Sentences with phrase «life dilemma of»

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Not too long ago I wrote about «the entrepreneur's dilemma,» a clever formulation of the work - life balance tradeoffs faced by busy professionals from entrepreneur Randi Zuckerberg.

Despite a real - life narrative stuffed with secrets and suspense, the film version quickly feels bloated as Stone treats us to scene after scene of Snowden struggling with his inner dilemma and, especially, with his devoted girlfriend, Lindsay, who is a major character in her own right.

The «problem with the Entrepreneur's Dilemma... is that all these areas of life do not take equal time,» she argues in a recent Fast Company column.

The essence of this particular dilemma lies in answering this initial question: Even if the upside appears to be a sure thing, can you afford to accept your fate in the event that the worse - case scenario of a life decision implodes on you?

, where anonymous, real - life couples sort through their dilemmas of intimacy.

And of course the whole point is not to share with others what isn't real or true for you, a point that is not lost on super pastor Rob as we return to the dilemma of living an honest faith when you become the latest pastor in demand.

The dilemma of art and propaganda is essentially a tremor of the seismic human dilemma of living in a divinely created but fallen world.

As we teeter between denying God and praising God, between the horrors and delights of life, Paul's words «always and for everything give thanks» might seem to mock our utter sense of being caught in a dilemma.

These general observations on the universal dilemma is not a wonder or thunder of a day but a simmering trend slowly hotting up, with lucent forces of life and darker forces of death clashing over the decades.

Yet, in another sense, faith is the answer to the human dilemma of being forced to live in terms of a truth that one knows may not be true.

One of the most helpful ways a congregation can engage in pastoral care is by studying issues that might create moral dilemmas before they are brought to the church in the form of real, live, human beings.

Extend this dilemma to problems of family life and business dealings, to the moot problems of school integration and the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs in war, and it becomes evident that there is no unanimity among Christians as to the will of God in concrete matters of ethical decision.

But while I am not political, I am very wary of philosophies of life or technique built on straightforward narratives drawn from situations of great moral complexity and insoluble tragic dilemmas.

In deliberation we attempt to maximize both complexity and simplicity, as is clear in making works of art, in arranging affairs of life, and in moral dilemmas.

«Everything enjoys what he calls «prehensions,» that is to say, somehow absorbs what is outside itself into its own being... but once more, as in the case of life, he is on the horns of a dilemma.

Nobody really believes that the effects of radical thought on mainstream marriage or sexual life has been altogether positive, and «radical feminism» has been displaced largely (outside the academic world) with a chastened defense of women's rights (and some appreciation of the dilemma of the resulting birth dearth, lonely single moms, and all that).

I am referring to the levels of understanding in which we actually live our lives, our relationships, our aspirations, our hang - ups, our personal choices and our moral dilemmas.

In The Christian Intellectual, Jaroslav Pelikan underscored this dilemma by saying that the most formidable obstacle to the renewal of Christian intellectual life is «a curious alliance between the secular suspicion of an elite that has been characteristic of much of American life and a distorted interpretation of the Reformation doctrine of the universal priesthood of all believers.»

The first manifestation of this dilemma or contradiction leading to possible mortality is the ecological crisis — the threat which an expanding technological and industrial culture poses to the nature system and the natural resources on which all life depends, including the life of a technological and industrial society itself.

«4 Growth groups offer a setting in which students and teachers can wrestle together with the value dilemmas and relationship problems which are central to the development of a workable life - style; they can promote the integration of relevant content from our culture in this process.

Only the hope for an infinite community of all who have ever lived frees us from this dilemma, again to do good.

The moral dilemma of the choice before them, an innocent life for their lives, even the fact that the right to choose was given to the women.

At a time when global community is urgent if both this planet and its peoples are to be safe, our current spiritual dilemma, then, must be, «How do we link the personal with the public dimensions of life?»

Dilemmas about the persistence of sin and the incongruity of life were not addressed; the service included neither a regular confession of sin nor an acknowledgment of ethical contention.

Technical details pursued through books could not be similarly pursued in an oral presentation, but the minister may be surprised at the mental ability of his people to chase an idea through paradoxes, dilemmas, myths, history, and dramatic narratives if the movement of the chase corresponds to the way they think through the issues of daily life.

Contemporary writers often reflect this sad reality, and it is helpful to point to (and to publish) the writers who grapple courageously with this dilemma, writers whose imaginations collide with the grim implications of life in a culture which has forgotten the future.

Preaching is proclaiming the good news of transforming love, but the proclamation can be heard only if it is directly related to the dilemmas, problems, and decisions which people face in their daily lives.

Far from being a matter of merely historic interest, this contrast in the New Testament between Jewish and Hellenistic ways of thinking about the future life has remained ever since an unresolved dilemma in Christianity.

The dilemma of the nonpacifist Christian is how to continue to love one's enemies and those of his nation even while he seeks to destroy their lives, property, and power.

For example, those on the radical right tend to be biblical literalists for whom scripture speaks to both the problems of daily life and the dilemmas of politics.

I end on this note of realism because it is important that in our efforts to live from the nearness of the divine commonwealth we recognize that there will always be problems and dilemmas.

A Modest Defense of Gossip, Rudeness, and Other Bad Habits by Emrys Westacott Princeton, 304 pages, $ 26.95 In The Virtues of Our Vices, Emrys Westacott eschews academic theorizing about hypothetical life - and - death moral dilemmas (such as the «trolley problem»)....

What is at stake is a post-Enlightenment, rights - based ethic that tends to objectify fetal life at a very early stage, reducing the abortion dilemma to a conflict of rights — some favoring those of the fetus, some favoring those of the woman.

There is what Whitehead calls the «Berkeleyan Dilemma»: «Perceptions are in the mind and universal nature is out of the mind, and thus the conception of universal nature can have no relevance to our perceptual life» (PNK 8f.).

The dilemma becomes unbearable when you realize that doing Christian theology is an act of confessing Christian faith, an engagement with the life outside the church as well as inside it, and interactions with the people of God not only in the Christian community but in the wider human community.

Such modern ethical dilemmas as these come to a focus in the realization that the Apostle Paul knew fully as well as we that we must live out our lives on the horns of a cosmic dilemma.

And George Bernard Shaw, that saintly cynic of a much later generation, writes in The Doctor's Dilemma: «Do not try to live forever, you will not succeed.

For an organisation that had in the words of leading Australian surf journalist Sean Doherty used up all its luck in 2015, when Mick Fanning miraculously escaped unharmed from an encounter with a shark during a heat broadcast live at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa, the dilemma was diabolical.

The essential conflict of Hayes's life was neatly encapsulated in the run - pass dilemma.

Since I am poor I don't understand what someone can do with 125 million, to me this can be a dilemma, a question of life and death.

Certainly the allure of the Premier League is great but does it wear thin after a while It is an intriguing dilemma for supporters as to whether the chance to see world famous footballers in live action makes up for the disappointment of regular defeat.

My dilemma is this: On learning of her pregnancy I was ecstatic, truly it was the happiest moment of my life.

How can we solve the stay - at - home - working - parent - work - life - balance - dilemma instead of just waiting for companies to solve it for us (if they even will)?

We will take a look at our professional guidelines, the question of evidence, and handling real - life dilemmas that come up.

Before me sat a stack of articles and books — old and new — with the same old choice of two answers to my dilemma: Either let the baby cry it out or learn to live with it.

Her book revolves around this dilemma as she writes about how these issues of identity affected her personal life.

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It illuminates a unique and compelling anthropological perspective on the lived, embodied practices of breastfeeding with particular emphasis upon the complex moral dilemmas related to breastfeeding and sleep practices.»

To me, the central ethical dilemma in life / sex / politics / religion / healthcare is the responsible use of power.

Made appealing in his portrayal by the always likeable John Simm, Mars is nonetheless, inevitably carrying his own share of demons and dilemmas - juggling his duties to his party with his own values, as well as a toppling personal life, peppered with above - mentioned ex-wife (Billie Piper), amicable ex who happens to be a vicar (Nicola Walker) and a prospective new girlfriend who's feeling justifiably neglected.