User:SHLAMA
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[edit] Profile
SHLAMA is Aramaic for peace or more specifically for the Jewish idea that everything we do should lead toward peace and to the restoration of the world to its Edenic, pre-Fall state.
[edit] About Me
- I began contributing to Wikipedia 16:38, 21 June 2006.
- I am a Messianic Jew in Grand Rapids, Michigan, originally fron Allegan, Michigan.
- I work in the field of music ministry and am in regular attendance at Adat Eytz Chayim of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Faith Fellowship Church of Schoolcraft, Michigan.
- I am a youth ministry major at Cornerstone University, minoring in Ancient Languages (focus on Koine Greek, Exilic Hebrew, and First Century Aramaic).
- I have read through the entire Bible in English and Spanish, and am currently reading it in Greek.
- My hobbies are whitewater rafting, genealogical research, Biblical hermeneutics
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[edit] Major Articles I have Initiated
politicians & soldiers
- George Bardeen: influential leader of the Republican Party in Michigan, early 20th Century
- Wilson C. Edsell: member of the Michigan State Legislature, founder of the first national bank in Otsego, and founder of the once-famous Opera House which bore his name; helped found Olivet College
- Francis Adam Goodman: member of the Michigan State Legislature from 1881 to 1884
- Benjamin D. Pritchard: the American Civil War general who is credited with the capture of Jefferson Davis
music
- Thom Bresh: Country fingerpicker, son of Merle Travis
- Del Langejans: custom luthier instrumenting Jars of Clay, Third Day, Jerry Reed, et. al.
- Elisheva Shomron: Messianic Jewish singer/songwriter with over 200 songs to her credit
sports
- Neal Ball: the first player in Major League baseball history to turn an unassisted triple play
- George Bardeen: owner of the semipro baseball team that gave Rube Foster the opportunity to play against white future Major Leaguer Neal Ball.
- Otsego Independents: the semipro baseball team for which Negro League Hall of Famer Rube Foster played
- Kevin VanDam: sport fisherman ranked 3rd in the world
persons of letters
- Forman Brown: pioneer in the field of puppet theatre, composer, author
- Patricia Polacco: children's book author/illustrator
industry
- Blood Brothers Machine Company: the Allegan company which built Cornelian racecars before shifting to universal joints and eventually to Air Force planes.
- Cornelian automobile: the racecar which Louis Chevrolet drove in the 1915 Indy 500
- Kalamazoo Stove Company: the company who first formulated/implemented the idea of windows on oven doors
hermeneutics
- Linguistic Criticism: a sub-discipline of textual criticism
ministry
- Charles McCallon Alexander: 19th Century evangelist
- John Wilbur Chapman: renowned and innovative 19th Century evangelist
- David Otis Fuller: preeminent leader in the King James Only movement, founder of Cornerstone University, Children's Bible Hour, and the ABWE
- Little Mary's Hospitality House: a unique ministry which serves families with children battling life-threatening, debilitating, or terminal illnesses
- Service-Learning: a popular trend among institutes of higher education endeavoring to raise up students who make a difference in their respective communities
cities and villages
- Singapore, Michigan: a ghosttown which is now buried beneath the Lake Michigan sand dunes
- Oshea Wilder: explorer and founder of several Michigan towns
other
- Spencerian Script: American penmanship style which dominated from 1850-1925
[edit] Articles I have majorly overhauled
[edit] Articles to which I have significantly contributed
- Bentheim (county): added sections on people and pre-history
- Cornerstone University: one of the leading schools in the world for youth ministry, CCM, and Ancient Studies
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