Sentences with phrase «beautiful community of faith»

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Yet, out of such a beautiful, farcical facade, faith and community can be created, like gold from straw.

Writing Searching for Sunday forced me to consider that perhaps real maturity is exhibited not in thinking myself above other Christians and organized religion, but in humbly recognizing the reality that I can't escape my own cultural situatedness and life experiences, nor do I want to escape the good gift of my (dysfunctional, beautiful, necessary) global faith community.

In a beautiful meditation for the Osservatore Romano in 2000, «The Heritage of Abraham,» Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger), explained the deep bonds the two communities share: «The faith witnessed to by the Jewish Bible (the Old Testament for Christians) is not merely another religion to us, but is the foundation of our own faith.»

I'd hate to summarize anything as beautiful as what you've written by throwing out cliches like true church vs. false church, or buildings vs. community of faith, so I'll just say this.

Plus, attending church services and events are a great way to connect with the strong faith community in the City of Beautiful Churches.

Gibson has made a big, bold, nightmarishly beautiful film not just about the dawn of the Christian faith, but about the awful tendency of human communities (wherever and whenever in the world they may exist) toward self - preservation, intolerance and mob rule.