Sentences with phrase «of spiritual conversations»

When I stopped attending church, the number of spiritual conversations I had with people skyrocketed.

This knowledge has been part of the spiritual conversation for a long time now.

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Prior to that conversation, the only type of «nomad» that I was aware of was the kind that goes on a 2,000 - mile journey across the Himalayas to fulfill a spiritual pilgrimage.

I FULLY believe in a creator and spiritual reality, but I think the GREAT creator, not the various imposters (Including the dieties of JEws, Muslims and Christians) who have fun watching us kill each other over theological syntax disagreements, has MUCH better things to do than have personal conversations with any of us, dumb blondes included.

When the goal is spiritual care to any degree, leaving Christ out of the conversation is never an option.

I have always found it interesting and frustrating in the conversation about spiritual abuse and / or other type of abuse within the Emergent circles of how women and men in the «inner circle» use «they have always been nice.....»

We're in a conversation about spiritual abuse — the process by which people who have spiritual authority (pastors, preachers, priests, etc.) take advantage of that authority to do harm to those entrusted to their care.

I remember countless conversations in the dorm rooms of my conservative Christian college about how to defer to a guy as the «spiritual leader» in a relationship, an ideal that far too often resulted in women deliberately diminishing their own gifts, ideas, and dreams in an effort to better play second fiddle.

They may even put up protest when their spiritual lives are our topic of conversation, fervently arguing that all the benefits of Christ are theirs.

Spiritual practices may take the form of meditation but will not be understood as conversation with an external personal being.

Not the least reason being that I've had better spiritual (grand sense) conversations with some of them than many of my Christian friends!

Tara is a spiritual director with Anam Cara Ministries and the senior editor of Conversations Journal.

When you begin to understand what life and church really looks like as a follower of Jesus outside of the framework of religion, you begin to see that everything is spiritual, every act is devotion, and every conversation is full of God.

It is nearly impossible to have a conversation with someone who believes that hate is a mark of spiritual maturity and doctrinal soundness.

Ultimately these conversations about end - of - life care tie into the ancient spiritual practice of honoring our parents and caring for the elderly.

In the ensuing conversation Anthony gives Vincent with much patience and humor what can only be described as spiritual direction, explaining the nature of suffering, the need for detachment, and the importance of outside counsel in understanding and treating one's spiritual ills.

The point of John 3:3 was made during Jesus» conversation with Nicodemus — he simply could not bring himself to understand what Jesus was talking about specifically because he was not born from heaven; and therefore was not spiritual yet.

There are unwritten rules about what can and can not be discussed in church.6 Dualistic attitudes about what is and is not spiritual or religious are operative if sexuality is not considered a polite topic of conversation among church members.

Toward the end of Ut Unum Sint, John Paul cites some of the questions that must be addressed in conversation with the communities issuing from the tragic divisions of the sixteenth century: (1) The relationship between Sacred Scripture, as the highest authority in matters of faith, and Sacred Tradition, as indispensable to the interpretation of the Word of God; (2) The Eucharist as the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, an offering of praise to the Father, the sacrificial memorial and Real Presence of Christ and the sanctifying outpouring of the Holy Spirit; (3) Ordination, as a Sacrament, to the threefold ministry of the episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate; (4) The Magisterium of the Church, entrusted to the pope and the bishops in communion with him, understood as a responsibility and an authority exercised in the name of Christ for teaching and safeguarding the faith; (5) The Virgin Mary, as Mother of God and Icon of the Church, the spiritual Mother who intercedes for Christ's disciples and for all humanity.

Williams shared a couple of opportunities he's been able to engage his faith while at work in a conversation with PJ Media, including a conversation about the spiritual significance of marriage.

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In his book on AIDS, John Fortunato quotes an evangelical chaplain who began every initial conversation with gay AIDS patients with a harsh denunciation of the sin of homosexual practice (AIDS: The Spiritual Dilemma Harper & Row, 1987], pp. 103 - 104).

And after I get all those things, make it so that I control the conversation on all things Spiritual, and anyone that questions me on any of it, I can tell them with your authority that they are in danger of eternity in hell.

They often want to find out more, and the conversation turns to subjects of following Jesus, questions about God, and other spiritual matters.

The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church states: 1 «Christ announced the necessity of a spiritual regeneration «of water and the spirit» in his conversation with Nicodemus, and it has been commonly held that he instituted the Sacrament either at an unspecified date before His passion or after his resurrection, when he gave the disciples the command to baptise in the Threefold Name.»

If you look at it from a spiritual perspective, if we don't step into the space at the intersection of creativity and spirituality, we're going to become irrelevant in the human conversation.

George's reasons for missing his comeback are eerily similar to some of the reasons I miss critical spiritual conversations, especially in the context of my small group.

February 23: Gordon College Chapel - Wenham, Massachusetts Wednesday, 10:25 a.m. - A.J. Gordon Memorial Chapel Again I'll be talking about the Bible as a conversation - starter, focusing on the importance of «study» as it applies to the spiritual disciplines, and of course sharing some of the ups and downs of my biblical womanhood project

A devotional pocket version of this translation would be a great asset to the spiritual life of anyone seeking to discover or deepen the art of personal conversation with Christ in the Eucharist and his blessed mother.

A little later my dad came in and sat down on the edge of the bed and said quietly that we should have a conversation about Sunday Mass, and probably I was now old enough to make my own decisions about attending Mass, that he and my mother did not think it right or fair to force that decision on us children, that we needed to find our own ways spiritually, and that while he and our mother very much hoped that we would walk in the many rewarding paths of the Church, the final decision there would be ours alone, each obeying his own conscience; that was only right and fair, and to decree attendance now would perhaps actually force us away from the very thing that he and my mother found to be the most nutritious spiritual food; so perhaps you and I and your mother can sit and discuss this later this afternoon, he said, and come to some amicable agreement.

When theology is insulated from broader conversations, it can lead to a culture of complacency wherein adherents can slavishly regurgitate doctrinal «facts» with gusto (but without reflection), yet at the same time experience a theological and spiritual impoverishment.

If you happen to be more interested in finding a man who shares your same interests, spiritual beliefs and topics of conversation, there are sites out there with you in mind.

But what's clear from our conversation is that the psychological and spiritual histories of color weigh equally in his mind as he works.

«To this conversation Saro - Wiwa adds new insight: first relocating «the rural» from the discourse of NGOs and aid to the ambit of spiritual self - determination; and second relocating the identity development project from «the urban'to the village — what she terms «the psycho - spiritual core» of African life,» Selasi writes in the exhibition catalog.

An inveterate traveller, spiritual seeker, and experimental multimedia artist, that conversation happened against the backdrop of a massive show of recent works of paint and mosaic, pixellation and sculptural relief that he called «Quantum Walls».

«When the prejudice against the idea of the spiritual life in af Klint's work is overcome, which will require scholarship, then perhaps she will really take hold in the broader conversation.»

Bill is the author of three books, The Stones Cry Out (1993), Celebrate the Feasts of the Lord (1997) and Building inline - blocks of Spiritual Leadership (2015) and general editor and contributor to Conversations with the Catholic Church (2014).

Conducted daily rounds to all departments, engaging in conversation and listening closely to understand the emotional, psychological and spiritual condition of each patient.

After her presentation on «LGBTQ + Inclusivity,» SDI asked Debonee to join a conversation on the importance of diversity in spiritual direction.

Maybe you share the same spiritual beliefs or maybe you don't, but that's not the end of the conversation when it comes to getting ready for marriage.

A highlight of the ISCS conference was a conversation with spiritual leader Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.