Sentences with phrase «make sense of this world in»

«It is more like a collection of narratives poking around a theme that attempts to make sense of this world in all of its mystery and complexity».

In part, we trust the Bible because we find that it keeps making sense of the world in which we live.

Like Maclntyre, he is an indispensable companion for Christians who would make sense of the world in which we live, and he has deeply influenced my own work.

I have a friend who confessed that she is just too busy and too tired to make sense of the world in a theological or ideological sense.

Niels Bohr who took the opposite side of that argument said, «No, no, the quantum theory is fine; your problem is that you're trying to make sense of the world in some sort of classical terms, and you can't do that by looking through the lens of quantum physics.»

Join Fiona Williams and Nick Bhasin as they try to make sense of the world in the only way they know how — through movies and TV shows.

How can we expect a child to make sense of algebra when he, as was the case with one of our students, is trying to make sense of a world in which his mother is murdered by his father?

Living as Form is an opportunity to cast a wide net and ask: How do we make sense of this work, and in turn, how do make sense of the world in which we find ourselves?»

Not exact matches

The underlying software has to sift through and make sense of a lot of information — your relationship to your contacts, what their interests are, what you've talked about in the past and what's happening in the world — so it can recommend what to talk about and when.

Second, while it makes sense that an environment in which investments, like government debt, are yielding a smaller return might cause people to spend less today in order to make their retirement goals, there just isn't a lot of evidence that this happens in the real world.

We're the fourth largest fixed - income business in the world and we would say that that business is fundamentally one where active management makes a lot of sense.

Another good example is Johnson & Johnson, a global organization with employees all over the world, who realized that they needed culturally relevant and appropriate content for distance learning and training that would make sense to each specific region of the world in which they do business in order for their employees to truly feel connected.

From business moguls like Barbara Corcoran providing hard - nosed, practical advice to digital - marketing experts helping make sense of the ever - wacky and evolving world of social media, Entrepreneur.com readers were drawn to all types of videos in 2013.

While drilling in ANWR makes sense because Alaska has existing pipeline infrastructure in place, drilling off the East Coast does not, said John McNabb, former chairman and CEO of Willbros, one of the largest energy infrastructure contractors in the world.

These motion - tracking sensors will give a person «a stronger sense of being transported» to a virtual environment because they will presumably make it easier for people to move around and look at things in digital worlds like they do in real life.

Not only does the ability to capture and recall knowledge make it more likely that a child will excel at school, but having rich, vivid memories of everyday experiences also help children make sense of the world and their place in it, enriching their experiences and building essential life skills.

So having that in - depth sense of how the business functions in all parts of the world makes that a lot easier.

«In the software world,» Wiegand said, «artificial intelligence and machine learning will drive automation through the ability to make sense of large amounts of data, and predict with accuracy the appropriate outcome.

But somewhere in the heat of battle, when there seemed little to lose, when doing whatever it took felt more heroic than sticking to your guns, for one unfortunate moment at the 11th hour, it made all the sense in the world to ask, «Is this a prime minister?»

It makes a poetic kind of sense that some of the earliest self - storage facilities in the world opened in L.A. under the Hollywood sign in the 1920s.

«But on the other side of the coin, it may give you certain advantages in making sense of the world.»

With such a mass of information, the only way for humans to make any sense of the world is to make some approximations and assumptions, to look for the patterns, and try to find the constellations in the mess of stars.

That constraint made sense in a physical world: a business that invested heavily in printing presses and delivery trucks didn't really have a choice but to stick the product and the business model together, but now that everything — text, video, audio files, you name it — are 1's and 0's, what is the point in limiting one's thinking to a particular configuration of those 1's and 0's?»

Since it's in the middle of Disney World, it makes sense that Raglan Road presents a pretty theatrical version of the Irish pub.

It didn't make any sense in a world of new, fast casual dining offering healthy, organic and fresh fare but alas, fast food giants like MCD, YUM, JACK, WEN and more adapted and changed and are back to being the kings.

In this sense, good money blogs are invaluable resources that inspire and empower millions of people around the world to make smart financial decisions.

As word spread Wednesday morning of Travis Kalanick's sudden departure from the helm at troubled ride - hailing startup Uber, Silicon Valley pundits, investors and analysts all tried in different ways to make sense of one of the most startling developments to come out of the tech world in recent years.

I know this doesn't sound rational and doesn't make sense in your example of the individual but this is how it works in the real world.

These customer engagements give you a sense of the breadth and scale of the difference HP makes in the world every day.

P&G is cutting product lines, the plethora of which made far more sense in the retail world than online.

While the current premium on U.S. stocks makes some sense in the context of low inflation and low rates, valuations look stretched relative to stocks in the rest of the world.

He's made his unique sense of market and investment trends known and respected in the financial world.

In a world that is normalizing, it would make sense that company behavior would normalize back toward a more balanced use of cash — especially if the days of super easy money and financial arbitrage are over.

It all makes sense in the Alice - in - Wonderland world of the IMF.

In an increasingly digital world it only makes sense to want to take care of every aspect of your life online.

If you are new to the cryptocurrency world and are trying to make sense of different cryptocurrencies, you would want to know about other altcoins in addition to Bitcoin.

Investors in these markets must make sense of unfamiliar economies, different regulatory systems, and entrepreneurs who are seizing opportunities that may not exist anywhere else in the world.

«Matching Asian people in North America is still our main product, but 60 percent of the world's population is in Asia so in order for us to become a much bigger company and help more people find their life partner, it makes sense to enter Asia,» Tokioka explained to TechCrunch.

Resulting in a chaotic world for sellers and buyers looking to make sense of what the future may hold.

When asked if Syrah was a takeover target at its current share price, Mr Slifirski said: «Anytime you see a company with a world class resource in terms of scale, quality and position on the cost curve, which is exposed to a disruptive technology and has an open share register, it makes absolute sense as a takeover target.»

As we work with banks around the world to connect with each other for cross-border transactions, part of that work is helping them craft rule sets that make sense in...

We don't proselityze and we are not open to conversion to any other faith... so just get it through your head... leave us alone... and I'll give you a little hint... Jews, in general, because of all their accomplishments and contributions to the progress of humanity have a well earned sense of superiority... we're only 14 million strong in the world and yet our contributions, our genius, and our work ethic has made indelible marks on the world... So, if anything, you guys should be trying to become Jews... maybe some of our genius will rub off on you... just go your way and LEAVE US ALONE!!!!

I think for us, the reason that we ultimately chose to make that decision is that we live in a very sceptical and cynical world, and we function and live in a culture and in a time when people are wary of leaders, pastors and organisations; that there's a sense of duplicity or lack of transparency.

That's not to say that Atheists couldn't be in awe of the beauty and wonder in this world and the universe, they absolutely can be (and they should be if they have any form of empathy and sense of wonder) but they can never consider themselves to be at all «spiritual» because that instantaneously makes them no longer atheist!

I shall also use the word «play» in a wide sense, to stand for an activity that, because it is not directed to the satisfaction of wants, entails an attitude to the world that is not concerned to use it, to get something out of it, or to make something of it, and offers satisfactions that are not at the same time frustrations.

kendallpeak Your att.itude only made sense in a male - dominated world where women couldn't much hope for a life outside of producing children and keeping house.

The rightly ordered joy of our senses in this world — the scent of spring, warm rain in the summer, the music of Mozart or Beethoven, the face of a beloved — is a foretaste of the glory God made for all of us to share, when we one day stand in his presence.

By this he meant that the human brain, along with its senses, and with is learned cultural bias, and even with the extension our scientific instruments gives us, has only made a rough map in our minds of the REAL world (the territory).

Christians are just like everyone else, they are trying to make sense of their world, figure out how to survive in a world full of hate and bigotry and try to bring some kind of normalcy to the world they live in.

We were never separate from whites nor are we now, but given the fact that most things in this country are white by design, does it not make sense to you to desire a piece of commonality that was ripped away from most races of the world by white people?