Word: ritual
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...create space for sacred ritual in a secular age? It's hard to do better than this erratically shaped church. RUNNERS-UP The Seagram Building by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright...
McLennan maintains that spirituality is not enough. To attain a disciplined life with ritual and a sense of community, he says, people need organized religion...
...singing the Hebrew blessings and screwing a flame-colored bulb into a plastic candelabrum sitting on my dresser, as Harvard advises, doesn't really complete the ritual for me. Some years, my family has packed a menorah and candles on overseas vacations because the practice of lighting it is so religiously symbolic and important to us. Christmas lights and trees, on the other hand, are traditional but not mandated by Christian teaching. They are pretty and sentimental but without direct religious symbolism...
...some people, the sense of smell can be very powerful. In any relaxation technique, it is possible to set up a ritual that can be associated with a scent," she says. "Perform this procedure regularly, and you can condition yourself to elicit a response...
This annual ritual is about more than just identifying next year's council leaders because it forces candidates to come up with a vision for the future of the council...