Sentences with phrase «occasional thoughts of»

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If you did not, discord and double - mindedness are in your own heart, so that you live for periods of time on the worldly plane with only an occasional thought of the spiritual.

Not exact matches

The Forum (which has its own Facebook page even though Facebook is banned in China) invites luminaries from around the world — economists, business leaders, former heads of state, and even the occasional journalist — to share their thoughts about the global economy and China's position in it.

Think pulling the occasional all - nighter and eating Ramen noodles gives you a sense of what entrepreneurship is like?

But instead I get trite aphorisms («If you want to make the gold, you have to think golden») and unsupported generalizations passed off as business wisdom with the help of a few props (a hunting knife, a gerbil's exercise wheel) and the occasional bit of audience participation.

The LRC runs lively, expert reviews of Canadian books — as well as the occasional foreign title, if on a Canadian subject or considered alongside Canadian titles on the same theme — and essays by some of the country's most thought - provoking writers.

The telephone number flashed at the bottom of the TV screen and the camera's occasional glance at three tiers of telephone operators might make you think you were watching a telethon, with the callers transmitting promises of gifts rather than the confessions of faith they are in fact making.

We do not think of His acting as an occasional intervention coming from the outside, but rather as the transcendent creative activity of God who alone makes it possible for our world to «hold together» and to rise, in accordance with His plan, step by step higher, so that really new things appear in it and finally man appears in it.

It is possible to think of God intervening in worldly affairs and physical happenings according to two different models: as a constant cosmic string - puller who controls each and every event of any importance (either by causing it or by consciously allowing it to happen), or as an occasional meddler and zapper, limited (perhaps by self - restraint) to intervening in a certain number of instances.

Israel's occupation can be expected to progress apace, disturbed only by occasional outbursts of senseless violence on the part of Palestinians who think they can gain an international hearing by brutally murdering civilians on Jerusalem streets.

But, there is occasional reference to the leadership team, but even if it was the shepherd team or the elder team (or team of elders), I think the competitive connotations could still exist.

Yet it is one of the great losses of just war thinking — and of modern societies — that from the middle of the seventeenth century through the middle of the twentieth, creative religious efforts to think through the meaning and implications of this tradition have ranged from occasional to notably lacking.

He was a poet and literary critic, but I think it does no disservice to his memory to say that his poetry was not quite first rate and that his criticism was eclectic, occasional and of varying quality.

Among the rough and ready tests of character, this seems a very good one, not infallible but close to it, accounting for the occasional hard day, bad headache, annoying companions: «The way people treat restaurant staff is, I think, a kind of poker tell, revealing a person's character in as long as it takes to say: «I'll have the sea bass».»

Even with the occasional reversals (hello, Racnoss, I'm thinking of you...) we eventually ended up at Eleven who often cared too much, even staying in the town of Christmas for the rest of his life, dying of old age, just to protect the inhabitants, to that Doctor every single life was worth saving.

They discovered that 30 percent of the members think of God's intervention in their lives as only occasional but dramatic.

I don't think about her e-mail, then again I don't think about her beyond the occasional shudder of relief that she's not our VP.

«Again, if the Fall were the cause of the predestination of Christ, it would follow that God's greatest work was only occasional, for the glory of all will not be so intense as that of Christ, and it seems unreasonable to think that God would have foregone such a work because of Adam's good deed, if he had not sinned.»

Think of the gulf that separates the fundamental attitudes toward drinking of a certain upper - class Episcopal church with its occasional «sherry parties» after services from the attitudes of a middle - class Baptist church with its annual «temperance speaker.»

Smith seems to think there is some merit to this objection, detecting an occasional «bias» that «assumes an implicit understanding of the nature / grace relation.»

«Listener to the Christian message, «2 occasional preacher, 3 dialoguer with biblical scholars, theologians, and specialists in the history of religions, 4 Ricoeur is above all a philosopher committed to constructing as comprehensive a theory as possible of the interpretation of texts.5 A thoroughly modern man (if not, indeed, a neo-Enlightenment figure) in his determination to think «within the autonomy of responsible thought, «6 Ricoeur finds it nonetheless consistent to maintain that reflection which seeks, beyond mere calculation, to «situate [us] better in being, «7 must arise from the mythical, narrative, prophetic, poetic, apocalyptic, and other sorts of texts in which human beings have avowed their encounter both with evil and with the gracious grounds of hope.

And I tried to explain that people who think themselves capable of setting up rigid moral standards are playing dictator, like the occasional prideful people who attempt to get Winnie - the - Pooh taken out of the library because they think it's immoral.

These enormous trends toward centralization and homogeneity still do permit room for the occasional «auteur» film of individual artistry, the profoundly critical television documentary, the journalistic exposé of corruption in high places, and other examples of independent thinking or original art.

At other times, only such occasional waves of thought as heavy sleep permits get by.

Among the rough and ready tests of character, this seems a very good one, not infallible but close to it, accounting for the occasional hard day, bad headache, annoying companions: «The way people treat restaurant staff is, I think, a kind of poker tell, revealing a person's character....

Furthermore, in the United States, for over a quarter of a century the writings of Professor Charles Hartshorne, including Beyond Humanism, The Vision of God, Reality as Social Process, The Divine Relativity, The Logic of Perfection, and A Natural Theology for Our Times, as well as many occasional articles and essays, have eloquently argued the case for «process - thought».

Thanks for your civility and thoughtfulness, for shedding new light on things I thought I'd already figured out, for opening cans of worms that often made the discussions much more interesting than my original posts, for listening to my occasional rants, and for bringing your own unique backgrounds, studies, experiences, and links to the conversations.

Sex in the Caribbean usually is thought of in conjunction with the swinging adult Hedonism resort group in Jamaica, questionable establishments tucked - away on various islands or the occasional visits from ETV's «Wild On.»

Thinking about a load of apple puree in the bottom oven and leaving it for ages with an occasional stir — wonder if that would work — hmmmm.

Other than an occasional apple pie or batch of apple sauce, I don't think much about cooking apples but the truth is, used in a more savory way, they make an excellent seasonal side dish.

Not so much in terms of cooking in it — aside from mug cakes and the occasional kabocha snack [thanks to Kaila for letting me know]-- but I don't think there's a better way to reheat tea or dishes like casseroles or pizza.

I think you could use a powerful food processor, you'll just want to do the occasional scrape - down of the sides to get it as smooth as you can.

I think it is a great sweetener for occasional use for those who have a hard time being completely deprived of dessert - like things.

That said, I know that if I think too much about toxins occurring in my food or elsewhere I become a paranoid, anxious wreck, and do more psychological damage to myself than an occasional serving of guar gum or xanthan gum does.

If you've been reading for a while, you know I don't post baked goods all that much: yes, you will find the occasional goodie that I successfully adapted to be gluten - free, but I honestly, I don't think of myself as much of a baker.

When my kids were small, I froze thin slices of bananas for them summertimes, but wish I'd thought of this for an occasional extra-special treat.

I think the point is you can not have a squad of top drawer internationals as they won't all sit there watching and getting an occasional game, you need squad players who work hard and give their all.

I think Elneny will have a bedding in period with occasional FA cup start, and I believe that we will see a lot of Ramsey / Arteta combination from now on, maybe already in Stoke on Sunday.

In Wenger's case that has not been the case for a while and the myopic vision of winning a game or an occasional FA Cup and thinking that is ok has to come to an end.

Alexis 6 Occasional flashes of his old self, but he seems to me to be thinking about where he will be playing next season...

It isn't as rare as you think; somewhere between 4.3 percent to 10.5 percent of all relationships identify as open, which can be anything from couples «in the lifestyle,» to the occasional threesome to poly arrangements.

As a frequently over-tired Mom, I go back and forth between thinking I'm mostly sane with occasional days of craziness, to mostly crazy with occasional days of sane.

Occasional paranoia isn't anything to worry about, and considering the ups and downs of adolescence, it's understandable why tween might think that everybody is out to get them.

Many breastfeeding women are able to enjoy the occasional glass of alcohol if they put in a bit of planning and thought beforehand.

In spite of my occasional reluctance to participate, I think that Hannah's imagination games are fabulous.

What could be better: Though the book is clearly the labor of an involved, witty, and real father, there's still room for the occasional mushy passing thought.

Well, there's a reason that they don't let engineers talk to the clients directly... Conversely, while the occasional person is foolish enough to think that they know better than lawyers and try to represent themselves in court or other legal situations, few people are foolish enough to believe that they know better than engineers and that they should be able to build their own airplanes free from the restrictions of conventional avionics.

When most people think of crock pots or slow cookers, they immediately think of their mother's old gold, brown or avocado colored crock that sat lonely on a shelf in the kitchen of their childhood, never to be used except for the occasional pot luck dish.

Despite the occasional bout of mommy brain, my diaper bag was always stocked with essentials like diapers, wipes and extra clothes, and so, I thought I was ready to tackle any toddler - related surprises.