A vote
of affirmation reflects our desire to be engaged, whether our vote is actually consequential or not.
Not exact matches
There are
affirmations of God's love, and a quiet time to
reflect meditatively, right in the middle
of the hour and fifteen minutes.
I realized this as I
reflected on these texts — Solomon's prayer for wisdom rather than riches, Jesus» parables
of treasure and pearl and fishes, and Paul's
affirmation that God works for good with (or for) those who love him.
It is possible,
of course, that Jesus and the apostles were also mistaken, and that their
affirmation of all these challenging Old Testament texts
reflects nothing more than their limited horizons
of understanding.
Most philosophies, however, render thought about this subject very difficult and obscure, and this situation has been
reflected in the highly paradoxical character
of the church's historic
affirmations.
In the Indian context, this possibility
of redescription has been passionately articulated by Dalit theologians such as V. Devasahayam, who, in
reflecting on the Johannine
affirmation that «the word became flesh and lived among us,» notes:
Such an attitude
reflects an implicit
affirmation of Vattimo's view that weakening and disenchantment are a happy fate.
They
reflect the fact that every human response to any dimension
of God's manifestation and revelation meets from God only
affirmation, only God's «yes»
of grace.
Third, she
reflects the amorality
of so much rock music in its
affirmation of any and every experience, regardless
of the personal cost, since the point
of the singer's giving is not only the recipient's pleasure but also the perverse pleasure she experiences in the excess
of her gesture.
But we must
reflect more on the New Testament
affirmations in the light
of ever - changing understandings
of history, language and literature and the psyche in order to see how these
affirmations might be substantiated.
The Koran, by way
of contrast, is the product
of one single mind; not so the New Testament, which has all the variety
of the Old, and is a «social» product, a «traditional» book — that is, a book enshrining traditions, letters, anecdotes, revelations, sayings, stories — and its unity is found only in its central
affirmations, convictions, loyalties, and the general way
of life which it
reflects.
AHRC Associate Director
of Programmes Gary Grubb said: «I welcome the Panel's
affirmation of the international standing and leadership
of UK historical and cultural geography which is also
reflected in their important contributions to AHRC's themes and programmes such as «Landscape and the Environment» and «Connected Communities».»
When the dust settled, both bills
reflected two
of NSBA's top priorities: 1)
affirmation of local governance and 2) omission
of private school vouchers.
«Ranking highest in the entire industry for initial quality is the result
of Kia's decade - long focus on craftsmanship and continuous improvement, and
reflects the voice
of our customers, which is the ultimate
affirmation,» said Michael Sprague, chief operating officer and EVP, Kia Motors America.
Similarly, the cut - up, collaged, and reconstituted images
of Afro - America that Bearden introduced to the public in 1964 inaugurated an expanded and progressive view
of art and art - making: a picture that
reflected ambiguity, complexity, nuance, and
affirmation in black culture.
Una aproximación al arte norteamericano del siglo XXI, Centro Torrente Ballester, Ferrol, A Coruña; curated by Alejandro and Mario Martín Pareja It Ain't Fair, OHWOW, Miami, Florida Celebration, MMCA - Macedonian Museum
of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki The
Reflected Gaze: Self Portraiture Today, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California Street Smart,
Affirmation Arts, New York SugiPOP!
This tradition
of an
affirmation as an exception is
reflected in current statutory language.