Sentences with phrase «experience in the church»

Cynicism begins because we've had limited experience in the Church.

From my 40 years of experience in the church all over the world attending each week, to say otherwise is a lie.

When it comes to the Bible, my experience in churches has been that they believe it is the direct Word of God and teach people to fear it.

It seems like you have a bad experience in a church and in the book of Revelation God brought churches like this out.

Nakedpastor (and my online community The Lasting Supper) is a space where people can freely express their pain, where victims are heard and abusers called out... something many spiritually abused people did not experience in the church that promised them care.

Far too often, our experiences in church have been less than ideal.

This no doubt expresses the fact that many people have not been liberated and empowered or deeply touched inwardly by their experience in churches.

I love it because of your honesty, and I love it because I think it echoes what a lot of people experience in churches when they suspect abuse, but don't say anything - the ignoring of the intuitions, the pull of «belonging» to the greater group, the shame associated with telling, the pain when they * do * tell and then are immediately ostracized (so painful, when I'm guessing you thought you «belonged» at the table, and were only participating as you thought you had right to?

Not just for women in the church but for a lot of people's experiences in the church.

It's nothing compared to what many other people experience in the Church, but it's painful.

And yes, my experience in church was to absolutely hide my intellect, not question, don't be sarcastic (the most recent church that I went to defined sarcasm as «the tearing of the flesh» regardless of the tone and nature of the sarcastic comment.

Pastors blaming and shaming their congregation (btw, calling for accountability and guilt at one's wrong actions, that isn't «shame»), and congregations blaming and shaming their pastors (btw, calling into question immoral, illegal, or dysfunctional conduct), is not the church, but it is often seen and experienced in churches.

We get to talking about all the ways in which we've been disappointed and ostracized, and the next thing you know, we've slipped right into a contagiously cynical church - bashing session, the kind that can leave those who have had beautiful, affirming, and life - giving experiences in church feeling like the odd ones out.

Various chapters in this book, as well as other reading and my own experience in churches, persuade me that all these kinds of knowledge and more really would be helpful for contemporary ministers.

At least he mentions three possible temptations: a) One can manipulate a person with previous bad experiences in another church.

It speaks to how many atheists have too many hang ups about their past bad experiences in the church...

Is our church doing everything possible to provide a positive, security - giving experience in the church school classes for these children?

Hopefully, adult education experiences in the church school will help rectify the distorted views held by parents.

Just as there is a human wisdom that comes with maturity and is the result of the interaction of experience and critical reflection, so there is a theological wisdom that comes with maturity and is the result of the interaction of critical reflection, of experience in the church, of engagement with Scripture, of Christian witness today, and of the testimony of the Holy Spirit.9

Some who come to the pastor belong to the Church, either nominally or actively; some once belonged and have left; some have been hurt by their experience in the Church; and some are seeking for the first time to become members of the Body of Christ.

In evaluating its group structure, a church's leaders should ask themselves these questions: Is it possible for persons of every age, with a wide range of interests, to find meaningful group experiences in our church?

When I tell the story of how I came into preaching as a calling, I have to acknowledge that my experience in the church is unusual.

Although I've been a Christian for 20 + years, I have to say that the anti-gay rhetoric (here and in the news lately) doesn't agree with what I've experienced in Church or read in the Bible.

You don't know me or my own experiences in church.

So that is exhasteding to for you and it pisses me off that you have acted in a way that reminds me of a Vineyard pastor acted in making frustration I was experiencing in the church culture I was in being abuot something to do with me and not the church.

Fred, I'm truly glad you are having a positive experience in your church.

Its intention is to affirm and explain the faith, life, and worship of the Catholic Church, and the fact is that - historically and theologically - the disputes with Lutherans, Calvinists, Zwinglians, and others in the sixteenth century is far from being the most formative experience in the Church's understanding of her faith, life, and worship.

A Black Ministry Convocation in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, not one of the country's more radical bodies, has voted overwhelmingly for a separate black district (a district is an LCMS diocese, so to speak) because of the «institutional racism» blacks have experienced in the church.

Each would integrate theory and practice, foundational theology and secular disciplines, as well as experience in church and society with reflection in the divinity school.

Many people have had your experiences in churches.

You have put in words what many experience in church...

There is a long experience in the Church of voluntary poverty, people who in obedience to their Christian calling cast aside all their belongings, make their own the fate of the poor of the earth, becoming one of them and living among them.

Further fall out from my decision to stop taking his abuse occurred as I was the music minister, and, if any of you've had experience in the church music ministry you may agree with me that the enemy — that old serpent — is heavily involved in wrecking havoc via the music ministry.

Women tweeted stories of the misogyny, sexism and patriarchal abuse they'd experienced in the Church.

But this has been my experience in the church, without a doubt!

All the arrogance of believing one KNOWS, which I experienced in church, came flooding back.

Just today, I started writing my horror story of experiences in church and ministry.

Note that we are not looking for abstract theological treatises about church, but nitty - gritty stories about your real - life experiences in church.

Although these represent small percentages, given that about 70 million Americans qualify as churched adult women, this amounts to millions of women in the U.S. today who feel discouraged by their experiences in churches.»

Though many people have painful experiences in church, some people choose to stay at their church and try to work through them, reforming the church from the inside, and being the change they want to see.

Having been subjected to some of the worst that fundamentalism has to offer, Justin has managed to emerge from his negative experiences in the Church as a man of wisdom, grace, and love.

Chad, I actually have had a fantastic experience in the church.

For many, the TRC offered former students a chance to share their experiences in the church - and government - run institutions that stripped away their language, culture, and childhood.

I also have some experience in our church as auditor and as financial officer.

Perform all other office tasks Qualifications: * Previous experience in church office administration or other related fields * Ability to prioritize and multitask * Excellent written and verbal...

Many thanks for sharing such a beautiful part of your life... it makes my heart sing when I hear other people getting the same kind of blessings I experience in church!

Not exact matches

A young woman strides through floodwaters on her way to church on a Sunday morning in Igbogeni in Bayelsa State, one of the 14 states affected between July and November 2012 when Nigeria experienced its worst flooding in half a century.

While specific churches (notably the Santo Daime) have been granted legal permission to use ayahuasca as a holy sacrament in the U.S.A., many people prefer to experience the medicine in Peru or Brazil instead.

Benedict XVI is adamant that the strength - and weakness - of the Church is found first and foremost in the dioceses, -LSB-...] He studies every dossier prepared for the three candidates in each diocese, he examines the course of studies and professional experience of potential future bishops and finally takes a decision.

@Steve: Have you talked to your pastor yet to confess your sin of constantly flaunting your blessedly perfect church in front of groups of people — mostly strangers to you — who've been hurt by their experiences in deceitful, toxic, dysfunctional, and / or spiritually - abusive churches?