It is also a set of affirmations which give meaning to our way of life and illuminate our worship of God, a set
of affirmations in terms of which we live and the meaning of which is declared to us and by us every time we participate in an act of Christian worship.
I hear a lot
of affirmation in women, not a lot of «Why did you do that stupid thing?»
Drawing inspiration from the expansive collection of found objects available in the MFTA warehouse, «Found» conveys the sense
of affirmation in discovering new objects, while «Funky» pays homage to a popular jazz term used to convey praise of an art piece having achieved its highest form.
I have my daily affirmation and I will implement that letter
of affirmation in conjunction with my current affirmations.
Not exact matches
When the results
of the folks who had recorded a positive memory — an intervention known as «self -
affirmation»
in psychology lingo — were compared with a control group from the same soup kitchen, they performed markedly better.
For all these groups, the IQ boost from self -
affirmation seems to come from calming worries around failure and stigma that can get
in the way
of clear thinking.
I shared
in my book, The 5 Languages
of Appreciation at Work, five ways that people could show others they're valued — through words
of affirmation, acts
of service, quality time, tangible gifts and physical touch.
Those who had engaged
in the self -
affirmation exercise wrote better apologies with less hedging, blaming, and dodging
of responsibility.
For them, the international celebration
of sports is also an
affirmation of the immense economic progress South Korea has undergone
in the last six decades.
To make it even easier, it appears that self -
affirmation can help you have more self - control when you're running out, according to a study published
in the Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology.
At Phia Lab, we have a lot
of positive
affirmations, we do yoga, people can dress
in whatever they want - feathers and sparkles are encouraged as part
of the dress code.
«This is a continuing
affirmation of the quality
of our master's programs at the Cook School,» then - Dean Ellen Harshman crowed
in a 2013 Cook website missive highlighting the school's top 20 placement
in three categories
of the specialty rankings.
In an interview Thursday with Fox News, Pence said he was unaware
of Flynn's foreign agent work until this week, but called the disclosure «an
affirmation of the president's decision to ask Gen. Flynn to resign.»
The ways that people experience appreciation
in the workplace fall into five categories: words
of affirmation, quality time, acts
of service, tangible gifts and appropriate physical touch.
There are no conspicuous displays
of ego, and he is visibly uninterested
in affirmation or praise.
Olympus Corp ended up 6.6 percent to 1,985 yen, reaching the 2,000 - line at one point for the first time since October 2011, after UBS Securities started its coverage with a «buy» rating and a target price
of 3,000 yen as the company on Monday submitted to the Tokyo Stock Exchange a written
affirmation on the internal control system as stipulated
in the securities listing regulations.
Sadly,
in addition, we're also seeing more and more
of a trend where media is sliced and diced and siloed and where each listener is seeking
affirmation over information - we are basically looking and listening only to the people who are telling us what we want to hear.
Do not be mellowed by the
affirmation of a 2 % target rate
of inflation here
in the U.S. or as targeted
in six
of the G - 7 nations.
Another announcement that will benefit Greater Vancouver Board
of Trade Members is today's
affirmation that the Provincial Government will cut the small business corporate income tax rate from 2.5 per cent to 2 per cent, which will make B.C. the second-most competitive tax environment for small business
in the country.
The patch up
of Microsoft's
affirmation procedure is under way and the most current offering will come as abilities particular identifications for the individuals who don't need, need, or see the worth
in MCSE or MCSA accreditations.
I always worry a little that I'm checking
in because I want to be part
of an
affirmation echo chamber, but there is this other really big piece that tells me the threat hasn't picked up and moved to Vancouver Island (yet).
The President's speech and its
affirmation of the Alberta's government's climate change policies is likely the type
of «social license «that Ms. Notley hopes will lead to more oil pipeline construction approvals
in the future.
He would be here primarily not to lob friendly set - ups at the Finance Minister, nor to fill out the camera frame or clap or nod
in affirmation of whatever his side just said.
As for Jesus, he mentions this passage once and I see his
affirmation of 3 things (also found
in rabbinic works): 2 becomes 1
in these ways --(a) sexual union (closest we can get to the original creation); (b) children (2 seperate dna's
in one person); (c) Companionship — to combat our lonliness.
The final reports, however, issued at the end
of the Assembly after all the debates, did contain some clear
affirmations,
in great part due to Orthodox and evangelical efforts.
There are
affirmations of God's love, and a quiet time to reflect meditatively, right
in the middle
of the hour and fifteen minutes.
Such an
affirmation, though it might well elicit and sustain «saving faith»
in any individual, might not be adequate for the church's public teaching
of «the faith.»
In particular, it threatens Jews, whose success, visibility, and cultural self -
affirmation serve as a great symbol
of a post-traditional France.
This decision should not be interpreted as an incipient feminism
in Southern Baptist life (out
of more than forty thousand churches, only a few dozen have female pastors), but rather as an
affirmation of a pattern
of cooperation that has served Baptist mission causes well for more than a century.
Their presence is most obvious
in the Reform branch
of modern Judaism, which altered the traditional prayer book to soften or even erase the
affirmation that God will raise the body from the dead at the end
of time.
Among the many blessings resulting from this cooperative effort, we note especially our common
affirmation of the most central truths
of Christian faith, including justification by faith,
in the 1997 statement, «The Gift
of Salvation.»
Everything is here concentrated
in the
affirmation of an individual's trust
in Jesus, but the question
of public teaching is avoided.
This interpretation is grounded
in biblical themes — the vision
of the Hebrew prophets
of a branch growing from the seemingly dead stump
of the Davidic royal line, and,
of course, the central Christian
affirmation of the death and resurrection
of Jesus.
Elaine Pagels, among others, has argued that the success
of the
affirmation of a bodily resurrection was due to the way it functioned
in the early Church, as it served to legitimate the authority
of a narrow circle
of bishops.
Not until the last - written book
in the Hebrew Bible» the Book
of Daniel, from the second century b.c.» do we find a biblical
affirmation that God will raise the dead to eternal life.
This was coupled with a clear
affirmation of the separation
of church and state
in the constitution.
Am I being overly simplistic
in finding here the
affirmation that the «dogma» is «the very Person
of the redeemer»
in whom truth and charity form, indeed, a seamless garment?
In the days
of Hitler, it was a courageous
affirmation.
First, the Scholls» resistance to the Nazi regime began
in their discovery and
affirmation that the human person is not made by or for the state, but that the state is made by human persons for the fulfillment
of human nature.
I aim to get at some
of the theological underpinnings
of that unease
in language that may seem unfamiliar or even unwelcome, but it is language that is grounded
in important Christian
affirmations that seek to understand the child as our equal» one who is a gift and not a product.
There
in articles 3 and 4 he can find what Thomas thinks about mercy as the greatest attribute
of God, its precedence over and against justice, and that mercy presupposes justice and is its plenitude —
affirmations Moloney thinks must be criticized.
He said, «The couple believes they are married
in the eyes
of the Lord, and we just wanted them to feel
affirmation in our community.»
At all periods
of Biblical history and
in diverse strata
of the Biblical materials we find the
affirmation that what characterizes Yahweh
in disfunction from the objects
of men's worship which are mere vanity is his ability to hear the cry
of the oppressed and to save him from his oppressor.
But to seek a political vision more adequate than liberalism is not necessarily to repudiate liberalism entirely, and I will also discuss how the basic liberal
affirmation of freedom and individuality is appropriated
in Whitehead's thought.
The council also led to a renewal
of the liturgy, an
affirmation of religious freedom and the primacy
of conscience, a rejection
of church - state unions, an openness to the truth
of other religions (especially Judaism) and a renewed sense that the church's teaching authority resides
in all
of the faithful, not exclusively
in the hierarchy.
The eschatological focus, the notion that the Eucharist takes us to the heavenly places, and the belief that the Eucharist «is not explicable
in terms
of the old creation» are all
affirmations shared by many Protestants.
But Vatican II nonetheless opened the door for a future
affirmation of the radical equality
of all people
in the church and
in the world.
Carroll largely agrees with Wills on the concrete achievements
of the council — especially its
affirmation of the equal dignity
of the entire people
of God and its view
of Judaism — but goes still further
in interpreting its «spirit.»
Some may counter that a political theory
in this mode must also reject the liberal
affirmation of maximal freedom.
The Gospel passage itself ends with the
affirmation that John has written his Gospel «that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God, and that believing you may have life
in his name.»