Looking after the weaker: the sick, the poor, children, strangers.
The weight says how heavily the value counts in the texts of a tradition. The share beside it says how widespread it is. Rows drawn faintly rest on fewer than five texts; they say something about those texts, nothing yet about the tradition.
These sentences come from sermons and addresses that know nothing of each other. They are set alternately by tradition so that how close they come is visible.
People will recognize that we are Christians not by the beautiful crosses we wear, our icons, or our magnificent churches, but by our expressions of love and service.
A connected network of ocean sanctuaries in the high seas areas of the Atlantic would protect the vital migration routes of leatherback turtles, shield more than 35% of the danger zones to which they are exposed through industrial fishing, and reduce the mortality risk of the threatened species
Mindfulness described as a process of becoming friendly, getting to know ourselves more fully, more deeply, more clearly, with more kindness and care.
Therefore, the character we display reflects the teachings of Islam regarding our neighbours. They may not learn this from religious sermons, but they come to know it through the values and manners we show in our daily lives.
While we return to God, we can also give back to God by using our God-given abilities in service to others.
Comfort enables a person to accept life with its highs and lows, with its greatness and its misery, with its fragility and its fullness, without excluding evil and guilt, in trust and without illusion, to withstand this life and to dare it anew even in the face of distress, loss, and death.
Honouring an older Muslim is in truth an act of honouring and glorifying God, the Almighty and Exalted.
The initiative reflects the commitment of the Nyankpala District to extend its ministry beyond the church environment and to contribute to the educational and social development of children in its communities.
We return for nature, we return for ourselves and all others. That is why we do this ceremony.
God wanted Jonah to rejoice over the bush, but he also wanted Jonah to share God's heart for the world around him.
School must be a place where everyone can feel at ease. This is the foundation for healthy personal development and a love of learning.
Only the commandment to honour father and mother promises a reward as well
The strength of this dining hall lies not only in distributing food, but in the fact that residents come in person, look one another in the eye, and share a meal.
Instead of lamenting the darkness, let us light a candle; let us first become a candle that illuminates the darkness in our immediate surroundings
This form of surrogacy is fundamentally permitted, albeit under certain conditions.
Loving humanity and showing compassion to others is an immense form of worship of God Almighty and an excellent means of attaining His pleasure and His rewards.
The sacred is always in the profane, the sacred is in simplicity, the sacred is in the everyday, when I look at things consciously
Perpetrators and their networks must be brought into view and held accountable. In the courtroom, in the media, in society and in politics.
The discipline of speech is to be truthful, speak little, speak gently. Say encouraging words. Do not prejudice or discourage. Do not raise your voice and do not shout at small children either.
This distinction, between speaking out against injustice and dictating the political means by which justice is to be achieved, is where I have found my position.
Human rights belong even to people I otherwise find totally stupid. I will always defend their human rights too. That is something I have always found appealing about the Greens.
Patient empowerment or self-efficacy, that is the core point, and it does not hinge on an acupuncture needle or a globule, but it hinges on the realization. I can do something here and I can become active.
Youth violence is one of the most worrying manifestations of modern social reality.
This IWC has unfortunately shown that our oceans continue to be under enormous pressure from political power interests.
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