I believe what the author is trying to convey is that often we have an «idea» of what the church should be, then try to make that happen, or impose
our idea upon the community and feel deep disappointment if our dream isn't fulfilled.
Not exact matches
Selfishness must be transformed by enlarging the
idea of what the self is, expanding the personality until it takes in our friends, our
community, our nation, our world, so that one does not need to stamp
upon his self, but can say,
But it depends
upon their giving up both their uncritical acceptance of the present ideology of modernization identifying it with Christianity and any revival of primalism in a militant and fundamentalist way in the name of their self - identity, and evaluating both modernity and tradition in the light of Christian personalism i.e. the
idea of human beings as persons in
community, and all natural and social functions as sacramental means of communion in the purpose of God.
For Mark's «theological
idea» was not so much the present reality of the divine person, the exalted Lord of his
community, nor yet was it the glorious and unique historical person, Jesus of Nazareth, but the mysterious, half - divine, apocalyptic «Son of Man» who had lived incognito
upon earth, died, and risen again.
One could travel in this bicentennial year to a thousand American
communities, and in each of them see instances of human tragedy directly based
upon failures of justice and the breakdown of moral
ideas — this in the face of operative legal systems.
Warsi also dismissed the
idea that pressure should be placed
upon British Muslims to root out extremists within their midst, commenting that «when you say this is something that the Muslim
community needs to weed out, or deal with, that is a very dangerous step to take.»
This new concept builds
upon the new
ideas of our entrepreneurs, and the great
community excitement created by the Comets.»
Upon making my decision to run for Town Supervisor, I informed my friend and fellow board member, Jim Bruno, of my intention to run and my commitment to a positive Gentleman's contest of
ideas for the future of our
community.
Volunteers are called
upon to provide their skills and
ideas in our learning
communities and day - to - day activities as chaperones, club leaders, sponsors, tutors, mentors, classroom aides, coaches, and much more.
Based on the
ideas and processes in this book, how might you improve
upon the way that people listen to each other in your current learning
community?
That is not a good
idea since Amazon and its
community frown
upon such tactics.
Let's hope that Reverge builds
upon some of the great
ideas on display here and that the larger
community of fighting game developers take a cue from Reverge Labs» tutorial structure.
So when a member of our curatorial advisory board Jessamyn Fiore approached us with the NASTY WOMEN Exhibition
idea, we were thrilled to not only use our space to amplify the cause but also to build
upon the momentous response and enthusiasm for the exhibition with STAY NASTY — four days of music, comedy, performances, workshops, and an information fair, which offers New York City's musicians, artists, activists, and
community health organizations a platform and opportunity to get involved alongside the hundreds of NASTY WOMEN artists.»
It is an
idea realized
upon the notion of our collective diversity and the inclusiveness of our
community.
In the age of «global - curating», the selection panel for this year's award recognized her refreshingly local approach, one that has created and supported a vibrant and fundamentally diverse program built
upon a
community of
ideas and artists.»
«This event is about showing up and being accounted for as a working artist in the South Florida arts
community... It is an
idea realized
upon the notion of our collective diversity and the inclusiveness of our
community.
Global Green USA is also calling
upon individuals in devastated
communities to submit their green rebuilding
ideas for their next Citizen Entrepreneur Challenge: Citizen Sandy for which they will provide seed funding and technical expertise to the winning project and finalists.
But I had NO
idea how many people had used the discussion courses to create change in their
communities — thousands
upon thousands of people in neighborhoods, universities, churches, and organizations across the world are taking action and creating change because of the Earth Institute!
«Anything that pushes innovation forward through honest competition is something of which I am in great favor, especially where credit is given to the original
idea and where those new contributions can be shared among and improved
upon by the
idea makers in the
community.»