Sentences with phrase «need for wholeness»

But none of them gave enough attention to a matter I think should have been emphasized; namely, the need for wholeness expressed in united, cooperative effort.

Roof claims that we have adopted a «reflexive spirituality» by necessity — deliberately cobbling together our own responses to the need for wholeness and encouraging others in similar efforts.

The gains from differentiation are balanced against the need for wholeness and variety in the development of personality.

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So the term agnostic or «Not Knowing» describes for me the process of giving up the need to know, so that I can take in the wholeness of that moment of awareness.

A clergyman functions as a preacher when he proclaims Christ, the significance of Christ for men, and the need for acceptance of Christ as bringing wholeness of life; he is to preach for repentance and for participation in the Church which is the setting for the gospel.

For the sake of its own wholeness, the church needs the encounter with Judaism.

Yet it is also the case, as the next section will seek to show, that to men and women who need a Lord whom they can adore, a «Pattern» (as Kierkegaard put it) they can follow, and a Savior who will bring them wholeness of life when they know and acknowledge their selfishness and sin, Christ is God's supreme Deed for us and for our salvation.

At this point it is sufficient to say that for the moment we recognize that we are not what we might be, that human existence is in defection from its proper fulfillment, and that we are in need of the wholeness of life which will put us on the right path and enable us to become more and more what God intends for us to be.

Many of the traditional ascetical practices disappeared from the formation of priests in favour of promoting psychological «wholeness», achieving «psychosexual and affective maturity», meeting the «need for intimacy», «befriending your sexuality» and a number of other ambiguous ideals that could co-exist with what were previously considered mortal sins.

We would honor personhood, expressed in the sacred bodies that we each possess, through which the self is manifested — the holy and precious self; for our wholeness would be such that we would never need to use another person in any relationship, whether it be physical, emotional, or spiritual.

But if presented as simply engendered by nature and need and not as a faith in the faithfulness of God — that is, as trust in its object — it is distorted into a psychological reassurance, or degraded into some sort of bonding agent which can then be exploited as a necessary adhesive for the wholeness of the personality.

The most important implication of these facts for mission boards is that they need «to make the ideas of wholeness, interdependence, mutuality, more central.»

Similarly, the test of admission to a Christian university ought not be church membership, but the prospective student's need for the kind of healing — wholeness — for which the university possesses special competence.

He must concentrate on the aspect of the gospel which may meet the needs and illuminate the situation of his hearers, showing, from this initial point of contact, how the Lord whom we preach brings help to those who know themselves to be in need of God's grace and how it may bring them into that wholeness of life which it is Christ's will and the Church's responsibility to make available for all the sons of men.

Licensed professional counselors will help you explore which option best provides the concentrated help you need for your journey toward healing and wholeness.

For families or individuals facing challenges, family therapy can provide the understanding, identity and solutions they need to overcome situations that might threaten family wholeness.