@puertoricans.com
Jesus himself acknowledged that the kingdom was not to be
recognized by virtue of a position but a daily interaction
with God Himself through His Purposes for each and every one
of us. From the very beginning of the creation of mankind,
God was interested without a doubt in forming a kingdom mentality
in His creation. As a matter of fact, He created us according
to “his image and liking” sharing and imparting His DNA to
all of us. Because man disobeyed, that image was tarnished
and shattered our identity in Jesus Christ.
Jesus never wanted a physical kingdom. He was, is and will
always be King, no doubt. His Kingdom is beyond the visible
and transcends the natural world. When Jesus learned that
He was sought to be King, he quickly scattered, “Therefore
when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take
Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain
by Himself alone” (John 6:15, New King James Version). When
King Saul died, David could have taken Israel’s throne by
storm, yet he mourned, wept and stayed in his position until
it was God’s time.
Jesus has his children literally in the palm of His Hands.
Modern culture and religious institutions have shifted the
importance to manmade positions and so-called ladders of success
that encourage Christians to compete and lobby against each
other rather than focusing on His Purposes and living the
kingdom. A decade ago, I was lured by a religious institution
that urged me to study theology abroad and become a manmade
religious leader. More than a few of the top leaders encouraged
and motivated me to make the trip to the United States Mainland
and complete an M.A. in Divinity. The Spirit of God in me
was not convinced. Living the Kingdom does not necessarily
mean to be “institutionally ordained”. It is living a life
that surpasses human expectations and reaches supernatural
dimensions.
Jesus wants His children to really get to know Him. That in
itself is a process of intimacy and relationship. Daniel was
sent as a captive to a foreign land but never surrendered
his principles to the adversary’s principalities-and precisely
because of that---God established His Kingdom through him
wherever he went. Living the Kingdom is not abdicating the
throne but receiving and being a humble, just and peaceful
child allowing others to see God through you. Ever since I
was a kid, I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives.
All of God’s children have the same assignment (to make a
difference in people’s lives). Let others view God through
you; that is what living the kingdom is all about.
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Manuel Hernandez, a contributing columnist to HispanicVista.com
(www.hispanicvista.com), lives in Puerto Rico where he teaches school. He has
a B.A. and MA Teaching English. He is candidate for a PhD. He has just published
a textbook titled, Latino/a Literature in The English Classroom (Editorial Plaza
Mayor, 2003). For more information, e-mail him at mannyh32@puertoricans.com For
school orders, go to www.editorialplazamayor.com for more information or call
787-764-0455 For a complete bibliography: email me at mannyh32@puertoricans.com
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