Sentences with phrase «often find»

1) The people, including Father Greeley, who incessantly lament the gap between teaching and the reception of teaching are typically the same people who have for years worked to undermine the credibility of the Church's teaching office; 2) Their measure of whether the Church is listening is whether teaching is brought into line with their preferences; 3) The curia in Rome coordinates and corrects as necessary, but the teachers of the Church are the bishops, priests and catechists who too often find it easier to blame Rome than to do their job; 4) Catholic Americans are about 6 percent of the universal Church, and Greeley's think - for - themselves educated Catholics who are unhappy with church teaching, usually on matters sexual, are a much smaller part of that 6 percent.

The central affirmations and emphases of each tradition now often find echoes in the others.

Often I find myself questioning others people's motives; often I find myself assuming the worst; often I am too lazy (or threatened or fearful or angry) to hear my fellow Christians out.

We often find the expression «I am poor and naked» («naked» not as an expression of this poverty, but in the sense of «weak»).

But does that not mean, is it not a special case of the truth, that all duty is a gift, every call on us a blessing, and that the task we often find a burden is really a boon?

We bought the parenting books of course, and we can turn to friends and family for help and advice, but when things get especially hairy, I often find myself conjuring the wisdom of mommy bloggers, past and present, whose words guide me the way a local gives an out - of - towner directions: «Turn left at the big red barn.

Also, as I write more books, I often find that I can pull sections out of previous sermons and include them in the books I write.

Fundamentalists often find themselves bitterly opposed to one another.

As an atheist, I often find myself having that same dull pain watching American Atheists at work that I get, as a gun collector, watching the NRA get all nonlinear about things.

This social structure, this box, is so huge and so all - pervasive that we can not easily see it; because we are enveloped by it, we can not often find the distance we need to see and examine it.

When we unjustly judge, condemn and criticize others for their weaknesses and their failures, we often find that we fall into those exact same sins ourselves.

We often find ourselves in a dilemma.....

Even when those involved are personal friends who hold differing views, they often find themselves challenging one another's terminology.

Religious denominations which have tried to bind wounds of a damaged creation often find their funding minimal, staffing paper - thin, and parishioners inattentive.

I often find it puzzling how the creationists tend to focus almost exclusively on Judeo - Christian perspective, when there are so many other creation stories throughout the world and in history.

They often find they have more to learn from, and discuss with, literary critics than with historians; indeed, the literary analysis of the Bible is becoming a minor industry.

Fresh - faced, clean - cut, neatly dressed, these young people often find a warm welcome in the homes of «golden» families already committed to investigating the Mormon gospel.

We now quite often find ourselves on the same side on an issue, and have been «both» attacked by others for seeing things the same way, yes...?

I must admit, I do find it a bit difficult to listen to complaints about the church because all too often I find it is from people who are not committed to it.

Separated and divorced people often find themselves with few friends.

Parallel bibles are great, and I often find myself reading on just so I can get different perspectives on different passages.

Even with large staffs senior pastors often find that the hassle multiplies in proportion to the number of staff, since the senior person must always compensate for the staff's immaturity.

I am motivated by practical human concerns and often find that the added layer of theism / atheism is a barrier to positive action.

The Cato Institute has parted ways with Brink Lindsey and Will Wilkinson, who were, in Slate columnist David Weigel's terms, «among the Cato scholars who most often find common cause with liberals.»

Like many other older members, I often find the «praise bands» too loud, and I wish there was less standing at length while we sing the same lines over and over again.

There is simply too much animal suffering, and we too often find it necessary to hurt animals.

Often we find ourselves yearning for the good old days when the good old days are really a myth.

Indeed, the grain of its composition and the tide of its reading flows so strongly in this direction that Lindbeck remarked at the Toronto meetings that he had come to often find himself reading it that way.

The sinful choices of all human beings then further add to the chaos, injustice and misery we so often find in the world.

I often find that when Calvinists disagree, they think they can settle the argument by telling the person to go «read their Bible.»

They often have allies, and those who might try to correct them often find that the «correction» does not work.

Experiencing the same personal crises faced by professionals in all fields, clergy often find themselves with very few shoulders to cry on.

I often find myself surrounded by very accomplished professionals.

What I often find is that the Muslim participants in dialogue groups will make a kind of set statement reiterating how they see things.

In the midst of a crowd of parishioners, clergy often find themselves to be lonely.

(CNN)- As far as Christmas traditions go, nativity scenes are generally quite similar, though local customs often find their way into such montages.

As a pastor who hopes to encourage a faith that is more flexible than rigid and more dynamic than static, I often find myself encouraged by David's work.

I don't often find myself shouting «amen» to the opinions of the editorial board of the Washington Post.

I got along great with atheists smarter than I, I often find they are more midly tempered than I am, and had a lot to teach me.

But I love how diverse and varietal films can be and how they can shed new light on old ideas or open new vistas of possibilities in the dull and boring routine I often find myself in.

As an atheist I often find myself at odds with fellow atheists who do not see the difference between Christians and Muslims as I do.

Just as a poet leaves the text to his readers, and they will often find meaning there that he never intended, Niebuhr's intententions when writing the prayer can be quite rightly discarded.

In fact, it was so life - changing that I often find myself trying to force others into this sort of revelation, but it's not something that can be forced.

I often find it strange that so many people, mostly religious ones, take what we have for granted and always see the world from a «grass is always greener on the otherside» mentality.

I think you're exactly right about being reactions against the other and I often find that when some people's world is upset, they become even more conservative in their thinking; reaching back to the old seemingly for comfort.

It's claimed worshippers there often find themselves surrounded by visitors with cameras as they try to pray.

I do not often find myself in sympathy with gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

This set - apart identity gives bishops and priests a remarkable capacity to sustain their sense of self - importance independent of trends in culture (something liberal Catholics often find exasperating).

I often find that simply acknowledging the ethical or religious issue relaxes students; a few others have explored approaches for better integration of these issues.

To offer one example, victims of war and dictatorship often find their suffering forgotten or ignored by the surrounding community and cry out for recognition.