Sentences with phrase «women of faith working»

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• «Are we to speak of God's work in the lives of all men and women only in tentative terms of hope that they may experience something of him, or more positively in terms of God's self - disclosure to people of living faiths?»

Those who wait, then, live in the faith that the God who created and sustains, who is incomparable, who overturns the plans of the most powerful princes of this world — that this God will do / is doing / has done the restorative and renewing work for child, woman and man.

We have suggested some of the ways men and women of faith in the United States and Canada can work toward that alternate worldview.

The person who has most helped me to ponder this question is Edith Stein: an intellectual and a woman of deep faith who worked in philosophy and education.

It didn't help that, back then, women writers of faith were such an underrepresented group online, several advertisers and publishers literally had no category for women like me, so they labeled me a «mommy blogger,» whether the term fit my work or not.

If your view on roles were correct, Paul's greetings in his letters would have been full of chastisements of these women for stepping outside of their roles, not the laudations which he gives them for their great work within the faith.

That would be like saying I was a hero of faith for having adulterous thoughts of the beautiful women who come into the store where I work (which happens once in a while).

My understanding of «missional» derives from what I would call a «classical understanding» of mission: that women and men, through personal faith and conversion by the work of the Holy Spirit, would become disciples of Jesus Christ and responsible members of Christ's church.

Furthermore, it has insisted — and rightly — that Christianity is a faith and not a philosophical or ethical system; it is a faith in which affirmations are made about an historical person in whom God is believed to be specially at work; it has insisted that we have to do with a tradition which has been nourished by the lives of holy men and women, by saints and scholars, but which is based upon the gospel, whose grounding is in the scriptural record and witness and which therefore can not exist without constant reference to that «deposit» of God's self - revelation.

Agreed: «don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing...» Those who «show» their faith, whether through their profession (Pastor, Missionary) or pious works (church board, conference speaker), can only be assessed as more sincere if there is evidence they were religious / pious / faithful when no one was looking (Pope John Paul II never confirmed this, but as a young priest, it was reported he worked in the Polish underground to save many Jewish children from the Nazi's, years later, he was visiting Israel and a woman who claimed he was the priest who saved her from the Nazis stepped forward to meet him, he blessed her, yet never did confirm or deny if he had played the part of a hero).

Birth Works International, Inc. believes that every woman is born with the knowledge of how to give birth and embodies a philosophy that develops a woman's trust, faith and self - confidence in her innate abilities.

«We've seen men and women disciplined for wearing modest symbols of Christian faith at work, and we've seen legal challenges to councils opening their proceedings with prayers, a tradition that goes back generations, brings comfort to many and hurts no one.

As always, we welcome the opportunity to work with anyone in good faith on behalf of the working men and women of the city.»

Legislative meetings in Albany are only part of the push to get GENDA over the finish line — an effort in which ESPA, Housing Works, and the New York Civil Liberties Union play prime roles among a broad coalition of labor, faith, women's, business, and law enforcement leaders.

I'm not sure now this works, but I guess a leap of faith will bring some adventures and new experiences, leading who knows where and with whom;) Need to feel like a woman again - want to help

He's a diehard skeptic, while she is a dreamy woman of (vaguely - defined) faith, but they make it work.

Though excited about the prospect of forming a deeper connection to her faith, she struggles with being a feminist, a doctor, and a Western woman living and working in a country that's deeply oppressive to women.

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Amy Sorrells» captivating work of Southern fiction, «Comfort and Salvation,» wins this year's Grand Prize WestBow Press, the strategic self - publishing division of the world's largest Christian publisher, Thomas Nelson, Inc., announced author Amy Sorrells as the Grand Prize winner in the second annual Women of Faith Writing Contest.

A few weeks later I got a call from Westbow Press, the company working with Women of Faith on the contest.

Her solo exhibition «American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold's Paintings of the 1960s» was on view in 2013 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and last year her work «Groovin High» was featured on a billboard along New York City's High Line park.

Faith Ringgold is a cornerstone of the exhibition — several of her works appear, including «For the Women's House.»

PAFA has also successfully attracted a number of important gifts that further support the Collecting Plan, most notably the remarkable recent gift from Linda Lee Alter of 400 works by such women artists as Alice Neel, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson, Faith Ringgold, and Miriam Schapiro.

Category: ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO · Tags: Alma Woodsey Thomas, Betye Saar, Beverly Buchanan, Brenna Youngblood, Carrie Mae Weems, Clementine Hunter, Elizabeth Catlett, Ellen Gallagher, Emmer Sewell, Faith Ringgold, Howardena Pindell, Jennie C. Jones, Joyce J. Scott, Julie Mehretu, Kara Walker, Karon Davis, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Leslie Hewitt, Lorna Simpson, Lorraine O'Grady, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Mickalene Thomas, Minnie Evans, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Nona Faustine, Ntozake Shange, Power: Work by African - American Women from the Nineteenth Century Until Now, Ralph DeLuca Collection of African American Vernacular Photography, Renee Cox, Renee Stout, Rosie Lee Tompkins, Senga Nengudi, Shinique Smith, Simone Leigh, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Sondra Perry, Sonya Clark, Sprüth Magers Los Angeles, Steffani Jemison, Todd Levin, Xaviera Simmons

Although less than 25 percent of the lots are by women artists, some significant works by women are for sale: «Roots,» a poignant color screen print by Catlett that the gallery says has not been seen at auction in 20 years (shown above); «March on Washington,» 1964 (oil on canvas), a beautifully rendered painting by Alma Thomas (1891 - 1978); Faith Ringgold's 1974 «Night: Window of the Wedding 8,» touted as the first of her fabric paintings to be offered at auction (shown below); and «Still Life with Grapefruit,» 1928, described on the frame backing as Lois Mailou Jones's first painting, completed a year after she graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

In this interview, Krasner speaks of her dismay with the lack of recognition that many professional female artists receive; her resistence to joining the Club and the Irascible Eighteen; her experiences with getting exposure as a female artist; her relationship and respect for John Graham; the interest of Betty Parsons in Krasner's work; the mixed compliments received from Hofmann; her relationship with Newman; Her objection to de Kooning's «Woman» series; the Freudian aspect of Abstract Expressionism; the authoritarian / autocratic image of Rothko and Newman; the sexually biased role of the female within the Jewish Faith; the impossibility of separating content and aesthetic value; her female influence upon Pollock; her role in exposing Pollock to Matisse; her ability to network for Pollock (Herbert and Mercedes Matter, Sandy Calder, James Johnson, Sweeney, Hofmann); her ambiguity as to whether she has had the tradition female artist experience due to her association with Pollock.

National Association of Women Artists Honors Faith Ringgold and Ursula von Rydingsvard Last night, the National Association of Women Artists celebrated its 125th year with an exhibition of members» work and a special event honoring -LSB-...]

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965 — 85 is a new show at the Brooklyn Museum featuring more than 40 artists, including Carrie Mae Weems, Howardena Pindell and Faith Ringgold, to highlight the work of black women who were at the crossroads of the Civil Rights, Black Power and Women's Movements during that 20 - year peWomen, 1965 — 85 is a new show at the Brooklyn Museum featuring more than 40 artists, including Carrie Mae Weems, Howardena Pindell and Faith Ringgold, to highlight the work of black women who were at the crossroads of the Civil Rights, Black Power and Women's Movements during that 20 - year pewomen who were at the crossroads of the Civil Rights, Black Power and Women's Movements during that 20 - year peWomen's Movements during that 20 - year period.

Translucent oil (permanent dew) and acrylic prints on paper that show stains of women working at out - dated apple computers and incorporate sentences from Mother Teresa's «dark (crisis of faith) letters», are sucked into the second doorway.

A mere fraction of those working today, these women build upon the masterful work of figurative forebears, including powerhouse females from Leonora Carrington and Alice Neel, to Elizabeth Peyton and Faith Ringgold, to Nicole Eisenman and Mickalene Thomas.

Building on the long history of faith leaders taking an active role in reproductive health care, the Clergy Advocacy Board has been working with Planned Parenthood at the national and state levels to further the goal of full reproductive rights and freedom for all women and men for more than two decades.

Her special interests and enthusiasm surround work with: couples, marital difficulties, intimacy concerns, boundary setting, women's issues, parenting skills, adolescents, children, attachment disturbances, child development, faith - based, spirituality, grief and loss, trauma, self - esteem, anxiety, depression, difficult transitions throughout stages of life, and stress management.