Sentences with phrase «much a celebration of»

Unusually large gatherings in North American churches at Christmas and Easter tend to suggest that they are at least as much celebrations of loyalty to family and its tradition as they are response to God's peculiar ways of being present in Jesus of Nazareth.

I've been putting off posting this recipe for apple pie for weeks because I could not for the life of me figure out how I was going to squeeze into one blog post exactly how much a celebration of imperialism and genocide over a feast of dead animals makes my heart hurt.

Toasted by Runner's World magazine as one of the most well - organized marathons in the world, and lauded in France as the nation's «most convivial race,» this annual event in the heart of Bordeaux is as much a celebration of gastronomic enthusiasm as it is a test of aerobic fitness.

The Free Church of Scotland believes the idea of Jedi weddings is «completely nonsensical», but our ceremonies should not be dismissed as they are as much a celebration of love as any other wedding.

But «Always at the Carlyle» is as much a celebration of the longtime staffers (some of whom have worked there for five decades) and their incredible work ethic and loyalty as it is about Jack Nicholson and Naomi Campbell and Mick Jagger lapping up the luxury back in the day.

As the largest publishing event in North America — with attendees including everyone from booksellers to librarians to authors — BEA is still very much a celebration of print books.

The Spike Video Game Awards (VGA) have become as much a celebration of video games as a platform to announce new unexpected projects over the past 10 years.

It is morsels of early (particularly role - playing) console games selectively realigned to make a new game that is as much a celebration of its genre's history as it is a new entry in it.

With its bold, bright, playful use of color, RATTLE is as much a celebration of life as a study in precision and meticulous detail.

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But that was a more shrewd than conciliatory strategy on the government's part: Today marks the 86th birthday of the nation's much adored monarch, King Bhumibol, an occasion that calls for sober celebration and peace.

In China the King of Beers is marketed as a «superpremium» drink for celebrations, much like Stella Artois outside Belgium.

We do random acts of appreciation throughout the year, like taking the whole company out for ice cream midday or bringing in McFlurrys for everyone in the office... we have breakfast catered every Friday, rebirthdays (celebrations on the anniversaries of hire dates), all the ladies receive flowers on Valentine's Day, parents receive letters on Mother's Day and Father's Day, and so much more... plus, the whole company is going to Miami for an all - expenses - paid trip in a month (revenue and nonrevenue producers) for hitting a sales goal.»

They indicated the presence of water, which was a cause for celebration, as having water on Mars means astronauts won't have to carry as much when they visit.

However, unlike many of those who support these ideas, I am pessimistic that QE3 will fix the economy, and I worry that too much celebration by market monetarists over the structure of easing will only serve to undermine what remains good in market monetarism if and when the economy fails to recover quickly.

Went back and reviewed about 6 months of agendas — not a sign of Islam, Judaism, Wiccans... But to be fair, there's not much mention of Christianity either — no mention of any celebrations around the end of the calendar year.

The celebration of Satan is much worse than abortion, as it is the greater evil.

In all the years of sports I played and the martial arts I have done — having seen pretty much all kinds of these celebrations, I guess, I never had a problem with it.

Feast and celebration of and for life in Asian religious communities provide fountains of strength and vitality of cultural fulfillment of life, although much of life - stifling and life - suppressing factors should be eliminated from the traditional religious institutions.

ok i've decided — after soul searching and observing my and other's reactions to these religious blog news on CNN learning more about religion from this alone and about the mideast than from anywhere else in my USA educated life i need to be more tolerant of others having religious based governments THAT is what is confusing me — that religion are governments are not seperated that is hard for much of USA population to understand perhaps it is for me i think you would have to actually live in a society like the mideast to truly understand it i mean — actually be part of the society the religious part is truly offputting — since most in USA seperate church and state like — church is for faith and imagination and celebration and family and community involvement and state is for protection and education and health and infrastructure, etc., for all it is hard to be serious about religion — when the serious side of society is state it is hard to see religion being the serious side of enforcement — and the state enforcing the faith based side of society egad — doesn't god get lost in all that?

None the less, there is much truth in the saying that if we wish to tell the non-Christian what the Christian enterprise is about, the best thing that we can do is to persuade that person to attend a Sunday celebration of the Eucharist in which there is also and of necessity a proclamation of Christ.

There are two points to be reiterated here: firstly that it is clear that sexual activity is normal among those who attend the Masses; secondly, and much more seriously, that though the diocese told The Telegraph that «non-celibate gay people should not be given Communion», it has not enforced this and indeed didn't once point out to the SMPC that Church teaching should be faithfully fostered, not effectively undermined, by official celebrations of the Church's definitive offering to God the Father.

But celebration is very much in order, beginning with a word of gratitude to the authors of the Bill of Rights for the First Amendment, which begins with a concern for religious freedom.

New literary criticism from Denis Donoghue should be cause for celebration, and this latest volume initially promises much: a «personal essay» on five classics of American literature.

Much of the current style of liturgical celebration reflects this, from the throat microphone to the widespread allergy against a single word of Latin, from interminable bidding prayers to every child in the class getting to read something or bring up an offertory gift.

Much to the chagrin of traditional Christian clergy, the widespread celebration of Easter survives primarily in the form of Easter eggs and Easter bunnies, which point back to a very ancient spring festival long before the Jewish Passover and the Christian commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

When the seasons of the church year set the mood for corporate worship, events in the life of Jesus become the prism through which all else is reflected.4 But when the civic calendar and family - life celebrations govern the worship of a congregation, it is much more difficult for the pastor to convey what it means to reflect about all of life in the light of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.

Sontag's celebration of camp, with its fundamentally amoral vision («the victory of «style» over «content,» «aesthetics» over «morality,» «irony» over «tragedy»»), has gone hand - in - hand with the triumph of pop culture, the decay of standards, and the sort of blithe nihilism that dominates much of academia today.

Upon inquiry I discovered that they were very much a part of the festive celebration.

It is a celebration of the present experience of God by the people (a majority of whom are Dalits and Adivasis) and not so much an obligation to stage the eternal experience of the God of the ecclesiastical fathers.

Maybe someday, when people can again sing, «We shall overcome» with integrity, there will be celebrations and speeches commemorating slain civil rights workers Andy Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney — and all other who gave so much, yet received so much more from the quiet courage and faith of the people whom they had come to help.

Come on Laura, nobody really cared, and most people think as I d that his reply was just skirting the question because he didn't want to give a direct answer to the question in fear of criticism from the Mormon Church of which he is a member, because without much doubt he probably would be participating in the celebration and drinking a beer also.

Ask yourself, how much merchandise is sold through the celebration of Christmas, Easter and all the other commercialized Christian holidays and practices?

Much older Catholics recall things like the ban on music at a «mixed marriage» — and in some dioceses even the consignment of such a wedding to the sacristy and consequent lack of any sense of celebration — or refusal of the Sacraments because of a failure to send children to a Catholic school.

[5] But the Marian Church, the Church of «Yes», of service and celebration of God's plan, of pondering in the heart and suffering with Christ at the foot of the Cross - this Marian Church is very much a Church that people can understand and recognise, and can come to know and love.

The core of the festival - no doubt known by some other name - may well have been much older than the thirteenth century B.C., originating among pastoral people as a spring celebration of the birth of the lambs, with appropriate attendant rites for the consecration and protection of the flocks, and probably a communion meal shared by the shepherd group and its deity.

Too much cheerfulness is displayed at many celebrations of the Pentecost.

If we go to the book of Acts we see that Christianity is much more than mere Bible study - education is part of the equation, but communal praise, celebration and caring for each other's needs will still be critical.

By the 1960s, the Espelette peppers became so popular that the village of Espelette, population 1700, established the Celebration of Peppers, a festival much like the Hatch Chile Festival in New Mexico.

I am so honoured to have been part of this celebration:) You deserve so much happiness, so much love and it was our aboslute pleasure to deliver you boatloads.

The sum of this Raspberry Lemon Celebration Layer Cake is so much more that the total of it's separate parts.

When it was all said and done, the party served it's purpose: the gender of our miracle baby was revealed, we were able to share the celebration with family, and I didn't work myself into complete exhaustion trying to do too much.

What a lovely comment - Thank you so much for that, let's raise our packets of coconut flour in celebration!

Our much awaited festive season is here and the celebration can not be complete without a bowl of warm Gajar ka Halwa!

New Year's celebrations in Sweden today aren't much different from the rest of the world.

It isn't much of celebration up North, but I love the idea.

And spiritual, because we saw that Thanksgiving meant so much more to them than just eating well, and we felt honored to be part of their family celebration.

«Today, folks across the country are eating Casco nut sundaes and FatBoy ice cream sandwiches and enjoying them just as much as those who enjoyed the first ones during the 4th of July celebration of 1925,» the company adds.

Those of you who have been following for a while know that something like this needs a hell of a (food) celebration, and still being all summery and high on holiday feelings I wanted to create a little something very much inspired by the flavours of Crete.

Especially because this March, there is so much celebration and festivity in the air, and there are plenty of occasions which involve sparkling champagne, clinking of wine glasses, and toasts to life, love and happy marriages.

This week has truly been a celebration... you guys have made «my favorite things» giveaway a major success and thanks so much for all of the «happy birthday» comments.