Next I'd tackle the non-participatory
nature of church services.
Not exact matches
Yes, I looked for god by Reading the bible, attending
church services, exploring and appreciating
nature, and by trying to submit my self to the will
of the universe.
But whatever be the particular form or fashion
of it, the
Church is, by its very
nature,
service in society.
I recall that I often felt closer to God and sensed the beauty
of nature when I took the dog for a walk than I did at long - drawn - out
church services.
And if my correspondents are reasonably representative
of the electronic -
church audience, most
of the mainline
churches are not even aware
of the
nature or the depth
of the needs
of these millions
of men and women who live within reach
of their own buildings and
services and congregations.
Farley said she feared the Vatican «misrepresents (perhaps unwittingly) the aims
of my work and the
nature of it as a proposal that might be in
service of, not against, the
church and its faithful people.»
The growth
of paid - time religious television and its many affiliated religious
services, industries, and practices presents a radical challenge to established ideas about the
nature of the Christian
church.
Starting as it does from the modern world view, and challenging the Biblical mythology and the traditional proclamation
of the
Church, this new kind
of criticism is performing for faith the supreme
service of recalling it to a radical consideration
of its own
nature.
In the past these have been volunteer organizations like fire departments and other emergency
services, hospitals, free clinics, orphanages, animal shelters, and things
of that
nature plus
churches.
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