Sentences with phrase «of dysfunctional people»

It's a bunch of dysfunctional people living dysfunctional lives and I don't see any of them even wanting to improve, they just want to continue being dysfunctional.

But considering the vast number of churches that do not acknowledge the problem, it seems that most denominational bodies and local congregations are in denial — the primary symptom of a dysfunctional person, organization or system — even though one substance - abusing minister can sicken, dishearten and dispirit an entire church just as one alcoholic can infect an entire household.

Not exact matches

Citing unnamed current and former employees, the report describes a dysfunctional workplace that drove nearly a third of its 35 - person staff to leave Thinx since January.

In a world with a population surpassing 7.5 billion people, with approximately 200,000 people moving into the world's cities every day, building remote teams that work from anywhere is more important than ever in order to sidestep the pollution of dysfunctional daily travel that has spun out of control in virtually every city across America.

Chances are this is actually one of the most dysfunctional people you know.

The prospects for a better future are nearly hopeless for roughly 20 percent of black people — those who reside in big - city crime - infested and dysfunctional neighborhoods.

@Steve: Have you talked to your pastor yet to confess your sin of constantly flaunting your blessedly perfect church in front of groups of people — mostly strangers to you — who've been hurt by their experiences in deceitful, toxic, dysfunctional, and / or spiritually - abusive churches?

If any part of you says yes, doesn't it seem oddly dysfunctional that God would desire or expect those leading his people to spend life feeling like Gringos?

To know and believe that all mankind is born spiritually lifeless (spiritually dead) and dysfunctional, and as a descendent of Adam each of us needs life (who is the person of Jesus Christ the Righteous One of God).

I briefly pastored an extremely dysfunctional church and I loved those people fiercely, but wanted them to shake loose of non-Biblical, unChristian spiritual habits that were robbing them of the joy and soundness that is part of a good and Godly fellowship of believers.

``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»

Although my family was considered «saved» my home life was really dysfunctional & there were also times of abuse within the church, and outside of that too... There are really bad people everywhere.

Here's the thing: For the film's many storytelling flaws and clichés, it may be the best presentation of the confusion, nostalgia and cognitive dissonance that many people who grew up in dysfunctional homes struggle with.

The same labels lay at the feet of all three, and why shouldn't it, they all started from the same group of people, it's a large highly dysfunctional family.

The story of Jesus — a baby Savior with a lineage of broken, dysfunctional people — reminds us that goodness can come out of the deepest of wounds.

Money provides a sense of being» to people, and hence the divine becomes dysfunctional in peoples lives.

Mostly now, I question but find that it just sort of depresses me or upsets me... another friend reminds me, «people are stupid» and then I realize I'm trying to figure out someone else's dysfunctional or irrational thought processes... as if I could bring logic to the world's craziness.

A friend who was a counselor before she retired and who knew from work one of the main problems in that church, sat me down one day and talked to me about what it had been like to work with that woman and how everyone saw that woman, and then my friend gave me this article to read that she had learned and used while she was still in practice before she retired: https://glynissherwood.com/12-steps-to-breaking-free-from-being-the-family-scapegoat/ This article speaks about family, but my friend told me it can be applied to any dysfunctional group of people.

In a resolution drafted this summer, the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church — which represents more than 600 individual churches — wrote, «To people of color, the «War on Drugs» has arguably been the single most devastating, dysfunctional social policy since slavery.»

Christian faith is not inherited; each generation, each individual, must learn faith anew.11 Recent Protestant innovations in membership procedures and sacramental practices are only the logical extension of long - dysfunctional assumptions about the faith formation of persons in the home, in Sunday School, and in the church.

Even non-religious people, while they may not use the word «sin,» realize that there is something not quite right, something disordered or dysfunctional with the way we attempt to cope with the challenges of life.

You would be doing yourself and your lesbian friends» a huge favor instead of thinking that all gay people are gay because they come from dysfunctional families.

Besides, Justin reasons, there are plenty of people who grow up in horribly dysfunctional homes who turn out straight!

Secondly, even if one group of people have higher rates of dysfunctional behaviour than another it doesn't mean that every individual is more likely to be dysfunctional.

Whatever your beliefs are regarding the intentions of this club moving forward, don't think for a second that it has to do with appeasing the fans, winning the highest honours and / or changing the stagnant culture that permeates this club... every decision is made for one sole purpose and that is to maintain the delicate balance between Kroenke's unyielding need to acquire more wealth and Wenger's fragile psyche, which is why we have this ridiculous wage structure that pays deadwood too much and makes it incredibly difficult to attract special players... personally I believe that Wenger's greatest fear isn't that he won't win a big trophy again but exposing himself to the overwhelming criticism he will face when people discover the totally dysfunctional state of affairs that exist at Arsenal due to his antiquated practices which have gone relatively unchecked and unchallenged since the departure of Dein

It is a matter of working together, and due to disagreements on a variety of issues, this basic dynamic between two people can become dysfunctional.

When parents can't communicate to their children, the values that get communicated to us are generally the most dysfunctional person online or from the playground because then the child is seeking their approval rather than feeling safe to share who they are with the parent and then wanting to get a response from a parent rather than being afraid of getting a response from a parent.

While no one would promote divorce as being some sort of wonderful event, although it often is the route out of dysfunctional or abusive relationships and can lead to amazing transformations, what these answers illustrate is that perhaps, finally, people are taking off the rose - colored glasses about the institution as well as busting the fairy - tale romantic myths we keep perpetuating about it.

Shortly after he sat down with me, Skelos was scheduled to meet with Cuomo for the first time since the governor hit the road for his «People First» tour and returned to his campaign days of accusing the Legislature of being dysfunctional and corrupt.

For 25 - 30 years, all we hear is how dysfunctional the Legislature is and how they need to be replaced with honest people who want to serve the public instead of fleecing the public, then it always moves on to «But I want to keep my guy».

The Tory leader insisted the government is now «utterly dysfunctional», listing the run on Northern Bank, loss of 25 million people's personal details and police investigation into Labour party funding.

I suspect the shift is more to do with the coverage of the dysfunctional Al - Madinah free school in Derby than Nick Clegg's recent comments, but looking specifically at his comments 66 % of people agree that schools should only be able to employ qualified teachers, 56 % that all schools should have to follow the national curriculum.

The danger is there's not sufficient focus on the disturbingly large number of young people who are living dysfunctional lives.

«If he finds people that are willing to be extremely adversarial toward John Degnan and projects like the Port Authority Bus Terminal, or pursue some of the other objectives that Cuomo wants to see pursued, the Port Authority could become a very, very dysfunctional place,» Robins said.

However, the PDP said the Presidency has become so panicky that it effectively hijacked the functions of the leadership of its dysfunctional and ideologically vacuous All Progressives Congress (APC), by appointing people into partisan offices, outside its much - desired responsibility of governance.

«Because of the dysfunctionality of the school system, it caused a wave of people over the years leaving the city because they weren't going to send their children to a dysfunctional public school.

Some of the newer people are saying it's crazily dysfunctional, because for the first time in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's tenure it's late.

They also hope to explore the relevance of their findings to dysfunctional attributions of meaning in people with psychiatric disorders.

A research team led by Dr. Marnie Blewitt, Dr. James Murphy and Ms. Kelan Chen from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute investigated the gene Smchd1, which is dysfunctional in people with a form of the disease called FSHD2.

Mitochondria can be damaged as people age and cells experience various forms of stress, and it is the job of PINK1 to help trigger a process called mitophagy to remove those dysfunctional mitochondria.

A new study of dysfunctional use of smart technology finds that the most addictive smartphone functions all share a common theme: they tap into the human desire to connect with other people.

«When people get older or more obese,» Hamdy says, «some of the visceral fat cells mature and become large, lazy, and dysfunctional.»

Adding to the complexity of this disease, people with T1D also have dysfunctional alpha cells that, during activities such as exercise, permit uncorrected and dangerously low glucose levels that can lead to unconsciousness or even death.

BUT every day gets easier and I am mourning sans the drama of breakup sex and the dysfunctional back and forth which can occur when two people know they have something that is broken and fall back into the comfort of having the other person around.

If one person moves out of controlling protective behavior and into loving themselves and their partner, it may turn a dysfunctional relationship system into a loving, productive one.

Too often I see people with dysfunctional automatic nervous systems because they have been living on refined carbs sugar and caffeine, not sleeping, living in chronic stress, and destroying the helpful bacteria in their bodies through antibiotics chemicals and over the counter medications like ibuprofen, and of course with toxic foods.

Together, practitioners, educators, and consultants are hoping to address dysfunctional breathing habits and improve the health and performance people through the application of behavioral learning principles to breathing physiology.

Thyroid disorders are the most common co-occuring conditions with premature ovarian failure, and a deficiency in the hormone DHEA (associated with the adrenals, which are, in my experience, dysfunctional in 90 percent of people with Hashimoto's) has also been connected.

New research has found that this leptin signaling is dysfunctional in the majority of people who have difficultly losing weight or are unable to lose weight (54 - 58).

For people resistant to dietary and lifestyle modifications to resolve intestinal permeability, I will share that I am a living testament to the consequences of dysfunctional intestinal permeability, which leads to a domino scenario where autoimmune conditions are developed one after another.