Sentences with phrase «mothering role of the church»

Not exact matches

Our church needs to see itself in the role of Erik's mother, as a relentless advocate for the faith formation of its people.

What if the church started spouting off things like «It is inappropriate for men to ever hold their children unless the mother is absent or given permission by the mother, to do otherwise usurps the God - given role of the female in the family»?

By speaking in terms of mother and daughter churches, the mother churches are given a clear role in church planting.

But defenders of church - state separation point out that years before, another homemaker and mother, Vashti Cromwell McCollum of Illinois, played a key role in legal history.

The church's default (only) role for women is that of wife and mother.

Anglicans and Episcopalians already shared the historic faith of the Church, the sacraments, a similar liturgy, the martyrs and saints, the role of Mary as the mother of Christ.

As the Church teaches: «A healthcare professional's role may be to remove obstacles to conception, restore fertility, assist in fertility awareness, advise, comfort, listen, guide — but never to violate the exclusive prerogative of wives and husbands to become mother and father only through each other.»

But if you can imagine Jesus as a mother, then it may not be so hard to imagine the Spirit in this other role, as one who cares for the church in the interim between Jesus» departure and return, as one who comforts, teaches, reminds and, yes, sometimes even romps with the sons and daughters of God.

The role of Henry Church, who becomes the house cook to a sick mother and her young daughter in 1970s Los Angeles, is as sincere and substantial as they come.

Then there are Andrea Riseborough (Battle of the Sexes) as the hairdresser who catches Billie Jean King's eye — and for good reason; Julianne Moore (Wonderstruck) in dual roles that traverse decades; Melissa Leo (Novitiate) as a Reverend Mother in crisis as the Catholic church attempts reform; Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World) as Gail Harris, once married to a Getty and now unable to pay her son's kidnapping ransom; and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water) playing Zelda, a chatty co-worker and close confidant to Sally Hawkins» mute protagonist at a top - secret U.S. government facility.

Although the material in Mr. Church wasn't really worthy of it, Eddie Murphy gave a solid performance in his first dramatic lead role, bringing nuance to his portrayal of an alcoholic cook who helps out a sick mother and her teenage daughter.

Eddie Murphy has a serious role as a cook who takes care of a young woman whose mother is dying in «Mr. Church,» the new drama from «Driving Miss Daisy» director Bruce Beresford.