Change in family
living patterns makes it difficult for a family to gather daily for a common meal, let alone set aside time for family devotions.
Not exact matches
«It's normal for there to be family conflicts, but when you add the stress of more than five months without power, without food,
living patterns change... it
makes it harder for people to manage daily
life,» Santana Mariño told the newspaper.
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Not only are those sensible ways of
living but they're also things that create community, interdependence, the sort of
life that we're
made for together — and break the
patterns of unsustainability and also land us in a place where we're the wealthiest country in the world and also one of the most lonely, medicated and depressed people in the world.
The believer hopes that his
life is
making sense, hopes that the «frame» reveals a
pattern that adds up to something recognizably Christian.
They just choose to
pattern their
lives as best they can after the one man, and yes, there is factual evidence to prove Christ came to this horrible planet to try to
make things better for all.
On the contrary, given the presumption of a collective agency for the cell as a unified field of activity, it
makes excellent sense to account for the stability of the field in terms of societies of inanimate actual occasions with their ongoing transmission of fixed
patterns and for the vitality of the field in terms of the nexus of
living occasions with their higher degree of novelty and originality.
(PK, 385 emphasis original) Fr Holloway
makes the same point as follows: «Environment may favour or may destroy the
life mechanism... but an intrinsic modification of
pattern - of - being from the invisible cell to the primates is something quite beyond that.»
Instead, it is the sort of complex secret that reposes in plain view, an abiding condition that can only be seen, if at all, by standing still and looking, until the
pattern emerges and
makes meaningful the
life of the subject.
But in most various phrasing and with very differing emphasis, in the light of one
pattern of thought or another, the same proclamation is being
made; and always it comes down to this: that in the Man Jesus, in the totality of his
life and action, God has been active, God has been present, in a definitive fashion, to the end that man may have
life in him.
It means
making sense out of the relations that human beings and other
living things have toward the overall
patterns of nature in ways that give us some sense of their proper relations to one another, to ourselves, and to the whole» (Toulmin, 272).
(Matt 28:19, 20) Why are they content to speak in their church but not go to individual's homes, as Jesus did, to assist them to
make changes in their personality that conforms to Jesus
life pattern,» stripping off the old personality» and putting on the «new personality»?
Jesus commends those who have
made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19: 12).20 Christian celibacy is dedication to a
pattern of
life in which one fruitful and natural kind of experience is renounced for the sake of service to God and neighbour.
With a number of fellow pastors who became lifelong friends, Rauschenbusch studied, read, talked, debated and plumbed the new social theories of the day, especially those of the non-Marxist socialists whom John C. Cort has recently traced in Christian Socialism (Orbis, 1988) The pastors wove these theories together with biblical themes to form» «Christian Sociology,» a hermeneutic of social history that allowed them to see the power of God's kingdom being actualized through the democratization of the economic system (see James T. Johnson, editor, The Bible in American Law, Politics and Rhetoric [Scholars Press, 1985]-RRB- They pledged themselves to new efforts to
make the spirit of Christianity the core of social renewal at a time when agricultural - village
life was breaking down and urban - cosmopolitan
patterns were not yet fully formed.
Bringing the
pattern for maturing in the Christian
life to bear on each stage and transition of the adult
life cycle provides the connection with
lived experience that
makes the gospel exciting and helpful to a congregation.
This paradox
makes sense in light of the
patterns of middle - and upper - class American
life.
According to his model, personality is conceived as a dynamic
living organism
made up of a number of interacting dynamisms and subdynamisms recognizable by a recurring
pattern of identity.
But more important are the changing
patterns and attitudes of campus
life, the enormously increased and still increasing numbers of young people who are on campuses, and the various kinds of movements that combine to
make young people think of religion and the church as false, traditional, or irrelevant.
With this framework, you will sometimes
make love several times a week, many times less often depending on work,
life and health
patterns, but all the time we are intentionally
making our energies flow towards an intimate and supportive relationship that will see us both through the joys and demands of real
life.
But this way of thinking about the normal
patterns and tensions of family
life makes it seems like the evils of «the world» have invaded «the Christian home.»
Alfred North Whitehead suggested that moral progress in the world consists in achieving
patterns of order which
make it more possible for more people to
live more nearly in accordance with Jesus» vision.
Greeley is appropriately critical of authoritarian
patterns of leadership, casually dissenting on aspects of the Church's teaching (notably on sexuality), delightfully acerbic on the terrorism perpetrated by liturgists, and pastorally wise about things that can be done to
make parish
life more winsomely reflective of what he likes to call the Catholic imagination.
We have looked at various aspects of the
pattern of the universe: at the way infinitesimal entities consisting mostly of empty space
make up a solid world; at the existence of not only
life itself but also conscious
life; at the presence of ethical and aesthetic faculties in us; and at the soft but persistent pull toward love.
To enter the kingdom of God the Christian way is to
make such a commitment to Christ that, by the grace of God that has come to us in Christ and the
pattern of
life put before us by Jesus,
life is transformed.
In these situations we are usually dealing with people who are not yet in a settled
pattern of
life and who have not
made implicit relationship commitments to others.
Our Prayer Book says it all, yet how many of us have failed to do what the Prayer Book plainly intends — to
make this Table and its service, rather than a clerically intended service like Morning Prayer, the chief event of every Sunday, in order that the people of Christ may be incorporated into Him, find there the strength for
life, be taught there the meaning of
life, and be sent forth to conform
life to the
pattern there displayed.
While we can not
make a universal ethical
pattern out of Simone Weil's
life, she does, like Kierkegaard, point to where the problem of the relation of love to self - realization lies.
When death comes, appraisal must also be
made in the same way, for the total
pattern of a given human
life,
made up as it is of a particular «routing» of occasions bound together in the fashion we indicated earlier, has also contributed, or failed to contribute, in its very totality, to the creative advance in good.
In sharp contrast to earlier tribal and feudal
patterns, the bourgeois family
made possible the freedom of a man and woman to choose each other, to
live with their children in relative independence from wider kinship groups, and to form a bond in which obligation is reinforced by affection.
They have everything that
makes up a culture: social norms, language, a career
pattern in
life.
It is the
pattern of
life where saints are in the
making.
Whereas we commonly understand religion and theology as beginning with an inner and personal experience that only later seeks a community or tradition, the postliberal asserts that the community's ways of speaking and acting, its rites and rituals, its
patterns of
life and behavior shape and indeed
make possible certain kinds of experience.
A human being who does not receive a purpose and
pattern of
life from the material factors that
make up his environmental niche, rather he sets before himself agoal of his own choosing.
Hindu, Secular and Christian who have contributed to the Christianization / Humanization of Indian religion, ideology and philosophy in the light of the Crucified Christ, but also the local Christian congregations which in their worship and sacramental
life, demonstrated a
pattern of corporate
life of fellowship, transcending traditional caste division impelled by their new sense of being
made brethren through the death of Christ on the Cross.
It is not only a reasonable hypothesis to say that «eternal object» and «nexus of successive occasions» refer to the
pattern of behavioral definiteness sustained by subordinate «
living persons» and the regnant society: it is also one of the few hypotheses available for avoiding the «Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness» by not
making the entire nexus the locus of subjectively immediate feelings (WEP 183).
I see nothing farfetched in the idea that man may one day consider it just as important to
make spiritual discoveries and
live in harmony with the spiritual
pattern as he now thinks it so important to discover, and cooperate with, physical laws.
This may take the form of
making his
life and axioms the
pattern for Christian ethics.
A social
pattern like this will offer a common
life in which each member has his or her place and to which each can
make some real contribution.
They would keep in touch with people who are actually creating alternative futures.6 The task of these Centers would be to study specific institutions and
patterns in our society and to
make down - to - earth, practical suggestions for
living responsibly in this complicated world.
And then
life got in the way, and somehow I found myself at the fabric shop at 8 pm the night before the birthday party begging the help of the dear and lovely young woman who is very much into cosplay costume
making, who set me up in a jiffy with a
pattern and fabric.
My second design, a Princess and the Pea
pattern which can be used as a sampler for stitches, proved to be very popular and in the year that followed
making embroidery
patterns increasingly became an important part of my
life.
Learning to appreciate and honor that gift may mean breaking the culturally sanctioned
patterns that cause us to unknowingly damage our kids even as we seek to
make life better for them.
A peek through Verb's glass door (tucked between a no - frills cupcake shop and a bicycle - friendly cafe) reveals a lofty, light - filled space packed with yarn, fabric, sewing notions, books,
patterns, tools, clothes to
make yourself, and signs of
life in every corner — but calling this a store visit would barely scratch the surface of what we learned.
Make your
life a little easier when you try one of these
patterns now, instead of waiting until it's too late.
There are no warnings given in the Health Canada recommendation on the risks of overdosing on vitamin D. Given the
patterns of infant feeding during the first year of
life of Canadian infants, no warnings are
made regarding the need to cease using the supplements when mixed feedings of breast and formula occur or when mothers wean and begin to use breastmilk substitutes exclusively.
This nursing shawl
pattern has 21 real
life photos for
making your own nursing shawl.
Made out of genuine leather these shoes come in 29
patterns and sizes up 2 - 3 years so you are bound to find a pair (or a few) for the baby in your
life.
Made from malleable gold - plated brass cuff with a beautiful hand woven braid
pattern, the interior is embossed with the names of all the important ladies in your
life: MERE — SOEUR — FILLE — MOTHER — SISTER — DAUGHTER — MAMA — SCHWESTER — TOCHTER; which translates to Mother, Sister, Daughter in French, English, and German.
(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of
life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding
patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families
make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;
In high school and college, young people are usually communicating with peers who are nearby and
living lives with similar
patterns, but as they all move into adulthood, their
lives will scatter and diverge in ways that often
make delayed / deferred communications more useful than immediate communications.