The leaves are turning, the mornings are misty and the season of
mellow fruitfulness has definitely arrived.
God is so overrun
with fruitfulness that God says, «I've got to take a break from all this.
My conviction of the
continued fruitfulness of Whitehead's philosophy has deepened along with my awareness that the tasks confronting Christian thought are far beyond the capacities of any one person.
However, in order for the Church to show itself «the sign of that brotherliness which allows honest dialogue» among all human beings, it will be necessary «to foster within the Church itself... dialogue with ever
abounding fruitfulness» (Gaudium et spes 92).
So the question is - if that's what God tells us, what nature tells us, if that's what our families tells us, shouldn't the church be the best picture of
such fruitfulness?
The meaning goes back to the name's biblical roots because, in the Bible, the olive tree
symbolizes fruitfulness and beauty and dignity.
It is perhaps understandable that the translators should balk at «recesses,» with its very unmodern implication that a woman should be secluded within the house; but the gender - neutral «beloved» is a little silly
because fruitfulness, at least poetically, pertains chiefly to the woman, and taken together with «warmth,» it produces a little roseate cloud of sentimentality where the original is crisp and clear.
This dynamic is true and fruitful even if other factors prevent the specific high point of
fruitfulness which is the conception of a new eternal life.
This chapter is a natural theology based on insights concerning «rational beauty, finely -
tuned fruitfulness, a value - laden world, and human hopeful defiance in the face of mortality.»
This raises questions about the internal coherence of the Reformed catholic program, and it also raises questions concerning
ecumenical fruitfulness.
Griffin & Sherburne, New York: The Free Press, 1978, 6) Rather their lack came from the rigidity of orthodoxy after their zest for newness dimmed, their abundance of
fruitfulness declined, and their spring of inspiration dried up.
Yet he pointed out «that
fruitfulness alone does not suffice; the test is the quality of the fruit brought forth.»
Nothing falls outside of God's creative and redeeming purposes, which include our being created male and female, the complementarity and
fruitfulness built into our being created male and female, and the permanence of marriage, which is a sign of God's own covenant fidelity.
Just as it makes no sense to separate this life -
giving fruitfulness of Jesus» relationship with the Church from his union with the Church, so too we can not separate procreation from the meaning of sexual union in marriage.
1 -11,26-32); or what is surely one of the Old Testament's most sensitive creations, the oracle against the shepherds in chapter 34; or in chapter 47, the moving description of the stream flowing from the Temple, increasing in breadth and volume and majesty as it flows, bringing life, healing, and
fruitfulness all along its redemptive course.
A small but growing number of philosophers have been particularly impressed by the
potential fruitfulness of the conceptuality of Alfred North Whitehead.
Our ancestors were beguiled into further exploration of noetic richness which, once begun, continued with an ever -
increasing fruitfulness.
Love's desire not only carries us farther from ourselves than it does in Plato's account, but also achieves a covenant permanence that has an
intrinsic fruitfulness.
Drawn out of their wayward patterns of life by that allure of Lady Wisdom, the men of the earthly city enter into a love of the heavenly city, a vision of everlasting life blessed with
spiritual fruitfulness.
Can there be such a thing as sweet and
sensual fruitfulness fashioned, at least in part, from offcuts of metal?
Bergman's ongoing dialogue with Duchamp resulted in a
multivalent fruitfulness — work that is witty, visually arresting, and full of insights into the possibilities for aesthetic engagement.
The sculptures and installations of Giuseppe Penone (b1947, Italy)-- all wood and terracotta, dun and amber — have a distinctly autumnal tone, mellow
fruitfulness mingled with a sense of melancholia.
«It's a special treat to look back at Julian's work from the early 70s — a period of
singular fruitfulness and creative reward.»
We pray
for fruitfulness and effectiveness in our Christian life, and Jesus says, «I Am the True Vine» (15:1) He who abides in Jesus will produce much fruit.
In the verses that follow we meet
agricultural fruitfulness; «the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil» (v. 22), and personal reconciliation: the wife is rewed forever (vs. 19 - 20); Lo - ammi is pitied and Lo - ruhamah becomes God's people (v. 23).
The truth of Buddhism provided me with a second perspective from which to view our inherited theology critically, but thus far it has confirmed me in my faith in Christ and also in my conviction of the
continuing fruitfulness of Whitehead's philosophy for responding to crucial issues of our time.
I have been in the ministry of the casual and it always initially begins dynamically with people, but then their blown about like the wind actions resulted in the loss of any
real fruitfulness.
Thus all those who compose the one People of God, both pastors and the general faithful, can engage in dialogue with ever -
abounding fruitfulness.
Fall may be a time of
mellow fruitfulness, but don't let the golden times cause problems for your furry friend.
Collapsing the Practical into the Principle One possible response to declining relevance is the insistence that my ministry forms offer something better, even as
their fruitfulness erodes.
The fruitfulness of marriage is a determining factor.
Phrases with «fruitfulness»