Sentences with phrase «community of faith where»

That is, the overarching goal must always be constructive, the development of a community of faith where genuine concern (or love) is the norm (I Corinthians 13).

Not exact matches

Our son's family are members of a community church (Southern Baptist, more or less), where, last Sunday, the pastor preached on putting faith into practice, and pointed out that there are about 250 orphans living in our area.

I am passionate about providing a place where people are free to explore their own faith, discover their own spiritual path, and to do that with the benefit of community without fear of judgment, both locally and online.

This is part of a series called concrete liturgies by a Christian community, Vaux, where they're exploring what it means to express faith and worship in the language of the city.

PM: Christians and other faiths have freedom of worship in Israel which is the only place in the ME where the Christian community is growing

Heather Tomlinson travelled to Birmingham to profile the pioneering work of Betel of Britain, a Christian therapeutic community where people are finding healing from addiction through faith in Jesus

Negatively, it will have to address itself to the ideological appropriation of Christian faith, which is inevitably the case where theology is claimed by a particular human community alleging privileged access.

But the only way in which one can be a participant in that great tradition is through a willing sharing in the small cell of the Body in the place where one happens to live — and such willing sharing will have the double effect of strengthening both one's own faith and the community of faith.

First, the community is the place where the faith of the individual can be tested against the faith of the community.

Fourth, the community contributes to the life of faith by being the place where faith can be celebrated and embodied.

It must play a second and opposite role, as the place where the faith of the community can be tested against the faith of the individual.

Finally, the community contributes to the life of faith by being the place where faith is energized to turn outward.

What these rising communities really signal, Jenkins believes, is a deep spiritual hunger in the developing world and the wide appeal of the Christian God and the Christian story even where local religious faith is strong — perhaps especially there.

It begins where women in theology attempt to deconstruct basic ethical principles such as «the common good» and «the question of moral power and authority,» but from there it moves to the creative impulses we see around us, as women in faith and faithfulness reconstruct the future image and face of the Church as a «community of Christ, bought with a price, where everyone is welcome, «14 as Letty Russell describes it.

One must attack (or defend) Christian faith where it may actually be found, not in the mind as an idea but as a form of life realized in the historical community established by Jesus Christ.

But the truly astonishing thing about the Bible is that it also includes stories from outside the fold, where God seems determined to work through those whom the community of faith has cast out.

The truly astonishing thing about the Bible is that it includes stories from outside the fold, where God seems determined to work through those whom the community of faith has cast out.

Another limit comes at that point where critical thinking leads someone to cease to identify with the community of faith.

My new online friend Gurdur (he's been commenting lately on nakedpastor), has started an outreach blogfest, an attempt to provide a place of cooperation and community where we can celebrate our common humanity, whether we belong to a faith group or not.

In a world where other nations constructed the machinery of war in an attempt to achieve their own security, it was Israel's trust in Yahweh as warrior that freed the community of faith from taking part in arms races and saber - rattling.

But if we are tired of living in a world where one is either dominating others or dominated by others we have no choice but step out in faith towards another way of living and relating to other people and communities.

While joining people where they're already gathered is essential, the formation of believing communities is a natural response to faith in Christ.

Congregations must become, to use James Gustafson's expression, «communities of moral discourse» where congregants debate in a spirit of civility and openness social issues of the day in light of their faith.

When Brian was in seminary, we were introduced to the phrase «theology of place» — meaning that our faith, our Christianity, our life on The Way, is embodied in the neighbourhood and the community where we live.

Given my more liberal leanings, some friends have suggested I'd be happier living up North, where I wouldn't have to worry about getting shot at for boasting an Obama 08 bumper sticker, and where I'd perhaps enjoy a broader selection of diverse faith communities.

Gill Sewell added: «There are over 150 events that have been happening this week where Quaker meetings have opened up their meeting houses to their local communities, encouraging people to come in and find out about the Quaker away of faith.»

thanks for the provoking thoughts... i love the journey to maturity undergirding our journey of faith... and the maturity of «other - centeredness»... it makes me wonder where my faith community is...

Don S. Browning, The Moral Context of Pastoral Care (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1976); Thomas Downs, The Parish as Learning Community: Modeling for Parish and Adult Growth (New York: Paulist Press, 1979); Thomas H. Groome, Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Our Vision (New York: Harper & Row, 1980); C. Ellis Nelson, Where Faith Begins (Richmond: John Knox Press, 1967); John H. Westerhoff, Will Our Children Have Faith?

By an opaque concept of revelation, 1 mean that familiar amalgamation of three levels of language in one form of traditional teaching about revelation: first, the level of the confession of faith where the lex credendi is not separated from the lex orandi; second, the level of ecclesial dogma where a historic community interprets for itself and for others the understanding of faith specific to its tradition; and third, the body of doctrines imposed by the magisterium as the rule of orthodoxy.

To their concerns for autonomy, for the solitary journey of faith, for a vision of the transcendent not captured in human institutions, most laity add their awareness that they want a loving community where they can find help for their task of making meaning.

We all deserve to worship Jesus in a community where we're allowed to wrestle with the big issues of faith.

I think there's a very easy - to - find line between faith and reason, where one can take the community interaction, positive messages and good moral lessons of religion and mix them with a non-theistic tradition of self - improvement, free thought and ever - striving.

And in an Indian situation where baptism is the legal mark of change of one religious community to another, each with its own civil codes recognized by the Courts, communalisation of church life is imposed by Law and perverts the meaning of baptism as sacrament of faith.

There is a Catholic chaplaincy and daily Mass, and a house — named in honour of Benedict XVI — where students can live for a year in community sharing daily prayer and forming a core of faith commitment.

In any case I doubt if a sense of the world's general aim toward value can be deeply felt by those who have not experienced the urge to participate in a community of faith, where faith is understood as an adventurous openness and exploratory hope.

The problem is that in the context of American evangelicalism, where religious images are often absent, pop - culture representations of the faith can become the formative symbols and images that a faith community encounters.

For now our responsibility to our human community calls us to courage and faith; another time another community, the communion of saints, will call us, and bid us into mystery, eternity, heaven or, as Christians sometimes call it, home, that place where indeed the heart is.

Moltmann feels that the future of the Protestant church in Europe lies not with the large state church, but with small communities of faith, where the charismatic gifts of all can be recognized, and where Christians can live out a radical discipleship.

Since 1976 I have been associated with the faculty, students, staff, and administration of Pacific School of Religion, where an entire academic community is also a faith community struggling with a multitude of social justice issues in personal and corporate ways.

In Jesus Christ, the community of Christian faith sees the God who comes down to where we are to bring us up to where God is.

What I propose to do here is to set down the working faith which the Christian tradition has about health and community; to list some of the pioneer areas where church - related community mental health programs are operating; to outline one such project in order to illustrate the design and plan of such training; and finally to suggest action steps and resources for those interested in going further.

That's where the group of community and faith - based members say voter registration tends to be low.

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Most religions have a tradition of paid matchmakers and faith - based singles events where pastors encourage marriage to strengthen the religious community.

Prior to launching The Expectations Project, Fulgham led Teach For America's faith community relations initiative where she mobilized communities of faith to support Teach For America's mission.

By Amy Buffenbarger The National Education Association hosted a National Summit on Family, School, and Community Engagement last week in Alexandria, Va where educators, education leaders, parents, family and community activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith communiCommunity Engagement last week in Alexandria, Va where educators, education leaders, parents, family and community activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith communicommunity activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith communitycommunity met...

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In my experience teaching across two dioceses and two different religious order schools, I've found that Catholic schools are places of close community, where those who seek a Catholic education are welcomed regardless of their faith or family's circumstances.

In an industry where consoles have helped foster an annual release cycle that's robbing most franchises of a developing lasting communities within a single title, some publishers have placed their faith (and investment) in games designed to run for years with annual events and updates.

Court held that where a duly constituted community association board, upon reasonable investigation and in good faith, exercises discretion within the scope of its authority under the relevant statutes, courts should defer to the board's authority and presumed expertise.