Not exact matches
Ours is indeed a consumeristic culture, the kind that too
often turns people
into commodities, and I believe Christians can
speak into that culture in a unique,
life - giving way — not only as it concerns sex - on - demand, but also as it concerns food - on - demand, celebrity - on - demand, stuff - on - demand, cheap - goods - on - demand, pornography - on - demand, entertainment - on - demand, comfort - on - demand, distraction - on - demand, information - on - demand, power - on - demand, energy - on - demand, and all those habits that tend to thrive at the expense of the dignity and value of our fellow human beings or our planet.
While Jack was staunchly Republican (he referred to success as «Reagan - ing» and Obama as «your President»), and dizzyingly wealthy, he still managed to
speak into the
lives of his generally progressive,
often slovenly, always financially strapped crew.
I have
often spoken about «leaning
into the pain» when it comes to our spiritual
lives.
This is what
life is like at Villanova, where the players talk about being a family so
often they've essentially
spoke it
into existence.
«A number of the older generation we met
spoke little Chinese and could remember
living in the forests, but the younger generation are modern people who go to university in big cities, study to be engineers or follow their parents
into local government, and - despite being aware and
often proud of their ethnic heritage - are largely integrated
into mainstream Chinese society.