Sentences with phrase «seeking meaning and purpose»

A pervasive thread is the assumption that people are constantly seeking meaning and purpose in their lives and that values and choice play a central role.

Steve... that's not necessary... let's read those writings as the product of human imagination as it seeks the meaning and purpose of human existence and never forget...» to err is human»... anything more is to turn them all into demi - gods.

Not exact matches

A major difference is that Millennials actively seek work that offers purpose and meaning.

The second major change has been in shifting the centre of focus and attention in thinking about media away from the intended effects of media messages toward the active role audiences play in selection and use of their own media - mix for meaning - seeking and meaning - satisfying purposes.

All special knowledge and skill derive meaning and justification from the purposes that persons and societies should seek to promote.

That was the dilemma after praying and seeking the Lord he shows me a couple of things one is God calls the shots not satan satans demons bow to Gods authority and must get his permission so they beg Jesus to send the demons into the pigs.Jesus allows it so we can see satans purpose is always to destroy life.God is still the same yesterday today and forever he is the giver of life.We do know that the pigs were owned by the gentile nations and may well have been offered or about to be offered to there gods which would mean they would belong to satan.Like the example Jesus said about taxes should he pay them and he said give to caesar what is caesars.Or the other option was that it showed Gods mercy to the man that had been healed by delivering him of the demons and he was also protecting the people in the area from the influence of the demons.So God is still the same he is unchangeable and definitely not bipolar.I would say if anyone was bipolar in this situation it is David and he like us struggled with the same choice to walk according to the flesh or walk according to the spirit of God.brentnz

The pastoral ministry in all its dimensions requires the recognition and the sensitivity to help people who feel isolated, without a purpose for living, but who still seek peace in the midst of violence; meaning in the midst of overwhelming personal emptiness; honest relationships; the joy of celebration; and life in a community of believers.

Any discipline, be it theology or philosophy, which seeks to understand the meaning of, purpose of, behaviour of, and relationship between the different constituent «beings» of this reality of ours should at least try to account for and incorporate an understanding of that which is observed in such a reality.

But one of the major purposes of these chapters is to urge that when we are seeking to define the meaning of the revelation of God in Christ, event is the more appropriate and adequate category.

«Religion is that activity of the human impulse towards self - preservation by means of which Man seeks to carry his essential vital purposes through against the adverse pressure of the world by raising himself freely towards the world's ordering and governing powers when the limits of his own strength are reached.»

Edited by Anne Fox and Mike MacAvoy and prepared by the International Center for Alcohol Policies and DrinkWise Australia, this book seeks to advance current understanding of the individual and collective meanings, purposes, and functions of drunkenness.

When you seek opportunities to help others and heal the world, you'll find that you will truly flourish as your days will be imbued with wonderful sensual pleasures, inner peace, meaning and purpose.

What I meant was that my purpose on posting was to provide insight into why many seek out homebirths as an alternative and provide a suggestion for minimizing that.

Next Page: Stay positive [pagebreak] Boost your spirit Though the scientific verdict is still out on whether attitude affects outcomes, seeking out people and activities that you enjoy can give you a sense of purpose and meaning.

Though the scientific verdict is still out on whether attitude affects outcomes, seeking out people and activities that you enjoy can give you a sense of purpose and meaning.

Attendees at Inner Fire are called «seekers,» recognizing that both they and professional staff at Inner Fire (referred to as «guides») are all striving individuals seeking balance, purpose and greater meaning in life.

This is because of the purpose that several of them are embarrassed about seeking their special someone by personal means like meeting them in social locations like events, parties, and other social occasions.

But despite her fears, Ellie is also seeking some kind of meaning and purpose for her life.

As an artist, he seeks to understand the stimulus of life itself, that which gives meaning and purpose.

It beggars belief that the superfluous instruction to remove these six characters when the entire reference «112 (b)(1)(A)» had already been removed by a substantive amendment with real force and purpose could cloud the meaning of the Clean Air Act, let alone form the basis for a massive regulatory undertaking seeking to utterly transform the nation's energy system.

Under the working hypothesis, the facts are sought for the purpose of ultimate induction and demonstration, the hypothesis being but a means for the more ready development of facts and of their relations, and the arrangement and preservation of material for the final induction.

The Third Circuit in In re Bevill Bresler & Schulman Asset Management Corp., developed a five - part test (the Bevill test) to examine the merits of such an assertion by an individual employee against company counsel.50 Under this test, employees must show that (1) they approached corporate counsel for the purpose of seeking legal advice; (2) they made it clear that they were seeking advice in their individual capacity; (3) counsel sought to communicate with the employee in this individual capacity, mindful of the conflicts with its representation of the company; (4) the communications were confidential; and (5) the communications did not concern the employee's official duties or the general affairs of the company.51 The Bevill test has been recognised by other jurisdictions as a means of assessing whether a company employee may assert attorney — client privilege in an individual capacity arising out of communications with corporate counsel.52 (See also Chapter 13 on employee rights.)

The Advocate General sought to distinguish between entities which control the purposes and means of the processing of personal data from those which simply control the purposes and means of the processing of data [80].

«The term «pro bono» refers to activities of the firm undertaken normally without expectation of fee and not in the course of ordinary commercial practice and consisting of (i) the delivery of legal services to persons of limited means or to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs of persons of limited means; (ii) the provision of legal assistance to individuals, groups, or organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties, or public rights; and (iii) the provision of legal assistance to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational organizations in matters in furtherance of their organizational purposes, where the payment of standard legal fees would significantly deplete the organization's economic resources or would be otherwise inappropriate.»

Except in cases affecting the personal status of the plaintiff, and cases in which that mode of service may be considered to have been assented to in advance, as hereinafter mentioned, the substituted service of process by publication, allowed by the law of Oregon and by similar laws in other States, where actions are brought against non-residents, is effectual only where, in connection with process against the person for commencing the action, property in the State is brought under the control of the court, and subjected to its disposition by process adapted to that purpose, or where the judgment is sought as a means of reaching such property or affecting some interest therein; in other words, where the action is in the nature of a proceeding in rem.

In response to the defendant's argument that a party to litigation is entitled to the production of evidence that is «reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence,» Magistrate Judge Facciola held that the defendant's purpose for seeking the images (which was to admit them as evidence of the plaintiff's own standard of behaviour) meant that the issue of discoverability and the issue of admissibility were inseparable.

Lawyers seek a sense of wholeness; they want to lead lives of meaning, connection, and moral purpose.

However, it is a place of diminishing importance, as courts have increasingly sought to attribute meaning to the text of legislation by placing more weight on the statutory context in which the words are used, and the purposes underlying the legislative scheme.

The CA sought to give the 2002 Regulations their ordinary meaning having regard to the context and the purpose of the said Regulations.

Moreover, third - party services» popularity also means that more and more people store huge amounts of private data and communications online, making these sites ripe for governments and civil lawyers seeking information about citizens, whether for law enforcement purposes or more nefarious reasons.

Only one expression of her twenty plus years of supporting people to find meaning, purpose and satisfaction in their lives, Laura is also a best - selling author, sought - after speaker, corporate spokesperson, performer and interfaith minister.

«As a counselor, I seek to help individuals find meaning, purpose and resilience through their struggles and challenges.

In relation to the first point, the government's representative emphasised to the CERD Committee when he appeared before it in March 1999 that the government's purpose in enacting the validation, confirmation and primary production upgrade provisions as well as the amendments to the right to negotiate provisions was legitimate in that it sought to balance a range of interests affected by the legislation using proportionate means to do so.

The second dimension, search for meaning in life, concerns the need for intently seeking a valued life purpose or mission and a greater meaning in life and originates from human intrinsic motivation (Frankl, 1963).