Sentences with phrase «community of faith»

Personally, I've made the commitment to lovingly stand my ground in communities of faith instead of trying to find a some magical kingdom that agrees with everything I think.

Could we offer our people — not just our young people — a true blank sheet of paper for what our gatherings and our work as communities of faith could look like?

I have been blessed with communities of faith, mentors and church leaders who have welcomed my questions, my faith and my doubts.

The Christian community of faith is a living social process that moves down the centuries, handing on its faith from generation to generation.

Such a community can also relate to other communities of faith.

There is growing recognition today of how language shapes a particular community of faith.

When a true community of faith arises (fill in the blank with the name of a community that you know), startling things happen.

Yet many communities of faith exhibit an unconscious aversion and defensive reaction to the notion of adoption.

Only those that we have experienced in our own community of faith and those presented to us by our predecessors as they reflected on their experience in the community.

The diversity of our young and beautiful community of faith is a testament to this truth.

It is no accident that small group media are a favored communication mode in small base communities of faith.

We need one another and a vital community of faith.

And when you're living in a rich community of faith while learning with others, you'll be equipped well to take your learning off - campus and put it into practice.

Our churches are too large — they are not truly communities of faith, but church districts for the spiritual care of the people.

I grew up in a racist community of faith.

And I think this transparency made it possible for me to build trust with a suburban community of faith — to talk about this truly alarming information.

In the end, it's clear that schools born in communities of faith are different.

What moral qualities and purposes are integral to congregations as communities of faith?

Rarely are there sustained opportunities within communities of faith to reflect upon the ethical dimensions of work in light of faith.

North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light recognizes the important and hopeful role solar panel installations play for communities of all faiths.

In the meantime we will be working with legislative leaders — Democrats and Republicans — and continuing to do what we've been doing all along, and that is working with our community and our allies across New York, including those from communities of faith and organized labor, to earn the votes we need to bring the marriage equality bill to the floor of the Senate for passage.»

Women of all faiths, races, cultures and backgrounds are bravely breaking their silence, yet many in communities of faith do not match their bravery with action.

If you look at the landscape of church culture there seems to be a growing movement of communities of faith who are known for emphasizing one aspect of the Trinity...

Our second mission focus was to become an inclusive community of faith where whites, African - Americans, Asians, Hispanics and Native Americans can live out Christian community together.

It was the death of the Davidic kingdom which forced the Jewish community of faith out into the world.

And we can conceptualize how new communication patterns and technologies can help us link with one another and build communities of faith.

To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up by expressing his disappointment when communities of faith discourage people from asking questions about religious texts or beliefs.

This conviction could shape covenanted communities of faith, and thereby influence both the character of persons and the structures of public institutions to upbuild, broaden, awaken and guide the conduct of life.

Regardless of one's perspective, Marshall reminds us that worldwide membership to religious organizations dwarfs civil society in terms of numbers; given this reality, her efforts to bridge understanding between communities of faith and non-believers is particularly relevant to promoting human development.

The image of God within was restored and true communities of faith took root, some multiplying a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Does the Old Testament conform to a genre that has been externally imposed by coercive readers and hard misreadings, or is its genre a reflection of the will of communities that produced it, assented to its ongoing word of address and handed it over to new communities of faith of which we are one?

In what ways can we understand ourselves as one conflicted community of faith joined in desired obedience to the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus?

The isolation of Scripture study from the believing community of faith (nuda scriptura) disregards the Holy Spirit's work in guiding the witness of the people of God to scriptural truths, and leaves the interpretation of that truth vulnerable to unfettered subjectivism.

It is worth noticing that different communities of faith have different understandings of the authority of scripture «To most Hindus», writes Stanley Samartha, «the primary authority lies in that which is heard rather than in what is remembered and written down.

However, if the subjects of study are concrete networks of human practices by which communities of faith attempt to respond to God faithfully, and if they are practices which mediate an understanding of God, then the movement of theological schooling is more like an engaged meditative gaze than it is like problem solving.

When I mention base - type communities of faith I am referring to congregations in which reading and interpreting the Bible and developing all the gifts of the Spirit given to the community are central.

Having visited the Maritimes (all of them), I am confident that building a vibrant community of faith there is hard work indeed.

Close examination of the social contexts of the various communities of faith in the Bible, therefore, sheds new light on the faith of those believers.

While I've spoken at many of them, and Passion has influenced them around the world, I want to be able to lay down at the feet of Jesus and say I gave it a shot — I tried to build into the local community of faith that he gave his life for, that he loved, and that he believed is the best agent for change in the world.

By no means would I pass judgment on Sidney Hook's standing as a member of the Jewish community of faith.

Good Shepherd Community of Faith, 187 Southside Parkway, Buffalo NY, 14220 is once again

Moltmann feels that the future of the Protestant church in Europe lies not with the large state church, but with small communities of faith,...