I kicked off Labor Day weekend by reading a thoughtful column on the value and
spiritual meaning of work, which got me thinking.
Not exact matches
I
mean, do I have a
Spiritual aversion to the «ceremonies, vows,
works, and merits»
of my brothers and sisters across the Tiber?
This extension
of spiritual and moral significance to mundane, secular
work is what is
meant by the «Protestant
work ethic.»
To do it would
mean not only a great deepening
of the
spiritual life, but by the release
of tension a great increase in the effectiveness
of one's
work.
Not sure i am convinced because how do you explain the verse an eye for an eye in the old testament there have always been consequences for wrong doing and stiill are for sin.If we believe the word then that word is from God not satan.As far as satan is concerned he uses violence as his tools
of trade he
works on our fears and is limited to robbing stealing and destroying he does nt have anything else.Violence confirms to us that there is a
spiritual battle going on both on the earthly plane and in the heavenlys and the battle is over souls.The verse the kingdon
of heaven is expanding and violent people take it by force is referring to that
spiritual battle and as satan uses violence to expand his dominion so does God use violence to counter him.So what does he
mean by that term for me i think it is saying that the the force
of evil that satan uses or violence is overcome by a greater violence or force a more powerful one that being the Love
of Christ.Through the cross we see that clearly portrayed and in our lives that very same battle is still happening right now for dominion be clear if we walk in the flkesh satan will have dominion over us but if we walk according to the spirit and abide in Christ we have freedom from our old nature.and satan.He can oppose us but he wont be able to influence us if we are in Christ.
This dialogue must finally be based on the «ecumenism
of the Spirit,» the
spiritual unity that undergirds all God's creation, nurtured by the Holy Spirit, whose guidance gives
meaning and coherence to the evangelizing and prophetic
work of the Church.
When evangelicals stop preaching sermons on Gran Torino and dropping iPods from helicopters on Easter, I'll start caring about Fatima.I
mean, do I have a
Spiritual aversion to the «ceremonies, vows,
works, and merits»
of my brothers and sisters across the Tiber?
Almsgiving is a duty
of charity, a commendable
spiritual practice along with prayer and fasting, and a
means for us to win friends in eternity, whether by giving money to organisations or individuals who carry out the corporal
works of mercy — saving the lives
of pre-born babies by supporting pro-life
work, feeding the hungry by the alleviation
of famine, sheltering the homeless, welcoming the stranger, or the
spiritual works of mercy, such as having Masses offered for people who are sick or in particular need, or those who have died and the souls in purgatory.
The programs taught me about (1) admitting I was beat, (2) coming to believe in something greater than myself (eventually a higher power)(many evolutions and concepts
of HP, all
of these at one time or another: nature, the 12 steps, creator, Love,
spiritual principles)(Step 3) applying my low self worth and gigantic Ego to these
spiritual principles (4) write down my liabilities and assets (5) share them with another and my higher power (6 & 7) ask for the liabilites to be removed and be patient with the process (8) Make a list
of all that were harmed by me (9) make amends to such folks except whn to do so would injure them or myself (10) take a daily inventory
of my day, checking for snafus,
mean temperment, arrogance etc (11) meditation and prayer to communicate to my higher power and quiet reflection to listen for the Truth (12) after having a
spiritual awakening as a result
of working these steps, help others if they wish for help because now I am in the position to assist.
What it
means is that the assurance
of our health —
spiritual health, right relationship with God, adjustment to things as they really are — is given, and only given, as positive assurance within the Christian community because the Christian community, in its deepest
meaning, is the continuing
of God's saving
work, His health - giving action, through Christ himself.
«Therefore we can see the
meaning of the Word taking upon Himself our mortal flesh and being created as a «beginning»
of God's
works... Before we were created, we had been elected in the predestined Incarnation
of the Son, to
spiritual and everlasting life and happiness.
tigg: when i say parental, i
mean like
spiritual director or helper or mentor... like an abbot
of a monastery... or even parental sometimes
works... it has for me once or twice.
This book, which on its face seems to have been motivated by the old - timer's urge to reminisce by
means of the biographical genre, is actually a fine
work of history, and in the end its author is unafraid to suggest that the
work of history is itself an enterprise
of devotion, a kind
of spiritual work.
According to the Sutras, we are
meant to practice yoga postures to make the body calm and steady so that when we approach meditation, we are
working toward transcending material consciousness and an awareness
of the higher,
spiritual self.
From studying
spiritual leaders and refugees, and from
working with clients, I have observed a common thread, a
means of approaching life in a way that results in wisdom.
The physical heart lies in the vicinity
of the heart chakra (also called the anahata, which
means «unstuck sound»), an important area
worked on in yoga and most
spiritual traditions.
«You know the flip side
of nonnegotiables is his emotional life,
meaning his
spiritual development, and really recognizing his soul and all his faults and sometimes
working out
of what feels like a traditional parent - child relationship.
For more than thirty years they've combined their deep love for each other with the
work of inner exploration and self - discovery to build The Enchanted World
of Amy Zerner and Monte Farber: books, card decks, and oracles that have helped millions answer questions, find deeper
meaning, and follow their own
spiritual path.
Research topics: Jacques Cartier, Ojibwa tea, beaver dams and lodges, how otters hunt, feeding human food to wildlife, Ojibwa / European trade, what beavers eat in the wild, what instinct is, the Hudson's Bay Company, birch bark canoes, what «portage»
means, forest fires, steamboats, who are the Ojibwa, Native American
spiritual beliefs, animals in zoos versus in the wild, travelling by train in Canada (in the past), how elevators
work, the importance
of saying thank you, what bannock is, autumn around the world, how dangerous wolves really are.
Similar to good - luck charms, the amulets are composed
of «fetishes» or things collected in the streets to make art
works that may have
spiritual or cultural
meaning such as horse tails, sandals, mirrors, prayer beads, small bottles, and CDs.
Throughout Resonating, viewers will note Green's various uses
of a fan shape: in early
works such as For All & None (1978), the fan acts as an essential symbol, suggestive
of deeper
spiritual meaning; in Taxes (1993), one
of her later black and white paintings, the fan shape becomes a central formal element that unifies the composition; in She Dreams (1996), the fan shapes create a complex formal variation which co-exists with other images.
-LSB-...] The 1950s were a decade
of spiritual inspiration -LSB-...][artists] were free to experiment, and their
works of art became milestones in the development
of American art and it's various
means of expression.
Hans Hoffman called rhythm the «the highest quality in a
work» and he also said: «The general misunderstanding
of a
work of art is often due to the fact that the key to its
spiritual content and technical
means is missed.
1987 1987 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York (catalogue) Perverted by Language, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY (curated by Robert Nickas, catalogue) Reconstruct / Deconstruct, John Gibson Gallery, New York (curated by Robert Nickas, catalogue) Extreme Order: Cemin, Gober, Halley, Lemieux, Steinbach, Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples (curated by Collins & Milazzo, brochure) Primary Structures, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago (curated by Robert Nickas) Avant - Garde in the Eighties, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, Los Angeles (catalogue) Paint — Film, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York Post-Abstract Abstraction, The Aldrich Museum
of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (curated by Eugene Schwartz, catalogue) NY Art Now: The Saatchi Collection, Saatchi Gallery, London (catalogue) Generations
of Geometry, Whitney Museum
of American Art at The Equitable Center, New York Similia / Dissimilia, Columbia University Art Gallery, New York; travelled to Sonnabend Gallery and Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany (curated by Rainer Crone, catalogue) The Castle, documenta 8, Kassel, Germany (curated by Group Material) Reinhard Onnasch Galerie, Berlin (catalogue) Anti-Baudrillard, White Columns, New York (curated by Group Material) Recent Tendencies in Black and White, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (curated by Jerry Saltz, catalogue) Terrae Motus, Grand Palais, Paris (catalogue) The Beauty
of Circumstance, Josh Baer Gallery, New York (catalogue) New York Now, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (catalogue) 1986 Admired
Work, John Weber Gallery, New York
Spiritual America, CEPA Galleries, Buffalo, NY (catalogue); travelled to Stavanger Faste Galleri, Stavanger, Norway (curated by Collins & Milazzo) New New York, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, OH Signs
of Painting, Metro Pictures, New York, and Donald Young Gallery, Chicago Painting and Sculpture Today 1986, Indianapolis Museum
of Art, Indianapolis, IN (catalogue) Paravision II, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles (curated by Collins & Milazzo) Political Geometries: on the
Meaning of Alienation, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York (catalogue) Post Pop, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles Tableaux Abstraits, Villa Arson, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France (catalogue) Europa / Amerika, Ludwig Köln Museum, Cologne, Germany (catalogue) End Game: Reference and Simulation in Recent Painting and Sculpture, Institute
of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (curated by David Joselit and Elisabeth Sussman, catalogue) Ashley Bickerton, Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, Meyer Vaisman, Sonnabend Gallery, New York The Hidden Surface, Middendorf Gallery, Washington, DC Geometry Now, Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York Surfboards, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles Art and Its Double: A New York Perspective (El arte y su doble), Centre Cultural de la Funcacio Caixa de Pensions, Madrid; travelled to Fundación Caja de Pensions, Barcelona (catalogue) Rooted Rhetoric, Castel Dell «Ovo, Naples (catalogue)
Upon his return to New York City, Stamos affirmed his commitment to the exploration
of abstraction and continued to create
works guided by his firm belief that «for the painter there exists a
spiritual power, which communicates life and
meaning to material forms, and... he must achieve this power before taking part in the elaboration
of forms.»
Rothschild's
work — which is made out
of materials such as jesmonite, Perspex, steel, leather, incense and beads — is concerned with how certain qualities
of corporeality might be invested with
spiritual meaning, and the precise point at which narratives might arise out
of formal arrangements.
Vertical sculptures examining how people instil sensual and
spiritual meaning in quotidian objects occupy the central position
of the gallery; Ugo Rondinone's orange yellow green blue pink red mountain (2015)
work, for example, features mountain stones painted with day - glo colours recalling ritualistic totems.
Without a rigid thesis dictating the
meaning of the
works themselves or the relationships between them, the exhibition points to the potential
of abstraction to evoke ideas and emotion — and make manifest the digestion
of reality — with a nod to abstraction's historical associations with social, political, and
spiritual transformations, reminding us that the Constructivist, Bauhaus, and Neo-Concrete movements, for example, were deeply imbued with political and social aspiration.
Her
work is concerned with the social and spatial qualities
of sculpture; how certain qualities
of corporeality might be invested with
spiritual meaning, and the precise point at which narratives might arise out
of formal arrangements.
Steeped in German folk tradition, the stag assumes particular
meaning in Beuys»
work as a
spiritual being, an «accompanier
of the soul» in Celtic mythology and a signifier
of the crucified Christ.
Martin's
work evolved from representational imagery to biomorphic abstraction over the course
of her career before she finally settled on geometric forms as an appropriate
means of conveying
spiritual content.
In her peculiar, dreamlike video
works they use their bodies as
means of production creating what the artist calls «a
spiritual kind
of Marxism.»
Maslov masterfully brings back this connection between man and labor,
of work as a purpose
of being and shows us its
spiritual meaning and beauty.
Rothschild's
work - which is made out
of materials such as jesmonite, Perspex, steel, leather and beads - is concerned with how certain qualities
of corporeality might be invested with
spiritual meaning, and the precise point at which narratives might arise out
of formal arrangements.
In the visual metaphors
of his videos, sculptures and drawings, Cass highlights the materiality
of elements — through the intensity
of colors, the texture
of objects and the brutality
of actions — in order to reach for a poetic, political and
spiritual meaning, beyond what is obvious and visible in the
work.
Kevin frequently
works with clients dealing with the emotional, mental and
spiritual dynamics
of depression, anxiety, grief, attention deficit, trauma, vocation and life
meaning concerns.
In his presentation,
Working Differently to Improve the Health
of Indigenous Peoples, Dr. Mushquash will discuss how health is not simply the absence
of illness but rather, requires considering how programs and services can help Indigenous people find physical, mental, emotional, and
spiritual balance through purpose, hope, belonging, and
meaning in their lives.