This expression of one woman's feelings about the worship
experience describes the feelings of a growing number of women in the church, including many who have spent a life - time there.
Both women and men estimated how frequently
they experienced the described feelings by using a six - point scale ranging from not more than usual (0) to much more than usual (5).
Not exact matches
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi championed this notion when he realized that this
experience was
felt and
described in a similar manner no matter the person — religious mystics, scientists, artists, and ordinary working people
describing their most rewarding work
experiences.
Based in the author's
experience with pursuing his dream and opening his own company, the book
describes the author's
feelings and thoughts that took him to this stage and talks about topics which he considers important for the young entrepreneur's success.
Some Christians go through some (or all) of the
experiences described above, and think that the unrest they
feel is because church is simply a waste of time and energy, and so they leave the church... and Jesus too.
That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only
describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I
feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal
experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and
feel his love which I used to
feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a
feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll
I receive a full time salary from the church (less than $ 84k), but much of the freedom that you have
described as a benefit I
feel I
experience, because I know if tomorrow things changed radically, I have my hands and my tools, and my knowledge.
If one has for any reason invested one's life for a while in such a school, and especially if one has begun to
feel a pinch between expectation and
experience, it is important not only to reflect critically about the school but also to reflect critically about the wav in which the school is being
described and analyzed.
But I
feel sure that many of them also
experience the terrible blankness I have just
described.
Our normal, ordinary bodily
experience is like that of, say,
feeling tired, which we might
describe as a general
feeling of tension and strain broadly diffused throughout the whole body.
Even those who are not informed about contemporary psychological analysis of human
experience may very well
feel that it is not adequate to
describe that
experience as if we were speaking about some persistent «I», to which things happened; a self which did things that were, so to say, merely adjectival to the substantival «I».
It appears that there is general though only implicit recognition of the fact that a call to the ministry includes at least these four elements (1) the call to be a Christian, which is variously
described as the call to discipleship of Jesus Christ, to hearing and doing of the Word of God, to repentance and faith, et cetera; (2) the secret call, namely, that inner persuasion or
experience whereby a person
feels himself directly summoned or invited by God to take up the work of the ministry; (3) the providential call, which is that invitation and command to assume the work of the ministry which comes through the equipment of a person with the talents necessary for the exercise of the office and through the divine guidance of his life by all its circumstances; (4) the ecclesiastical call, that is, the summons and invitation extended to a man by some community or institution of the Church to engage in the work of the ministry.
The White House hopeful
described her
experience becoming a Christian as a 16 - year - old, when she said she walked into a church one day with some friends and
felt called to the altar.
Occasions of human
experience everywhere exhibit the structures
described by Whitehead's categories and, in addition to that, the special forms
described as intellectual
feelings.
The director of this program
describes why they prefer to use the growth group approach: «It is in the dynamics of a small group that we
experience the interactions,
feeling responses, and behavior patterns of our own family's relationships — and others.
MODERN WOMAN: [Now calmer] Well, I keep having these funny little
experiences of... I don't know what to call them... I don't know how to
describe them... I just
feel unreal.
The writer of an unsigned article in The New Yorker,
describing a
feeling experienced at the funeral of a friend whose long and happy life had been spent as a wife and mother, caught it well:
As as result it
feels to me that a wall has gone up, just like I
experienced resulting in the frustration I
described in the church
experience I shared.
Maslow uses the phrase «oceanic
feeling» in his discussion of the self - actualizing person to
describe the
experience of being a part of the whole universe.
Accordingly, Proudfoot equates Schleiermacher's description and definition of religious
experience to the Varieties's overriding methodological distinction between: (1) the task of simply
describing, without explanation, the religious
experience, and (2) the task of defining religious
experience as noetic and as a
feeling - state.
He
describes it as the separation of our conscious
experience from our organic
feelings.
This reception of emotional tone is combined with the vector - character of prehensions or
feelings in order more fully to
describe the primary phase of a moment of
experience:
In
describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians
felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they
experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.
When Rudolf Otto
describes the sense of the «numinous» or holy as an irrational
experience both fascinating and awe inspiring, in which the content can only be
felt and not spoken about, he is making a similar point.
The article quotes a real student parent, Esmee Thomas from Lancaster University, who
describes her
experience: «As my bump grew, I
felt more and more out of place walking around campus.
My wife and I became Christians through reading the Bible and an «
experience» of what I can only
describe as the best
feeling we've ever had.
The death of his mother when he was six and of his father when he was 16 pushed Merton into an intense
experience of the vulnerability
felt by so many between the wars, and led to a cosmic sense of loss and nearly to a breakdown, both physical and mental — a vulnerability he
described as «living on the doorsill of the Apocalypse» (ibid.).
If you press me to tell why I loved him, I
feel that this can not be expressed, except by answering: Because it was he, because it was I.» Few people, in any age and in any culture, have had a friendship like this one; but how many people in our world can comprehend, or even imagine, the
experience Montaigne
describes?
Let's face it — there are lots of foods that can fill you up, but ideally, it's much more rewarding to
experience satiety, a term food and nutrition professionals use to
describe a satisfied
feeling you
experience after eating.
Out of nowhere and suddenly you see OG and somehow the ball finds the net, you
experience a special
feeling and there are no words to
describe this
feeling!!
I, a blogger, have
experienced this a lot but I could never quite
describe that
feeling.
«This has been the most incredible
experience and words can't
describe how I
feel right now.
I also had my name in the local newspapers
describing the «Aussie Mitch Duke», who was training at West Ham which was a good
feeling but in the end it was only an
experience.
One of these, storge, is used to
describe the familial affection
experienced by family members for each other, the affection one
feels for a pet, or the affection Zenit have had recently for playing in Portugal.
As your baby grows inside you, these little movements — which many mums - to - be
describe as
feeling like bubbles — will become stronger as you continue through your pregnancy, and develop into kicks, punches, swooshes, flips and turns, which your partner and other family members will soon start to be able to share the
experience too when they touch your belly.
This is often
described as mild pain or discomfort, but since the pain sensation is very subjective every mother
experiences pain differently — some mothers
feel more severe pain.
That I would have been able to
experience all that I had read about when women
described feeling empowered and strong etc. when they birthed their babies without any interventions.
It is impossible to
describe the
feeling of touching and playing with Sands Alive, but momstown moms LOVE this indoor sand
experience for preschoolers!
I know exatly what you are talking about with the spasms i have
felt the hiccups rythmic thumps i would
describe them but iv also
experienced the fast vibrating movements its almost like its kicking its feet at the speed of sound it lasts for a couple of seconds and then goes but i was so worried about this too and am so glad i found this page
From spring to fall the hills are alive, and the range of activities that can be
experienced here will make you
feel the same way and can only be
described in a single word: Limitless.
Yet while there are many blogs, classes, books and hotlines dedicated to helping new mothers, these resources barely exist for midlife mothers
experiencing the
feelings that Scher and McDonald
describe.
I'm glad you are able to work through your
feelings in your writing — we need to be able to use our own words and rewrite our own stories to
describe and own our various individual
experiences of mothering — none of which deserve to be called «less» or «lacking».
Josh and I put in a lot of work beforehand, but every second of preparation paid off, and I don't even have the words to
describe how empowered I
feel after having
experienced such an amazing birth.
A love that is never - ending, unconditional, infinate, overpowering, transcendental... I can continue to sum up adjectives, but not one can
describe how it
feels to love your child, it is something you must
experience first hand.
If you
feel like this
describes your situation accurately, or if you are
experiencing any abdominal pain (definitely check with your doctor if this is the case as well) then you may have Diastasis Recti.
I have no way to
describe back labor to people who haven't
experienced it for themselves, but it was seriously the worst thing I have ever
felt.
The discourses
describing consumer
experiences of maternity care in public and private hospitals: «next please,
feeling depersonalised in the queue»; «
feeling vulnerable in the care of a parade of strangers»; «expected to place blind trust in those who know nothing about me and still
feel safe» captures the consumer
experience of a fragmented maternity service care and subsequent distress associated with finding themselves in territory they never dreamed possible [45].
Describing her
experience as a depressing nightmare is very severe and is not what a mom should be
feeling when nursing their child.
A 2010 study on backlash against female politicians found that «participants
experienced feelings of moral outrage» such as contempt, anger, and disgust when women politicians were
described as power - seeking.
Edward Timpson MP, who was the present for the entire debate,
described it as «a humbling
experience that left me
feeling inadequate [and] a real testament to the talent of young people.»