Sentences with phrase «return to older»

But the one thing that is quite clear is that we do not «go back», as if we could return to the older ideas and concepts, quite unchanged by what has happened during the past few decades.

What do we gain, though, if we set aside the «new orthodoxy» of divine suffering and return to an older one?

In calling the left to return to an older economics - based reformism, however, Rorty is careful not to appear threatening to the cultural, and especially the sexual and gender concerns, that have so preoccupied the left in recent years.

«I don't think you'll ever see us return to the Old MacDonald farm with pigs and chickens and cows like I grew up on,» Gerry Ritz, the new federal minister of agriculture once said.

And however dismal the industry's state right now, who advocates a return to the old days of One Big Company?

His former co-workers have gone on to work in warehouses or a local General Motors plant, and most are choosing not to return to their old jobs even as contractors offer higher wages.

Suddenly, Alberta was a net exporter of people, as Canadians abandoned their new lives to return to their old ones.

But it is partly the result of returning to an old habit: hefty lending to national and local state - owned enterprises (SOEs).

But how likely is it that things are so different today we'll never see a return to the old normality?

In a tirade, the Journal's editorial board claimed that Washington is «returning to old habits in new political clothes,» that the plan would «expand the subsidy racket» and that «many senators in both parties are in hock to the housing - industrial lobbying complex.»

Many men are returning to old - school shaving because it is more comfortable and more economical.

And not go deeper in new ways of praying, but actually return to old historic practices that are rooted in our historic Christian contemplative tradition and my sense here, in the

And not go deeper in new ways of praying, but actually return to old historic practices that are rooted in our historic Christian contemplative tradition and my sense here, in the Sacred Enneagram is that as we come to terms with what our type is, that actually gives us a clue of what it looks like to nurture a deep, contemplative spirituality.

Instead of returning to his old life, Dunn disappears.

When others began to take Tony to task for this all - too - familiar behavior on his part, Tony became increasingly defensive and condescending, and so others began to join in the discussion to wonder at Tony's rapid return to his old form after what was meant to be something of a restorative sabbatical from the internet.

Second, in returning to the older Christian consensus on God's transcendent impassibility, we may find that fresh pathways are opened up for Jewish - Christian dialogue.

I have witnessed countless Brothers and Sisters taste this Freedom in some area of their life — only to seemingly fall out of it, return to old sin patterns, wrong belief, or other bondage.

I am not pleading for a return to the old - time polemics with its adversary mentality and its barely concealed insults.

When writer Alice Walker and her mother returned to their old home in Milledgeville, Georgia, after 22 years, Walker was confronted with memories of poverty and segregation.

As one sage is reported in the Talmud to have said when he returned to his old community after a long solitary absence, «either friendship or death.»

Burden returned to the old wagon - road crossing where he had first met the slightly older girl so many years before.

And after Watergate we saw the immediate return to the old value system.

The majority chose to stay and were carefully watched by the Inquisition in case they showed signs of secretly returning to their old ways, such as using Arabic, keeping Ramadan, wearing Moorish costume or even dancing thezambra.

At times you may want to return to old distractions and escapes, but you find your soul resists these temptations.

The Manichaean author refers to Peter as a traitor for convincing the others to return to their old occupation.

So what a relief to return to the old and trusted Russian menace, even if it does not really exist and its supposed aggression consists mainly of retreats.

While undertaking to combat the results of Israel's long development away from the nomadic social structure, they actually contributed the final element in making a return to the old thinking forever impossible.

It turned out to be impossible to send millions of men from Irish, Italian, and Slovak backgrounds into battle and then expect them to return to the old regime of WASP - dominated elites.

The extent to which the future history of man will see the new age come more completely rather than witness a calamitous return to the old world, depends on the continuing recognition of where this new world came from.

When the Methodist movement began to grow, John Wesley faced the problem of dealing with converts who returned to their old ways.

We initially hear the Word and believe it, but after a while, we return to our old patterns of sin, and the Word of God fails to take root in our lives (Luke 8:13).

Early in this awakening there appeared the new traditionalist movement, led by Timothy Dwight, who preached return to the old order, aroused the populace against the dangers of foreigners, attacked deistic heresies and rebellion among the youth, and urged maintaining the old establishment of religion.

Instead, she returns to an old love, and Aeneas takes up again his huge and hard task.

At the same time, Christian ethicists often decry the absence or the decline of these values in Western societies today and go on to suggest that, unless we return to the old virtues, we will go under economically; and in this they may very possibly be mistaken.

But after Watergate we saw an immediate return to the old value system.

As for Perry's «new» church, if I were him, I'd return to the old one — Java, rock music and plushy seats are for shopping malls, not a house of God.

it will make you wonder if there is a spirit beyond our bodies,,, or all of it is in the brain itself... I see how hard it is for stroke victims to return to their old self after the brain has been damaged... and I wondered sometimes if the person I knew was even in the body anymore... It is a question I do not have a firm answer for... but I like to think the spirit exists and just can not use the brain anymore... it is like a computer interface that is damaged and the body has failed to repair itself... Our brains can reroute data, or rebuild some damage..

Many candidates, making their Christianity a prime qualification, calling for a return to Old Testament law, or promising to get «prayer back into the schools,» secured major party (mostly Republican) support.

When everything... that the solemnity of the day demanded and the congregation in church had been dismissed, we returned to the old man's cell and there we first splendidly refreshed.

Five times in this letter, the author warns his readers what could happen to them if they reject Christianity and return to their old way of living as Jews.

Say He was a priest, and they would be accused of returning to the Old Testament ritualism He seemed to reject.

They seem already to have learned how to make decisions with their wives, and in an age when the dual - income family is the norm, a return to the old patriarchal structure seems impossible.

The dark skinned Lamanites at one point worshipped a religion of warfare (confirmed by archeology of Mesoamerica) according to the Book of Mormon converted from their blood - thirsty religion and as a sign of their conversion to not return to their old ways buried their blood stained weapons and vowed to never shed blood again.

The god I know from the Bible is an abusive jerk who rules through fear and intimidation, and I am glad that I have nothing more to do with him — and I'm even happier that I've decided to return to the old ways of my ancestors, because at least we Heathens aren't afraid of science (and unlike the Talibangelicals, we freely admit that our story of creation is a myth).

«Personally, I think it will take some time after the recovery for people to return to their old buying habits,» he notes.

I have returned to my old butter recipe which is just as easy and tasty but can be spread on cold bread.

We returned to our old friend Great Bowls of Fire for this spicy shrimp and rice dish.

Having babies gave their family a desire to return to the old paths — to nourish their family with traditional, homegrown foods; rid their home of toxic chemicals and petroleum products; and give their boys a chance to know a simple, sustainable way of life.

After my son stopped nursing, I returned to my old ways of eating whole grain, fresh fruit and veggies, and low fat.

Who knows, maybe she'll return to old favorites: Holly's Chocolate Chip Macaroons, «Free» Chocolate Cookies, Airy Chocolate Mousse, or even Brutti Ma Buoni.