Sentences with phrase «how public faith»

David Cameron has spoken on a number of occasions, including this weekend, about how public faith in our political institutions is «draining away».

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Faith - based charity Marriage Care has backed the proposals, speaking on Premier's News Hour, chief executive, Mark Molden said: «what this is about is saying, look; at a key moment where public services are in front of both expectant mother and expectant father let's give them some support at that crucial juncture to think about their relationship, think about how they might weather the inevitable storms that a new baby brings into a relation ship.

In Liao Yiwu's God is Red, which recounts the struggles of the Chinese Christians in the Maoist and post-Maoist years, the pastor's son recalls how, because of their faith, his family was beaten, bound, and spit upon during public condemnation meetings.

Sometimes I get the idea that folks in the mainline are so frustrated with how evangelicals have wielded the Bible and faith in the public square, they avoid language, practices, and teaching that might be construed as overly religious, overly biblical, or overly exclusive.

«I don't see how a person can separate their public life from their private life or from their faith.

Here, we don't just illuminate where Mitt Romney and Barack Obama stand on the issues that matter to our readers; we also delve into the larger question of how politics and faith should coexist in the public space.

Oh how the «popular» public loves to cut up the Bible into little bits, throw it on the trash heap and belittle others who have a genuine faith in Jesus and the words of the Bible.

Christianity Today online editor Sarah Pulliam Bailey spoke with Rubio about his diverse faith background, how his faith influences his policy positions, and why Christians should be involved in the public square.

The author is Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, the publisher is Doubleday, and the price should be no obstacle to a book that offers a fresh analysis of what has gone wrong with the Church in America, a convincing case for encouragement, wise counsel on how to engage the public square and, not incidentally, restored confidence in the ability of (some) bishops to teach on faith and morals.

He showed us how to work for freedom in circumstances rather tougher than we are currently experiencing in Britain, and he showed us that the public celebration of the Faith - processions, open - air Masses, youth events - plays a central role in achieving or affirming the rights of Christians.

If half the public says they don't know very much about Mormonism and one - third of Republicans say the Mormon religion is not a Christian faith, how will GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney fare in his bid for the White House?

Do you realize how much Christians, Jews, Muslims, etc. are persecuted for their faith on a daily basis from the general public, mainstream media and social elite?

But the assumptions underlying Putnam's claim should inspire faith communities, and all those who value witness in the public square, to reflect on how — or how effectively — we have responded to the societal changes Putnam is concerned with.

With a recent survey showing that only a third of Americans can correctly identify Obama as a Christian, the president gave a personal account of his conversion as an adult and how his public service is part of his faith.

Part III: Bearing Fruit examines how this deepening awareness of the spiritual life bears fruit in prayer and, indeed, how necessary lectio and the liturgy are in order for us to remain rooted as Christians, especially in these days when free expression of faith is becoming less acceptable in the public forum.

That is, we shall have to make the substantive case for that which we hold to be true in the face of those who really do not know, and can not quite imagine, what we are talking about — especially if we expect our faith to have some bearing on how we conduct public business.

Listen I keep seeing bumper stickers like «you can't be both Catholic and pro-choice» these are not reflective of my faith, theser are slogans made for propaganda, I have 2 beautiful children and I have never been on a position where abortion could even play a part, but it is a legal option to the public at large; this being said even the bible calls for us to be good citizens, and to obey the law, I believe that this is a matter that belongs with the family and not the state; no matter how we criminalize abortion, they will not stop, but people will go under - ground and more fatalities will occur, I rather see the government placing incentives on more conseling for these expectant mothers and more outreach done at church levels, to reduce the debate to a single slogan is dangerous and will not accomplish the ultimately goal of preventing abortions my two humble cents

«I don't see how a person can separate their public life from their private life or from their faith,» said Ryan.

The remainder of this book will be given to further and detailed development of the definition just suggested, to the ways in which we may pray in words and in thought, to the place of prayer in public worship and above all in the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper — which all Christians save the Quakers and the Salvation Army know to be the central act of public worship, however much they may sometimes slight that importance in church practice — and finally to see how it all «fits in» — how faith and action are related to, and find fulfillment in, prayer both private and public.

I do wonder how far an «alternate - faith» business can go, if they are overtly public about being, say, Buddhist or Pagan.

Emphatic that «faith is personal and honorable and uncorrupted by political influence,» Mondale is less clear about how religious and moral meaning should enter into the public forum.

She praised the contributions of «healthcare workers, first responders, police, neighbours, the public, faith leaders and many more», particularly how they «came together to show the resilience of our communities in the face of terrorists.»

In short, they wanted to know how they could explain, defend, and live out their faith in the public square.

Unless NHS leaders and ministers can offer firm guarantees on these points, it is impossible to see how an experiment such as this could ever proceed without severely undermining patient care and the public's faith in the NHS.

Then David turns to Professor Simon Szreter — social historian and founder of «History & Policy» — to discuss how academics are trying to find ways of restoring the public's faith in politics, and bridge the gap between the politicians» narrow view of the world and how the voters see it.

I use the fact of my own Christian faith, and membership of a local church to give an indication to the public about how I am likely to make decisions.

According to him, «unlike him (Ken)», he has faith in the police and once he (Ken) «issued a public threat, we will see how it goes».

De Blasio urged New Yorkers should have «have some faith right now» in his NYPD, since O'Neill immediately came forward and told the public what he believed had happened and» exactly how wrong it was.»

This kind of casual attitude to spending taxpayers» cash undermines faith in the public sector and is yet more evidence of how under Labour the Audit Commission forgot that its job was to protect the public purse.»

If the progress measured by AYP wasn't really adequate, then how could the public put their faith in accountability at all?

But the factors suppressing participation in Portland — which appears to have made a good - faith effort to implement the program — suggest that there may be a natural limit to how many parents will move their children from one conventional public school to another.

To the extent that it is a public ruling, if you rely on this Ruling in good faith, you will not have to pay any underpaid tax, penalties or interest in respect of matters covered by the Ruling if it does not correctly state how a relevant provision applies to you.

His gallery based work and interventions in public space seek to enquire into our relationship with sacred and secular architecture, signage and protest, exploring systems of faith and how these are represented and demonstrated.

Without telling a literal story of places and people, Struth's subtle photographs reveal how personal feelings of anger, love, fear, faith, and doubt are shaped by public history.

I'd planned to also mention how our pro-global warming friends must view skeptic scientists and skeptic organizations as a very annoying irritation, but they probably fear the general public the most, over the looming potential of the public losing faith in talking points about «settled science» and «corrupt skeptic climate scientists» that become too preposterous to accept.

Jan P Perlwitz: Now, one could ask, is this twisting of Gavin's words, that he was asking for blind faith into science, even though his use of the term «bad faith» implies the opposite, he asks for sticking to the truth and to facts, is based on a lack of knowledge about the English language or is this itself an example for how a statement made by a climate scientist is twisted in bad faith, for the purpose to deliberately deceive the public?

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Launched in 2002 by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, National Mentoring Month focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how each of us — individuals, businesses, government agencies, schools, faith communities and nonprofits — can work together to increase the number of mentors to help ensure positive outcomes for our young people.

The Pews and Public Squares report provides findings on topics such as «Faith Habits of Couples,» «Does Attending Religious Services Affect How People Rate Their Own Marriage?»