Sentences with phrase «larger life concerns»

These sessions become the catalyst to discuss larger life concerns, decision - making, and emotional issues.

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There are growing concerns in Silicon Valley that the dominance of Alphabet's Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon.com are beginning to squeeze the life out of the startup economy, and even large would - be challengers, including Snap and Twitter, are struggling to maintain growth.

«When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you, and that's of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for, for years in this country,» Feinstein said.

This ethos was adapted with great sensitivity by Cram for his mainline Protestant projects, balancing specific denominational concerns with a larger ideal of unity represented by the ancient, life - affirming font of Christian ceremonial.

To rule out such praying would rule out large areas of life so vital to us that they must have a vital place in the concern of a loving God.

A. Festival Religious festivals were occasions for a break from life's larger concerns, a special time, or «parenthesis» within life, consecrated to the Lord in joy.

Although love's extravagances might seem irrelevant to life's larger concerns, they are in reality fundamental.

Craddock, too, in Overhearing the Gospel (1978), endorsed «narrative» sermons — not that narrative should replace logic, or that sermons consist only of stories, but that the sermon has «the scope that ties it to the life of a larger community» and touches «intellectual or emotional or volitional» concerns while «conveying the sense of movement from one place to another» and «thinking alongside the hearers.»

This concern with the peculiar status of the monk is the leitmotif of the volume Contemplation in a World of Action (1973), which brought together a large number of Merton's essays and conference papers on the monastic life done during the»60s.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

The German universities expressed less opposition to the growth of Nazism in the 1930's than did the churches and labor unions; their failure at this point has been attributed in large part to their neutral pursuit of truth without concern for the life of the nation.14 By contrast, an example of intellectual responsibility occurred a few years ago when the University of Chicago was building a new cancer research hospital.

We noted at the outset that reformed spirituality is concerned to emphasize not only the cultivation of this personal triadic relationship with God and others, but also to cultivate a sense of responsibility to the larger social dimension of our lives, including the affairs of state and nation.

In fact, as far as cosmic pessimists are concerned the very indifference of the universe at large makes the local domain of life by contrast even more worthy of preservation.

This association apparently arises from the fact that Browning's interest in social dynamics primarily concerns not processes internal to congregational life, but rather the operations of the larger society within which congregations are located.

Historical study in theology, when theology is directed toward its chief objects, is always more like a conversation with a large company of similarly concerned and experienced men than like the tracing of a life history, whatever values there are in the latter procedure.

Thus pastoral visitation was regarded in large part as but an adjunct of the exercise of pastoral discipline, and it was regarded as a doubly important adjunct because the proper ordering of family life was a major disciplinary concern.

Brabeck - Letmathe's profession of concern over the obesity epidemic in North America is ironic, and frankly disingenuous, considering Nestlé is the world's largest producer of infant formula — a product which has been shown to substantially increase the risk of obsesity later in life.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is the national charity representing the interests of the large and growing population of ethically concerned non-religious people living in the UK.

The bill was also denounced by Hector Lopez, the president of the Westchester Hispanic Law Enforcement Association, the county's largest law enforcement group representing Hispanic officers, and County Attorney Robert Meehan, who first raised concerns about the law establishing a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants living in the county.

«Vince Cable, the business secretary, is to press for an increase in the minimum wage amid concerns that the economic recovery is failing to lift living standards for large parts of the workforce.

The large proportion of life scientists and representatives of the research - rich southeast United Kingdom on the UKRI board also raises concerns.

But it's also an increasing concern in various European countries, where living large is becoming more and more attractive.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza, says Rachael Jones, UIC associate professor of environmental and occupational and health sciences, one of four co-investigators at UIC.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza.

And the marbled lungfish — a living piece of evolutionary history with the largest genome of any animal — is also rated as of least concern, despite being commonly eaten by humans.

I'm a life - long learner and am on a quest for new things to learn and do... especially when it concerns anything domestic.Living by grace, I strive to be positive and purposeful... living large and loving all those who cross my path.

What science fiction films do best is warp our deepest concerns and immediate dangers, so that we can watch them bloom into larger than life stories on the big screen.

This is the kind of town where everyone is involved with everyone else's business, the police station has a swear box (used to great subtle effect during an argument), underage drinking is overlooked to avoid young hoodlums wandering the street at night, and the town elders» largest concern is the presence of a living statue.

Yet, the columnists noted, the lack of coverage often reflects larger problems in America today: the unwillingness of people to sacrifice to help fund schools and many Americans» lack of concern regarding the disparities in the lives of others.

The number one, biggest surprise of the last year was... Perhaps I shouldn't have been considering we are at a school of education, but I've been truly surprised by how much faculty prioritize our learning both of content and larger «life» concerns.

No doubt academic achievement concerns students, parents, educators, and the community at large where you live.

Listening to students» needs, interests and concerns has had a big impact on school life and classroom practice; engaging students as partners in learning throughout the educational process and the entirety of the education system has an even larger impact.

For those that might be concerned about the environmental impacts of using a larger battery, Honda claim it to be largely recyclable at the end of its life.

A related reason why a mutual life insurance company is preferable is because excess profits are NOT used for purposes that do not benefit the policy holders, such as large executive bonuses AND a conflict could arise if a stock company is concerned.

The campaign was created in response to growing concern about the large number of Americans who lack adequate life insurance protection: 95 million adult Americans have no life insurance, and most of those who do have far less coverage than most financial experts recommend.

David Charron, CEO of MRIS, one of the largest multiple listing services in the country, shared his concerns in a live webcast NAR hosted on the topic last week.

Back in 1964, a woman named Ruth Harrison was terribly concerned that small family farms across England were being quickly replaced by large industrial farming operations that saw animals as mere products, not as living beings.

What I was concerned about is her coming in heat, we do not want to breed her, but our Vet said that «They — have researched spaying the larger breeds of dogs before they go through one or two heat cycles, and found out that was one of the reasons they have discovered they have physical problems later in life» ---- We have been married for 51 years, and have never been without two labs at one time (a dog needs a dog companion, the same as humans) when we lose one, we all mourn her loss, so we get her a puppy and we start another member of our family.

This behavior usually warrants no reason for concern, but there are situations where a large mass of hair can not be passed through the cat's digestive system, inevitably causing a life - threatening blockage.

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As far as Cape Otway Accommodation is concerned there is on offer a good range, from family tourist parks, to self contained cottages, to eco lodges, large group accommodation and of course the historical accommodation at the Lighthouse keeper's lodge for those after a bit of authentic, «what was it like in days gone by» living.

What would a game look like, then, that at its heart was concerned with convincing the player that she was taking part in a set of larger events and trends, as well as the singular path of her own life?

David Claerbout's paintings on paper are fundamental to his film practice; Ilse D'Hollander's intimate canvases are sensual explorations of the physical act of painting; Jose Dávila interrogates how the modernist movement has been translated, appropriated, and reinvented; Laurent Grasso's meticulous appropriations of classical paintings integrate impossible phenomena, blurring the line between the historical and contemporary; Rebecca Horn's large - scale gestural paintings evoke her early performance work, their dimensions being determined by the artist's physical reach; Callum Innes» Exposed Paintings are concerned with both making and unmaking the work; Idris Khan utilizes language, melding thousands of lines of stamped text into singular abstract images; Hugo McCloud's work fuses industrial and fine art materials; Sam Moyer combines found textures into a fresh, expanded, artistic palette; and James White's oil paintings reimagine the still life as a chance freeze - frame.

Working in a range of media and formats, from works on paper and canvas to large - scale wall installations Walker is particularly concerned with social and political issues with particular reference to history and cultural differences in contemporary life.

The other side, the back of the panel which reveals the stretcher bar construct, is painted with abstract compositions that hint at larger concerns with arrows signifying time, a question mark and text reading «life.»

Her paintings are concerned with what is perceived as real comparative to the ideal, an examination into the larger reality of nature and life.

Once the least respected of the academy's categories — history painting, with its large - scale figures and high - minded narratives ranked highest — still life became a favorite motif of modernists, since inanimate forms, such as bottles, plates, and even fruits and vegetables, permitted an emphasis on purely formal concerns.

Just as important is the very evident concern with human welfare and justice; these have clearly motivated a very large part of Epstein's life work, as well as several of those discussed in the book.

«This is a serious concern because a large proportion of the population lives in arid regions to the west of the Andes,» said Antoine Rabatel, the lead author of the study and a scientist with the Laboratory for Glaciology and Environmental Geophysics in Grenoble, France, in an interview with the Guardian.

The Fire Protection Association (FPA) reportedly has concerns about the applicability of the standard BS8414 test to real life situations, and is intending to carrying out modified large - scale tests that they believe will more closely resemble conditions in a real building.