Sentences with phrase «need of the sense of community»

Newcastle is in many ways at a lower ebb than it was back then — before the consequences of the credit crunch and years of Tory government had really been felt — and, as I noted in that October article, is «in desperate need of the sense of community and belonging, the civic pride and identity, the feelgood factor and escapist pleasure, the solace and succour that the city's football club can potentially provide».

Not exact matches

By making employee interactions common, you can more easily build a much needed sense of community in your office.

You have to engage the community, you have to have a shared sense of what you need to do and then you have to do it,» she said.

The mission the community decides upon must appeal to a higher, long - term sense of purpose, but for a community to work the collaboration needs to produce immediate benefits for each set of constituents.

They provide all of us with a sense of purpose and hope; moral validation that we are needed and part of something bigger than ourselves; comfort that we are not alone and a community is looking out for us; mentorship, guidance and personal development; a safety net; values, cultural norms and accountability; social gatherings, rituals and a way to meet new people; and a way to pass time.

As Schilling points out, Einstein once noted: «My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddly with my pronounced freedom from the need for direct contact with other human beings and human communities.

In addition, when we garden with others, and when we further enhance this activity through developing a community garden or donating some of our bounty to a food bank, we feel a sense of belonging; we bond with our peers — which in turn can lead to supportive, collaborative, and nourishing relationships, both personal and professional; and we tap into a sense of meaning and purpose in life, by helping out those in need.

«Wherever there is a pervasive sense of community, a paper that serves the special informational needs of that community will remain indispensable to a significant portion of its residents.»

We are living in a society where there is a need for human connection and a sense of community.

We joined an abusive, (house / semi-communal) «Bible» church primarily because it seemed to provide what we desperately felt we needed at that time, as a young couple, expecting our first child: Stability, Clarity of belief, «Coolness», Community, and a sense that we were joining something that promised it was going to have a great impact on the culture in the future, and we were thus getting in on the «bottom floor.»

We need to have a sense of community and a support system as well as validation from others.

Community, tradition, connect to family and neighbors as well as a sense of national community in many societies (although many atheist societies are evidence that the spiritual component is not needed) are wrapped up in a religious iCommunity, tradition, connect to family and neighbors as well as a sense of national community in many societies (although many atheist societies are evidence that the spiritual component is not needed) are wrapped up in a religious icommunity in many societies (although many atheist societies are evidence that the spiritual component is not needed) are wrapped up in a religious ident.ity.

An economist need not, in this sense, deny the value of community.

Circa late 1969, the Airplane seems to sense that the generalized radical community needs some encouragement, a pep rally of sorts to get them past all the spirit - draining confusions that had been piling up, and all the minor divisions radicals had made between one another in the course of late -»60s intensity, you know, naturalist communalists v. wired hipsters, pacifists v. biker gangs, Hare Krishnas v. Shamans, old - school SDS - ers v. the new Weathermen - types, angry feminists v. «Ramblin» Man» swingers, Black Panthers v. white hippies, Maoists v. anarchists, health - foodies v. druggies, etc., etc., and to focus instead on the big divide between all of them and the Establishment.

In his more recent writings, he even attempts to combine an ironic sense of the radical contingency of our language, desires, and beliefs, with a strong commitment to liberal political values, such as the need to fight against pain and suffering and the importance of achieving solidarity as members of a community.

Many times they were blinded by their own sense of external righteousness to the human need in everyone for love, acceptance, forgiveness, and community.

Christian faith seemed to make sense of my community and give me the guidance I needed for life.

That kind of gratuitous conflict does nothing for anyone except a few alienated 18 year olds that need a sense of community.

If we think we need to accommodate every special interest and every possible belief, then we lose the sense of community we have from the shared culture and without culture, society can not function well together.

As an international community of memory and hope, the church has the perspective and the spiritual resources to contribute to meaning and a sense of fraternity, which are the great needs of our time.

Systems and principles of justice are the servants and instruments of the spirit of brotherhood in so far as they extend the sense of obligation towards the other, (a) from an immediately felt obligation, prompted by obvious need, to a continued obligation expressed in fixed principles of mutual support; (b) from a simple relation of the self and one «other» to the complex relations of the self and the «others»; and (c) finally from the obligations... which the community defines from its more impartial perspective.5

For the Gospels, especially the first three, are community books not only in the sense that they reflect the interests and needs of the community, but also because they put into what proved to be final form the materials of mixed reminiscence and interpretation of Jesus which had accumulated and circulated among the churches immediately following his career.

If the welfare state needs individual citizens who can sustain a sense of obligation to strangers; if individuals, in order to develop a capacity for empathy and cooperation, need families; if families, in order to function effectively, need supporting communities of various sorts; and if communities are being eroded under present conditions, we may need to break out of the standard liberal and conservative frameworks.

A Nativity play gathers echoes from folk memories — and not just from Britain — and taps into a need to mark the seasons of the year, our sense of community and a recognition that we are not spiritual and cultural orphans.

People have already begun to sense the need for new forms of community.

I like the descriptions of Clare's style as Abbess: her concern not to have favourites, her sense of the community being a family, her way of drawing all into decisions that needed to be made.

In view of the ambiguity of the meaning of baptism in the Indian inter-religious and political context referred above, the question of giving to the unbaptised Christ - bhakts in other religious communities a sense of full belonging to the spiritual fellowship of the church including participation in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper needs exploration.

Does the protection of the man's individualistic sense of self - reliance take priority over the community's belief that God calls them to care for people in need?

As more victims came to their shelters, and as the nuns struggled to make sense of what they were facing, these communities began working through religious, political and commercial channels to stem the flow of slave trafficking and meet the women's physical, emotional and spiritual needs.

The same sum of money can accomplish more if its use is planned with a shared sense of the diverse needs of the community.

If people are to profit and enable others to profit from that skill, they also need to have moral and theological convictions, to have a sense of responsibility and stewardship, to be part of a helping community so that making the adjustment to a new life can be meaningful.

We need a sense of belonging, a community, an identity that no one can take away from us.

What is needed is to replace the narcissist with a minister who has the maturity, to build a sense of community in the church, beginning with the staff.

There's a sense of elitism that can creep iin, like we're the real, hardcore Christians who don't need lightshows or multimillion - dollar buildings to worship Jesus, so go take your pleasure - seeking self down the road and away from our «authentic» community, O ye of little faith.

«Their model of distributing perishable food into the communities that need it makes so much sense and we are proud to work with them.

In a show of resiliency that can seem astonishing to outsiders, many special needs families are able to reclaim a sense of normalcy, finding satisfaction in daily victories or community among others who walk a similar path.

We do this through a process that understands each student, individualizes a program to meet their needs and that builds a powerful sense of community.

In this group you will receive the understanding, sense of community, and hope that you need to feel validated, empowered, and so not alone!

EBWS works for us because it fosters the sense of reverence needed to be a part of a healthy, global community.

In the case of Waldorf schools, this need is a sense that the children in a given community or region want Waldorf education.

If I need a renewed sense of community, I'll turn on my sociability as I make an effort to connect with friends and neighbors.

Diane Mines finds that the links communities and individuals have to patrons give rise to a sense of self and thus contribute to the need for identity and belonging.

He enjoyed life on the estate and the sense of community that existed there, but he didn't feel the need to buy the place — it was his home, regardless of whether he owned it or not.

«It's insulting to insinuate that five pastors, all honorable leaders of our city's minority community, don't stand behind the common - sense notion that developers who receive our tax dollars need to employ a fair number of individuals who are paying those taxes.»

«What we need to do is get politics out of this and let the experts sit down with the community and design a study that makes sense,» she said.

«For years the small business community, municipal officials, and taxpayers have travelled this state pushing «Let NY Work,» a common sense platform of mandate relief proposals that will reduce mandated costs on school districts and municipalities, allowing local governments to live within their means while providing the services citizens need.

Hunt says his party needs to understand not just how it failed to find an aspirational economic message, but also to appreciate the sense of loss and dislocation many traditional working - class communities have felt over the past two decades.

«Considering the fact that the population down here is exploding, it makes obvious sense that there needs to be some organized political effort,» said Patrick Kennell, who is also a member of Community Board 1.

Daniel P. McCoy, Albany County Executive, said Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy said, «Ohav Sholom Apartments is an important Albany County asset, providing homes and a strong sense of community for our seniors who need reliable and affordable housing.

We need to make people understand we live in a community that depends on a strong sense of pride in downtown.